The transfer of knowledge is a key issue in the North as Indigenous people meet the ongoing need for adaptation in their habitat. In eight essays, experts survey critical issues surrounding the knowledge practices of the Inuit of northern Canada and Greenland and the Northern Sá…
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Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground is an ethnographic account of the impacts of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska. In this small Iupiaq community, flooding and erosion are forcing community members to consider relocation as the only possible solution for long-term safety. However,…
Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground is an ethnographic account of the impacts of climate change in Shishmaref, Alaska. In this small Iupiaq community, flooding and erosion are forcing community members to consider relocation as the only possible solution for long-term safety. However,…
Du site de l'éd.: Who is an Indian? This is possibly the oldest question facing Indigenous peoples across the Americas, and one with significant implications for decisions relating to resource distribution, conflicts over who gets to live where and for how long, and clashing pri…
Eskimo of the Canadian Arctic
by Valentine, Victor F, Vallee, Frank G., (Frank Gerald)
fromCarleton library
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Type: Book
A collection of essays covering a wide range of topics including: archaeology of Inuit economy; physical anthropology of the Inuit; spatial concepts of Inuit language; mythology; religious rituals and beliefs; shamanistic belief; witch-fear; Inuit carving; kinship; economic situ…
Eskimo of the Canadian Arctic
by Valentine, Victor F, Vallee, Frank G., (Frank Gerald)
fromCarleton library
0
Type: Book
"For several weeks a year, over three decades, Dr John Burgess worked as a consulting cardiologist in Canada's North, a primary witness to rapidly changing disease patterns among the Inuit as a Western lifestyle became more prevalent. His services to the Inuit, as well as his te…