>
> "The way the Eskimos divide, for instance. a caribou between men and dogs
has
> been described with some detail; here the fact is emphasized that the
organ
> commonly spoken of as richest in vitamins, the liver, is nearly always
given to
> the dogs--as are the sweetbreads and, indeed, all things from the body
cavity
> except the heart and kidneys. The kidneys are usually given to the
children,
> somewhat as if they were candy.

may be they had better ample sources of those vitamins other than caribou
liver ( fishes liver,  seal liver ?)
i heard from a teactcher who lived in an inuit village that the body of a
seal was also divided between gender and ages , i remember liver was
specifically for women especially pregant women .
may be Stefanson reported this division between dogs and mens while hunting
far away from womens . as often in anthropological report they have been
made by men ( or women trained by mens ) and so the focus of attention is
gender specific .
not many antropological studies  for ex report "the elimination
communication " phenomenon ( the fact that mothers in most the world except
western cultures  are in tuned with babies elimination needs and don't need
artifices like diapers )
to remember also that dogs are very important for survival capacity in
traditional inuit life style ,you better have them well nourished.they might
have got the better choices as humans didn't have to spend as much energy
than them
jean-claude