Uqalurait : an oral history of Nunavut

Bennett, John. (Author). Rowley, Susan Diana Mary. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0773523405 (acid-free paper)
Physical Description: print
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.

Content descriptions

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.