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Makkovik - Eskimos and Settlers in a Labrador CommunityPreface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The setting: Labrador. The area -- The people -- Historical notes: Hebron -- Historical notes: Makkovik -- Resettlement of Hebron Eskimos in Makkovik -- The village: Makkovik 1963. Village layout -- Houses -- Public buildings -- Population -- Economic network. Material culture -- Subsistence foundation of the Labrador economy -- Money foundation of the Labrador economy -- Annual economic cycle -- Economic systems: Eskimo vs. settler -- Conclusion -- Social organization. Eskimo kinship terminology -- The Eskimo family and household -- Adoption -- The Eskimo kindred -- The extension of the "Ilarit" -- Settler social orgainization -- Political organization -- Conclusion -- Religious system: I. Church year. Methodology -- Religious beliefs -- Church calendar -- Sunday pattern -- Confirmation and communion -- Church divisions and festival days -- Annual holidays -- Religious system: II. Accretions. The "Naluyuks" -- "Kamotik" race, center of sports day -- Birthday celebrations vs. parties -- The dance -- Drinking -- Central themes of the religious system -- Conclusion -- Eskimo-settler relations. Eskimo vs. settler identity -- Generational nobility -- The "mixed" category -- Relations prior to Hebron resettlement -- Eskimo suspicion vs. settler resentment -- Bilingualism -- Eskimo-settler relations. I. Children -- II. Adults -- III. Adolescents -- Conclusion -- The binding element: administration. Communication -- Trade -- Law enforcement -- Medical services -- Education -- ConclusionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-208