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edition:Paperback
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category: Social Science
published: Jun 2008
ISBN:9780773523418
publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Uqalurait

An Oral History of Nunavut

by John R. Bennett & Susan Rowley

tagged: native american
Description

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

About the Authors

John R. Bennett


Susan Rowley

Contributor Notes

John Bennett is a researcher, writer, and editor specializing in the North and a former editor of the Inuit cultural magazine Inuktitut. Susan Rowley is associate professor of anthropology and sociology and curator of public archaeology, Museum of Anthropology, at the University of British Columbia.

Editorial Reviews

"Uqalurait is the most comprehensive compilation of Inuit traditional knowledge to date." TOPIA - Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies


"In Uqalurait the history of the Inuit is told in their own words. This thorough and comprehensive work is a formidable achievement that will allow their traditional knowledge to be handed down throughout the generations. The book's simple, logical structure enables non-Inuit to gain a solid and insightful understanding of Inuit life, thought, and society. One of the very fine attributes of this work - and of the Inuit who shared their memories - is that it covers all aspects of Inuit life with complete frankness." Ken S. Coates is Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan


"Recuperates and preserves the dwindling knowledge of how the Inuit lived prior to moving into permanent settlements ... profound and remarkably humorous." The Walrus

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