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Inuit worldviews : an introduction / Saullu Nakasuk, Hervé Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, and Pauloosie Angmarlik ; edited by Jarich Oosten and Frédéric Laugrand.

Nakasuk, Saullu, 1926- (interviewee.). Paniaq, Hervé, 1933- (interviewee.). Ootoova, Elisapee, 1931- (interviewee.). Angmarlik, Pauloosie, 1911- (interviewee.). Oosten, J. G., 1945-2016 (editor.). Laugrand, Frédéric, (editor.).

Summary:

"An insightful introduction into the production and transmission of knowledge in Inuit societies through the voices of Inuit elders. This book effectively introduces the reader to the production and transmission of knowledge in Inuit society and describes the nature of Inuit knowledge" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781897568521
ISBN: 1897568525
Physical Description: x, 321 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Iqaluit, NU : Nunavut Arctic College Media, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Revision of: Interviewing Inuit Elders Vol. 1: Introduction / Saullu Nakasuk [and others] ; edited by Jarich Oosten & Frédéric Laugrand. -- Iqaluit : Nunavut Arctic College, Language and Culture, ©1999. The original English edition was simultaneously published in Inuktitut: Pigiarutit / Saullu Nakasuk ... [et al.] ; aaqkiksuqtat ukungnungga Jaarik Uustan amma Vuiturik Luguraan. -- Iqaluit, Nunavut : Nunavut Arctic College, Language and Culture Program, ©1999.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgements -- Preface to the 2nd edition -- Introduction -- Life stories -- Elisapee Ootoova (Uutuuvak) / interviewers: Aaju Peter and Jeannie Shaimaiyuk, translator: Maaki Kakkik -- Hervé Paniaq (Paniaq) / interviewers: Susan Enuaraq and Julia Shaimaiyuk, translation: Maaki Kakkik -- Saullu Nakasuk (Nakasuk) / interviewers: Nancy Kisa and Bernice Kootoo, translation: Ooleepika Ikkidluak -- Pauloosie Angmarlik (Ammaalik) / interviewers: Myna Ishulutak and Eena Alivaqtaq, translation: Ooleepika Ikkidluak -- Essays -- Moon, seasons, and stars / Aaju Peter -- Rules for women / Bernice Kootoo -- Children's songs / Jeannie Shaimaiyuk -- Teaching children / Julia Shaimaiyuk -- Pregnancy / Myna Ishulutak -- Introduction to sewing / Nancy Kisa -- Qaumauq / Susan Enuaraq -- Stories -- Introduction -- Uinigumasuittuq = She who never wants to get married / Alexina Kublu -- Aningagiik = Brother and Sister legends / Alexina Kublu. Aninganga qaqsaurmut tautuliqtitaq = Brother receives sight from a loon ; Arnaksanga tuugaalinnguqtuq = Their Stepmother becomes a narwhal ; Kukilingiattiaraaluit = The Ones with long nails ; Iyiqanngittut = The Ones without anuses ; Aningagiik taqqirlu siqininnguqtuuk = Brother and Sister become the Sun and the Moon -- Qanuimmat iglut ingirravagunnairnirmangaata = Why iglus no longer move / Alexina Kublu -- "Irngutarjuapiga nauk?" = "Where is my dear grandchild?" / Alexina Kublu -- Nunaup manningit = Earth eggs / as told to Marie-Lucie Uvilluq by her father, George Agiaq Kappianaq -- Taliillajuut = Sea people / as told to Maaki Kakkik by her grandmother, Miali Tuttu -- Lumaaju / as told to Tapea Keenainak by an elder -- Glossary.
Language Note:	Interviews translated from the original Inuktitut. Includes some additional text in Inuktitut with English translation.