Bestselling memoir Fatty Legs for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to...
Inuit women
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Author:Jordan-Fenton, ChristySummary: - Author:Kunuk, ZachariasSummary:
. . . tells the story of a young shaman in training who must face her first test--a trip to the underground to visit Kannaaluk, The One Below, who holds the answers to why a community member has become ill. Facing dark spirits and...
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Author:Watt-Cloutier, SheilaSummary:The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings in the Arctic community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec—...
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Author:McGrath, M. J.Summary:Half-Inuit Edie Kiglatuk is in Alaska with Sergeant Derek Palliser, helping her ex-husband in his bid to win the Iditarod. The race takes a grim turn when Edie stumbles upon the body of a baby in the forest. The ensuing investigation...
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Author:Jordan-Fenton, Christy, Pokiak-Fenton, MargaretSummary:Looks at the experiences of a young Inuit girl returning from a residential religious school, where she is not recognized by her mother and is seen as an outsider.
- Author:Freeman, Mini Aodla, Martin, Keavy, Rak, Julie, Dunning, NormaSummary:
Life Among the Qallunaat is the story of Mini Aodla Freeman’s experiences growing up in the Inuit communities of James Bay and her journey in the 1950s from her home to the strange land and stranger customs of the Qallunaat, those...
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Author:Jordan-Fenton, ChristySummary:Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend...
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Author:Jordan-Fenton, Christy, Pokiak-Fenton, MargaretSummary:Traveling to be reunited with her family in the arctic, 10-year-old Margaret Pokiak can hardly contain her excitement. It’s been two years since her parents delivered her to the school run by the dark-cloaked nuns and brothers. Coming...
