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Inuit worldviews : an introduction / Saullu Nakasuk, Herve Paniaq, Elisapee Ootoova, and Pauloosie Angmarlik ; edited by Jarich Oosten and Frederic B. Laugrand.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Interviewing Inuit elders ; v. 1.
- Interviewing Inuit elders ; volume 1
- Standardized Title:
- Pigiarutit. English.
- Language:
- English
- Inuktitut
- Subjects (All):
- Inuit--Nunavut--Interviews.
- Inuit.
- Inuit--Nunavut--Social life and customs.
- Traditional ecological knowledge--Nunavut.
- Traditional ecological knowledge.
- Inuit--Nunavut--Biography.
- Older Indigenous people--Nunavut--Interviews.
- Older Indigenous people.
- Nunavut--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Nunavut.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Iqaluit, NU : Nunavut Arctic College Media, [2017]
- Language Note:
- Interviews translated from the original Inuktitut. Includes some additional text in Inuktitut with English translation.
- Summary:
- An insightful introduction into the production and transmission of knowledge in Inuit societies through the voices of Inuit elders.This rare book grew out of the Oral Traditions course, held at the Iqaluit campus of Nunavut Arctic College.The college invited Inuit elders to be interviewed, in Inuktitut, by the students taking the course that year.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface to the 2nd Edition
- Introduction
- Life Stories
- Elisapee Ootoova (Uutuuvak)
- Hervé Paniaq (Paniaq)
- Saullu Nakasuk (Nakasuk)
- Pauloosie Angmarlik (Ammaalik)
- Essays
- Aaju Peter: Moon, Seasons, and Stars
- Bernice Kootoo: Rules for Women
- Jeannie Shaimaiyuk: Children's Songs
- Julia Shaimaiyuk: Teaching Children
- Myna Ishulutak: Pregnancy
- Nancy Kisa: Introduction to Sewing
- Susan Enuaraq: Qaumauq
- Stories
- Alexina Kublu:
- She Who Never Wants to Get Married
- Brother and Sister Legends:
- Brother Receives Sight from a Loon
- Their Stepmother Becomes a Narwhal
- The Ones with Long Nails
- The Ones without Anuses
- Brother and Sister Become the Sun and the Moon
- Why Iglus No Longer Move
- "Where Is My Dear Grandchild?"
- Marie-Lucie Uvilluq: Earth Eggs
- Maaki Kakkik: Sea People
- Tapea Keenainak: Lumaaju
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Oosten, Jarich Inuit Worldviews
- ISBN:
- 1-897568-82-7
- OCLC:
- 1399170012
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