Umik

Umik (alternately Uming) was an Inuit 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 heretodox practices such as polygamy.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Paul Apak Angilirq, Zacharias Kunuk, Hervé Paniaq, Norman Cohn, Pauloosie Quilitalik, Bernard Saladin d'Anglure. Atanarjuat: the fast runner : inspired by a traditional Inuit legend of Igloolik. Coach House Books & Isuma Pub., 2002. ISBN 1-55245-113-5, 978-1-55245-113-7
  2. ↑ Aparecida Vilaça, Robin Wright. Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity Among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009 ISBN 0-7546-6355-8, 978-0-7546-6355-3
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