Each society lives on through its children. Children have to responsible adults, who can take care of themselves as well as their relatives. In this book, Inuit childrearing practices are described by two elders - Naqi Ekho and Uqsuralik Ottokie from the South Baffin Island region.Childrearing practices are rapidly changing in the communities of Nunavut yet many features of traditional childrearing can still be observed such as women carrying their babies in the amauti. Topics covered in this book range from pregnancy to naming to nutrition to games.

Childrearing Practices (Interviewing Inuit Elders)

Politics & Social Sciences

Briggs, Jean

Social Sciences

Nunavut Arctic College

Changing the Face of Canada: The Life Story of John Amagoalik (Life Stories of Northern Leaders)

Biographies & Memoirs

Amagoalik, John

Community & Culture

In full colour with photos of the 145 contributing Inuit elders, The Caribou Taste Different Now grounds the discussions, debates, and discourses about climate change to material and everyday life in the contemporary Canadian Arctic.Climate change is expected to have a particular impact on the Arctic regions of the world. Melting permafrost, changing wildlife migration patterns, and new species of flora and fauna threaten to forever change the landscape and lives of the North.In this book, Inuit Elders and knowledge holders from eight Canadian Arctic communities - Kugluktuk, Baker Lake, Pangnirtung, and Pond Inlet in Nunavut; Umiujaq, Kangiqsujuaq, and Kangiqsualujjuaq in Nunavik; and Nain in Nunatsiavut - share their observations of climate change, including how it is affecting traditional ways of life.With a foreword by Mary Simon, this distinct book foregrounds the words of those most intimately poised to observe the effects of climate change. The 145 Inuit contributing this study share their personal knowledge and experience on the land, lending unique insight alongside scientific analysis and research findings.In English and Inuktitut.

"The Caribou Taste Different Now": Inuit Elders Observe Climate Change

Mary Simon, forward

Jose Gerin-Lajoie, editor

Alain Cuerrier, editor

High Arctic, 1920: Three Inuit men delivered justice to an abusive Newfoundland trader.  This is the story of fur trade rivalry and duplicity, isolation and abandonment, greed and madness, and a struggle for the affections of an Inuit woman during a time of major social change in the High Arctic.  A show trial was held in Pond Inlet in 1923 that marked an end to the Inuit traditional way of life and ushered in an era in which Inuit autonomy was supplanted by dependence on traders and police, and later missionaries.  Kenn Harper draws on a combination of Inuit oral history, archival research, and his own knowledge acquired through 50 years in the Arctic to create a compelling story of justice and injustice in the far north.

Thou Shalt Do No Murder: Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic

History

Harper, Kenn

Americas

Through the voices of Inuit elders, this book is a critical and cultural-historical engagement with the traditional concepts of tirigusuusiit, piqujait, and maligait. These three concepts refer to what had to be followed, done, or not done in Inuit culture. Although these terms are now often used as equivalents to modern Western notions of law, this work examines how Inuit and Western concepts of law derive from completely different cultural perspectives.Through the guiding concepts of maligait, piqujait, and tirigusuusiit, this book transcends discussions of law, examining how these Inuit concepts are embedded in social and cosmic relationships. This unique book examines these challenging concepts through the knowledge and stories of Inuit elders and evokes a unique experience whereby Western knowledge - embodied in the participating scholars - works to describe and understand Inuit knowledge and models of traditional law.

Inuit Laws: Trigusuusiit, Piqujait, and Maligait

Tirigusuusiit

Piqujait

Mariano Aupilaarjuk

Marie Tulimaaq

Akisu Joamie

Emile Imaruittug

Lucassie Nutaraaluk

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.The interviews began across a table, but just weeks into what became an ongoing project, the stories and songs you will find captured here were being told over a cup of tea to students and course facilitators sitting on the floor, as they might have been centuries ago. Inuit Worldviews effectively introduces the reader to the production and transmission of knowledge in Inuit society and describes the nature of Inuit knowledge. It includes essays by the students, traditional stories, and an instructive glossary.

Inuit Worldviews: An Introduction

Kangiryuarmiut Inuinnaqtun: Uqauhiitaa Numiktitirutait Dictionary

Emily Kudlak

Richard Compton

The Qaggiq Model: Toward a Theory of Inuktut Knowl

Tamalik Mcgrath, Janet

This is a collection of seal and fish recipes collected from across Nunavut. The recipes are printed in English and the Inuktitut dialect of the community represented. It also includes specific techniques for preparing seal and arctic fish.

Nirjutit Imaani: Cooking with Fish and Seal

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking by Ingredient

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