Gender Roles in First Nations and Native American Tribes - Inuit

Inuit

Gender roles vary widely among the Inuit. Early Inuit were likely very pragmatic and had few preconceptions concerning "appropriate" male and female roles.
Over time, various views of gender were developed, for example:

• In the Baffinland Inuit settlements of the Frobisher Bay and Pangnirtung areas, "traditional" gender roles and ideologies are strikingly similar to and have been influenced by those of late 19th-century and early 20th-century Britain.
• The Greenlanders and Caribou Inuit are very egalitarian with regard to gender.