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Umik (alternately Uming) was an Inuk angakkuq (shaman) who proclaimed himself a Christian evangelist and began to preach to the Igloolik Inuit in the 1920s.[1]
Umik was one of several angakkuq who syncretised Christianity and Inuit traditions. Umik's practices included the use of flags, shaking hands (even those of dogs and children), and Sunday as a day of rest. However, his beliefs also included heterodox practices such as polygamy.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Angilirq, Paul Apak; Kunuk, Zacharias; Paniaq, Hervé; Cohn, Norman; Quilitalik, Pauloosie; Saladin d'Anglure, Bernard (2002). Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. Coach House Books & Isuma Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55245-113-7.
- ↑ Vilaça, Aparecida; Wright, Robin (2009). Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity Among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-6355-3.
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