Uqalurait : an oral history of Nunavut / compiled and edited by John Bennett and Susan Rowley ; foreword by Suzanne Evaloardjuk [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-456) and indexes.

Print version record.

Contents -- List of Black and White Illustrations -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A Note on Language and Spelling -- Colour Plates following page -- PART ONE: Inuit Identity -- 1 Naming -- 2 The Family -- 3 Animals -- 4 Hunting -- 5 Gathering -- 6 Food Sharing -- 7 Leadership -- 8 Justice -- 9 Music and Dance -- 10 Astronomy -- 11 Navigation -- 12 The Land -- 13 External Relations -- Inuit -- Indians -- 14 Tuniit -- 15 Unusual Beings -- 16 Cosmology -- 17 Shamanism

18 Singaijuq (Pregnancy) and Irnisuktuq (Labour)19 Medicine -- 20 Death and Burial -- 21 Architecture -- Introduction -- Dwellings -- Caches -- Preserving for the Future -- Inuksuit/Inuksugait -- Indicators of the Past -- 22 Material Culture -- Introduction -- Hunting Equipment -- Boats -- Qimmiit (Dogs) -- Qamutiit (Sledges) -- Domestic Equipment -- 23 Skin Preparation and Clothing -- Skin Preparation -- Clothing -- PART TWO: Regional Identity -- 24 Inuit Seasonal Rounds -- 25 Seasonal Round of the Ahiarmiut

26 Seasonal Round of the Arviligjuarmiut27 Seasonal Round of the Amitturmiut -- 28 Seasonal Round of the Inuinnait -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- A -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- Bibliography -- Index of Elders Quoted in the Text -- A -- B -- E -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- S -- T -- U -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W

"A compilation of the traditional knowledge of Inuit elders guided by Inuit from across Nunavut, Uqalurait consists of thousands of quotations organized thematically to cover all aspects of traditional life. The book describes the seasonal rounds of four different cultural groups, illustrating that while Inuit across the land now known as Nunavut had much in common, there was also much to distinguish them from each other, living as they did in many small groups of people, each with its own territory and identity."--Jacket

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