Uqalurait
An Oral History of Nunavut
Published on 14. May 2014
522 pages
978-0-7735-7006-1 (ISBN)
Description
An authoritative and comprehensive compilation of the ancient knowledge of Inuit elders.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
United States
File size
32,66 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-7006-1 (9780773570061)
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06/2008
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University of British Columbia
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Black and White Illustrations
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A Note on Language and Spelling
- Colour Plates following page
- PART ONE: Inuit Identity
- 1 Naming
- 2 The Family
- 3 Animals
- 4 Hunting
- 5 Gathering
- 6 Food Sharing
- 7 Leadership
- 8 Justice
- 9 Music and Dance
- 10 Astronomy
- 11 Navigation
- 12 The Land
- 13 External Relations
- Inuit
- Indians
- 14 Tuniit
- 15 Unusual Beings
- 16 Cosmology
- 17 Shamanism
- 18 Singaijuq (Pregnancy) and Irnisuktuq (Labour)
- 19 Medicine
- 20 Death and Burial
- 21 Architecture
- Introduction
- Dwellings
- Caches - Preserving for the Future
- Inuksuit/Inuksugait - Indicators of the Past
- 22 Material Culture
- Introduction
- Hunting Equipment
- Boats
- Qimmiit (Dogs)
- Qamutiit (Sledges)
- Domestic Equipment
- 23 Skin Preparation and Clothing
- Skin Preparation
- Clothing
- PART TWO: Regional Identity
- 24 Inuit Seasonal Rounds
- 25 Seasonal Round of the Ahiarmiut
- 26 Seasonal Round of the Arviligjuarmiut
- 27 Seasonal Round of the Amitturmiut
- 28 Seasonal Round of the Inuinnait
- Conclusion
- Glossary
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- Bibliography
- Index of Elders Quoted in the Text
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- General Index
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