"J'aimerais que vous la connaissiez la fille au ventre rond. Celle qui élèvera seule ses enfants. Qui criera après son copain qui l'aura trompée. Qui pleurera seule dans son salon, qui changera des couches toute sa vie....
Inuit
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Author:Fontaine, NaomiSummary: -
Author:Isluanik, HenrySummary:Henry Isluanik retells the Kiviuq legend, a version passed on to him by his mother, of a courageous hunter who was swept out to sea during a storm and who spent many years trying to find his way back home.
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Author:Lewis, MarionSummary:The legend of Kaugjagjuk--a mistreated orphan who gains the strength to stand up for himself with a little help from the Man of the Moon--is a traditional Inuit tale told throughout the Arctic.
Re-imagined for modern audiences by...
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Author:Christopher, NeilSummary:Each volume in the Kappianaqtut series provides readers with an in-depth academic examination of two mythological creatures from Inuit mythology. The series examines Inuit myths from an ethnographic perspective and fosters discussion on...
- Author:Baker, DarrylSummary:
Jake and Kamik are finally ready to run their first dog sled race with a full team! But there is a lot to do to prepare, and Jake must follow his uncle's lead if he and his dogs are going to be ready for the early spring race. Kamik...
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Author:Ward, KellySummary:Join Kalla as he visits the circus and discovers the many fun-filled ways that numbers, shapes, and patterns exist in the world around us.
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Author:George, Jean CraigheadSummary:While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
- Author:Laugrand, Frédéric B., Oosten, Jarich G.Summary:
Over the century between the first Oblate mission to the Canadian central Arctic in 1867 and the radical shifts brought about by Vatican II, the region was the site of complex interactions between Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey...
- Author:Saladin d'Anglure, Bernard, Frost, Peter, Lévi-Strauss, ClaudeSummary:
Ujarak, Iqallijuq, and Kupaaq were elders from the Inuit community on Igloolik Island in Nunavut. The three elders, among others, shared with Bernard Saladin d’Anglure the narratives which make up the heart of Inuit Stories of Being and...
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Inuit qaujimajatuqangit--which means a complete body of knowledge and experience passed from generation to generation--is a collection of contributions by Inuit Elders. It not only helps preserve important knowledge and tradition, but...
- Author:Johnston, Thomas AngutiSummary:
Inuit games have been played as long as anyone can remember! Learn all about Inuit games and why they are important for staying healthy and strong for life in the Arctic.
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Author:Vowel, ChelseaSummary:Delgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill C-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-Spirit. Tsilhqot'in. Status. TRC. RCAP. FNPOA. Pass and permit. Numbered Treaties. Terra nullius. The Great Peace... Are you familiar with the terms listed above?...
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Author:Harper, KennSummary:Arctic historian Kenn Harper gathers the best of his columns about Inuit history, which appear weekly in Nunatsiaq News, in this exciting new series of books. Each installment of In Those Days: Collected Columns on Arctic History will...
- Author:Fossett, RenéeSummary:
Despite the long human history of the Canadian central arctic, there is still little historical writing on the Inuit peoples of this vast region. Although archaeologists and anthropologists have studied ancient and contemporary Inuit...
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Author:Sammurtok, NadiaSummary:Nadia Sammurtok lovingly invites the reader into the amautik--the pouch in the back of a mother's parka used to carry a child--to experience everything through the eyes of the baby nestled inside, from the cloudlike softness of the...
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Author:Summary:Through interviews with current elders from three regions of Nunavut, Ilagiinniq: Interviews on Inuit Family Values provides a wealth of information on traditional family life. Covering relationships between siblings, elders and...
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Author:Taylor, TheodoreSummary:Two Inuit brothers must fend for themselves while stranded on an ice floe that is adrift in the Greenland Strait.
- Author:Bernauer, Warren, Hicks, Jack, Scottie, JoanSummary:
Born at a traditional Inuit camp in what is now Nunavut, Joan Scottie has spent decades protecting the Inuit hunting way of life, most famously with her long battle against the uranium mining industry. Twice, Scottie and her community...
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Author:Awa, SolomonSummary:The iglu, a traditional winter shelter built in the Arctic for centuries, is a vital part of Inuit culture. The qamutiik, a traditional sled used for hunting, is an essential tool whose versatility and dependability have allowed it to...
- Author:Deal, LauraSummary:
Nivi has always known that her names were special, but she does not know where they came from. So, one sunny afternoon, Nivi decides to ask her mom how she got her names. The stories of the people Nivi is named after lead her to an...
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