Examines Inuit history and culture and the experiences of new arrivals in the Arctic. In addition, the effect that climate change is having on the Arctic is explored.
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Archaeological digs have turned up sculptures in Inuit lands that are thousands of years old, but ""Inuit art"" as it is known today only dates back to the beginning of the 1900s. Early art was traditionally produced from soft materials such as whalebone, and tools and objects w…
Archaeological digs have turned up sculptures in Inuit lands that are thousands of years old, but ""Inuit art"" as it is known today only dates back to the beginning of the 1900s. Early art was traditionally produced from soft materials such as whalebone, and tools and objects w…
In 1771, Samuel Hearne, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, set off with a group of Dene guides to explore part of the Central Arctic. Twenty-four years later, Hearne's gruesome account of what has become known as the Bloody Falls massacre, an alleged attack by his guides o…
In 1771, Samuel Hearne, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, set off with a group of Dene guides to explore part of the Central Arctic. Twenty-four years later, Hearne's gruesome account of what has become known as the Bloody Falls massacre, an alleged attack by his guides o…
In 1771, Samuel Hearne, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, set off with a group of Dene guides to explore part of the Central Arctic. Twenty-four years later, Hearne's gruesome account of what has become known as the Bloody Falls massacre, an alleged attack by his guides o…
Mini Aodla Freeman's extraordinary story, sometimes humourous and sometimes heartbreaking, illustrates an Inuit woman's movement between worlds and ways of understanding. This critical edition includes an afterword by Keavy Martin and Julie Rak, with Norma Dunning.
Life Among the Qallunaat is the story of Mini Aodla Freeman's experiences growing up in the Inuit communities of James Bay and her journey in the 1950s from her home to the strange land and stranger customs of the Qallunaat, those living south of the Arctic. Her extraordinary st…
Inuit kinship and naming customs
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A collection of interviews by Pelagie Owlijoot with Inuit elders from Arviat Region, Nunavut, about traditional family naming and kinship customs.
Inuit ilagiigusinggit amma attiqtuijjusinggit
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Type: Book
A collection of interviews by Pelagie Owlijoot with Inuit elders from Arviat Region, Nunavut, about traditional family naming and kinship customs.
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"What does it mean to become a man in the Arctic today? Becoming Inummarik focuses on the lives of the first generation of men born and raised primarily in permanent settlements. Forced to balance the difficulties of schooling, jobs, and money that are a part of village life wit…
