The Inuit Thought Of It
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Author | : Alootook Ipellie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Inuit |
ISBN | : 9781554510887 |
Examines the traditional technology developed by the Inuit, including such well known inventions as the kayak, the dog sled, the parka, and the igloo, as well as lesser known garments, activities, processes, and implements.
Author | : Alootook Ipellie |
Publisher | : Perfection Learning |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781627655767 |
A well illustrated catalog of more than 40 items and innovations that were developed in traditional Inuit cultures. Their story is told in captivating language, detailing how the objects were made and their impact on contemporary culture.
Author | : Alootook & MacDonald Ipellie (David) |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
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The Inuit Thought of It explores more than 40 ideas crucial to that survival. From items still familiar to us today (like kayaks and parkas) to inventive concepts that shaped their lives ...
Author | : Rocky Landon |
Publisher | : We Thought of It |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781554511549 |
Diverse Cultures; Social Studies.
Author | : Louis-Jacques Dorais |
Publisher | : Univ. of Manitoba Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2020-09-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 088755864X |
"Words of the Inuit" is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. It brings the sum of the author’s decades of experience and engagement with Inuit and Inuktitut to bear on what he fashions as an amiable, leisurely stroll through words and meanings. Inuit words are often more complex than English words and frequently contain small units of meaning that add up to convey a larger sensibility. Dorais’ lexical and semantic analyses and reconstructions are not overly technical, yet they reliably evince connections and underlying significations that allow for an in-depth reflection on the richness of Inuit linguistic and cultural heritage and identity. An appendix on the polysynthetic character of Inuit languages includes more detailed grammatical description of interest to more specialist readers. Organized thematically, the book tours the histories and meanings of the words to illuminate numerous aspects of Inuit culture, including environment and the land; animals and subsistence activities; humans and spirits; family, kinship, and naming; the human body; and socializing with other people in the contemporary world. It concludes with a reflection on the usefulness for modern Inuit—especially youth and others looking to strengthen their cultural identity —to know about the underlying meanings embedded in their language and culture. With recent reports alerting us to the declining use of the Inuit language in the North, "Words of the Inuit" is a timely contribution to understanding one of the world’s most resilient Indigenous languages.
Author | : Helen Dwyer |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Inuit |
ISBN | : 1433959704 |
Previous ed. published in 2005 as Inuit.
Author | : Vilhjalmur Stefansson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
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Author | : James Houston |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780152059248 |
Author | : Frédéric Laugrand |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2014-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1782384065 |
Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. The authors examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. After these non-social and inedible animals, they discuss the dog, the companion of the hunter, and the fellow hunter, the bear, considered to resemble a human being. A discussion of the renewal of whale hunting accompanies the chapters about animals considered ‘prey par excellence’: the caribou, the seals and the whale, symbol of the whole. By giving precedence to Inuit categories such as ‘inua’ (owner) and ‘tarniq’ (shade) over European concepts such as ‘spirit ‘and ‘soul’, the book compares and contrasts human beings and animals to provide a better understanding of human-animal relationships in a hunting society.
Author | : Louis-Jacques Dorais |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2014-08-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0773581766 |
The culmination of forty years of research, The Language of the Inuit maps the geographical distribution and linguistic differences between the Eskaleut and Inuit languages and dialects. Providing details about aspects of comparative phonology, grammar, and lexicon as well as Inuit prehistory and historical evolution, Louis-Jacques Dorais shows the effects of bilingualism, literacy, and formal education on Inuit language and considers its present status and future. An enormous task, masterfully accomplished, The Language of the Inuit is not only an anthropological and linguistic study of a language and the broad social and cultural contexts where it is spoken but a history of the language's speakers.