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Uqalurait, pointed snowdrifts formed by Arctic blizzards, "would tell us which direction to go in," says elder Mariano Aupilarjuk. This oral history, guided by the traditional knowledge of Inuit elders from across Nunavut, also follows the uqalurait.

 

 

 

Thousands of quotes from over three hundred Inuit elders about their culture and customs cover all aspects of traditional life, from raising children to hunting, the land, and architecture, to belief systems, cosmology, and the Inuit's remarkable ability to make do with what they had. Given the recent creation of Nunavut and current attention to the Arctic due to climate change, Uqalurait is a timely source of insight from a people whose values of sharing and respect for the environment have helped them to live for centuries at the northern limit of the inhabitable world. (Verlagstext)

 

 

 

 

 

 

/ AUS DEM INHALT: / / /

 

List of Black and White Illustrations | xiii

List of Figures | xvii

List of Maps | xviii

Acknowledgments | xix

Foreword | xxi

Introduction | xxv

A Note on Language and Spelling | xxxi

Colour Plates | xxxii

 

 

Part one / Inuit Identity

 

1Naming | 3

 

2The Family | 11

 

3Animals | 43

 

4Hunting | 50

 

5Gathering | 78

 

6Food Sharing | 86

 

7Leadership | 95

 

8Justice | 99

 

9Music and Dance | 106

 

10Astronomy | 111

 

11Navigation | 113

 

12The Land | 118

 

13External Relations | 126

13.1Inuit | 126

13.2Indians | 137

 

14 Tuniit | 143

 

15Unusual Beings | 150

 

16Cosmology | 160

 

17Shamanism | 176

 

18 Singaijuq (Pregnancy) and Irnisuktuq (Labour) | 196

 

19Medicine | 209

 

20Death and Burial | 221

 

21Architecture | 226

21.1Introduction | 226

21.2Dwellings | 227

21.3Caches - Preserving for the Future | 246

21.4Inuksuit/Inuksugait - Indicators of the Past | 255

 

22Material Culture | 262

22.1Introduction | 262

22.2Hunting Equipment | 268

22.3Boats | 272

22.4Qimmiit (Dogs) | 280

22.5Qamutiit (Sledges) | 289

22.6Domestic Equipment | 297

 

23Skin Preparation and Clothing | 307

23.1Skin Preparation | 307

23.2Clothing | 315

 

 

Part Two / Regional Identity

 

24Inuit Seasonal Rounds | 339

 

25Seasonal Round of the Ahiarmiut | 342

 

26Seasonal Round of the Arviligjuarmiut | 360

 

27Seasonal Round of the Amitturmiut | 383

 

28Seasonal Round of the Inuinnait | 409

 

Conclusion | 435

 

Glossary | 437

Bibliography | 451

Index of Elders Quoted in the Text | 457

General Index | 465