ABSTRACT
The idea of Western culture has, in many ways, eclipsed the fact that there have been indigenous peoples in Europe and North America whose cultures deserve attention in their own right, not just as something that has been pushed further away by dominant cultures. This chapter discusses indigenous cultures broadly and pays particular attention to the often-neglected Arctic region, which connects peoples living in northern Canada and Greenland, and to Australia and New Zealand. It also addresses the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism.
