Betty Kobayashi Issenman
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Betty Kobayashi Issenman (1921 – March 10, 2020) was a Canadian ethnologist. As an independent researcher, she was an expert in
Inuit clothing Traditional Inuit clothing is a complex system of cold-weather garments historically made from animal hide and fur, worn by Inuit, a group of culturally related indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic areas of Canada, Greenland, and the Unit ...
. She was appointed as a member to the
Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the ...
in 2002.


Selected publications

* '' Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing'' (University of British Columbia Press, 1997: )


References

1921 births 2020 deaths Canadian ethnologists Women ethnologists Members of the Order of Canada {{ethnologist-stub