Nieft / Secola wrote:

> the idea is that it would be so warm in a
> winter igloo (thanks to burning seal oil which isn't quite as clean as
> natural gas but better than the peat moss of the traditional Irish who had
> their indoor air pollution troubles) that they ended up naked and sweating.
>

"Naked and sweating"  Some Indian groups do this to detox pent-up
emotions. Very healing. Maybe those Intuits didn't have toxic minds
either?

My best, Ellie