that they were Christian, proposed that Christian ministry and angakkuuniq could each have their own differing benefits. They felt that although angakkuuniq came from the past, knowledge of it should be carried forward and the benefits that it could provide to modern Inuit should be carefully understood. They also suggested that angakkuuniq could be of benefit in dealing with contemporary Inuit social problems such as suicide. Further reading E. Haase, Der Schamanismus des Eskimos (1987) M. Jakobsen, Shamanism: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches to the Mastery of Spirits and Healing (1999) D. Merkur, Becoming Half Hidden: Shamanism and Initiation among the Inuit (1985) J. Oosten and F. Laugrand, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Shamanism and Reintegrating Wrongdoers into the Community (2002) References External links Qaujimajatuqangit and social problems in modern Inuit society. An elders workshop on angakkuuniq- by Jarich Oosten and Frédéric Laugrand, 2002 Shamanism - the powers of the angakkuq- SILA, 2005 Inuit shamanism Yupik culture Religious occupations Traditional healthcare occupations