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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782080003321

Autore

Bennett John

Titolo

Uqalurait [[electronic resource] ] : an oral history of Nunavut / / compiled and edited by John Bennett and Susan Rowley ; foreword by Suzanne Evaloardjuk ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-86032-1

9786612860324

0-7735-7006-3

Descrizione fisica

xxxii, 473 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports ; ; 25 cm

Collana

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 36

Altri autori (Persone)

RowleySusan Diana Mary

Disciplina

305.897/124/097195

Soggetti

Inuit - Nunavut - History

Inuit - Nunavut - Social life and customs

Ethnology - Nunavut

Oral history - Nunavut

Inuit - Nunavut - Histoire

Inuit - Nunavut - Moeurs et coutumes

Ethnologie - Nunavut

Histoire orale

Nunavut History

Nunavut Social life and customs

Nunavut Histoire

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Black and White Illustrations -- Figures -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A Note on Language and Spelling -- Colour plates -- Inuit Identity -- Naming -- The Family -- Animals -- Hunting -- Gathering -- Food Sharing -- Leadership -- Justice -- Music and Dance -- Astronomy -- Navigation -- The Land -- External Relations -- Tuniit -- Unusual Beings -- Cosmology -- Shamanism -- Singaijuq (Pregnancy) and Irnisuktuq (Labour) -- Medicine -- Death and Burial -- Architecture -- Material Culture -- Skin Preparation and Clothing -- Regional Identity -- Inuit



Seasonal Rounds -- Seasonal Rounf of the Ahiarmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Arviligjuarmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Amitturmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Inuinnait -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Elders Quoted in the Text -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

An authoritative and comprehensive compilation of the ancient knowledge of Inuit elders.