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Author Bennett, John

Title Uqalurait : an oral history of Nunavut / compiled and edited by John Bennett and Susan Rowley ; foreword by Suzanne Evaloardjuk [and others]
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 473 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits
Series McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 36
McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 36.
Contents 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 Arviligjuarmiut27 Seasonal Round of the Amitturmiut -- 28 Seasonal Round of the Inuinnait -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- A -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- Bibliography -- Index of Elders Quoted in the Text -- A -- B -- E -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Summary "A compilation of the traditional knowledge of Inuit elders guided by Inuit from across Nunavut, Uqalurait consists of thousands of quotations organized thematically to cover all aspects of traditional life. The book describes the seasonal rounds of four different cultural groups, illustrating that while Inuit across the land now known as Nunavut had much in common, there was also much to distinguish them from each other, living as they did in many small groups of people, each with its own territory and identity."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-456) and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Inuit -- Nunavut -- History
Inuit -- Nunavut -- Social life and customs
Ethnology -- Nunavut
Oral history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
HISTORY -- Native American.
Ethnology
Inuit
Inuit -- Social life and customs
Oral history
SUBJECT Nunavut -- History
Subject Nunavut
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Rowley, Susan Diana Mary.
Evaloardjuk, Suzanne
LC no. 2005360637
ISBN 9780773570061
0773570063
1282860321
9781282860322
9786612860324
6612860324