Inuit wife party. Wife sharing was a very sensationalised custom among the Inuit population called the Eskimos. The Inuit Tradition of Wife-Swapping for Survival . It was seen as the highest form of hospitality and trust building. It was more complex than initially thought, with rules determining who could exchange wives. These arrangements typically involved specific guidelines and facilitated The wife and children cannot be left to fend for themselves because in the Inuit view a women could never look after herself or her children alone. aina. Tucked away in the frozen landscapes of Greenland, the Inuit people once practiced a tradition that may seem The Inuit have an open view on s3xuality and marriage, with polygamy being common among wealthy families. Most marriages were monogamous, but Polygyny was occasionally practiced. It was separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act [12] and the Mauss and Beuchat see in this ''communism" the main distinguishing mark of the Inuit's winter social life, and they place it in opposition to summer's "individualism" in their presen tation of Inuit social Wife exchange, a common practice among unrelated Inuit men, is a social mechanism designed to strengthen mutual support and solidarity within the community. It was an important aspect of Scene from The Journals of Knud Rasmussen Watch the full movie, and see more at Isuma.