Uqalurait : an oral history of Nunavut
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- ISBN: 0773523405 (acid-free paper)
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xxxii, 473 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. Inuit identity -- Naming -- The family -- Animals -- Hunting -- Gethering -- Food sharing -- Leadership -- Justice -- Music and dance -- Astronomy -- Navigation -- The land -- External relations -- Inuit -- Indians-- Tuniit -- Unusual beings -- Cosmology -- Shamanism -- Singaijuq ( Pregnancy) and Irnisuktuq (Labour) -- Medicine -- Death and burial -- Architecture. Introduction . Dwellings. Caches- preserving for the future/ Inuksuit/Inuksugait- indicators of the past -- Material culture. Introduction. Hunting equipment. boats. Quimmiit (Dogs). Qamutiit (sledges). Domestic equipment --Skin preparation and clothing. Skin preparation. Clothing -- Part two. Regional identity -- Inuit seasonal rounds -- Seasonal round of the Ahiarmiut -- Seasonal round of the Arviligjuarmiut -- Seasonal round of the Amitturmiut -- Season round of the Inuinnait -- Conclusion. |
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Subject: | Ethnology -- Nunavut Inuit -- Nunavut -- Social life and customs Oral history Oral history -- Nunavut Inuit -- Nunavut -- History Nunavut -- History Nunavut -- Social life and customs |
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Lansdowne Library | E 99 E7 B474 2004 (Text) | 26040002608285 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |