
Words of the Inuit
Description
Words of the Inuit is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. It brings the sum of the author's decades of experience and engagement with Inuit and Inuktitut to bear on what he fashions as an amiable, leisurely stroll through words and meanings.
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Persons
Lisa Koperqualuk is Curator and Mediator of Inuit Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. She has worked with Inuit organizations and committees at the provincial, federal and national levels since becoming Vice President of International Affairs at the Inuit Circumpolar Council. A trilingual speaker and trained anthropologist, she has worked as an Inuktitut teacher at John Abbot College, an educational councillor for the Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, and as Director of Communications and Public Relations at the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec.
Content
- Chapter 1 Words for Speaking About the Environment and Land
- Chapter 2 Words for Speaking About Animals and Subsistence Activities
- Chapter 3 Words for Speaking About Humans and Animals
- Chapter 4 Words for Speaking About Family, Kinship, and Naming
- Chapter 5 Words for Speaking About the Human Body
- Chapter 6 Words for Socializing in the Contemporary WorldConclusion: Words for the Future