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.
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 heterodox practices such as polygamy.
References
- 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
- 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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