Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit : What Inuit Have Always Known To Be True
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit : what Inuit have always known to be true
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Contributor:
Karetak, Joe
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Tester, Frank J.
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Tagalik, Shirley
Summary:
Inuit qaujimajatuqangit--which means a complete body of knowledge and experience passed from generation to generation--is a collection of contributions by Inuit Elders. It not only helps preserve important knowledge and tradition, but also provides an Inuit perspective on personal growth and development, and how we relate to each other, to other living beings, and to the environment.
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Acknowledgements
Foreward: Creating the Book / Shirley Tagalik
Introduction: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Truth and Reconciliation / Joe Karetak, Frank Tester
I. Colonial Challenges and Recovery in the Eastern Arctic / Frank Tester
2. About Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit / Mark Kalluak
3 The Role of Family / Atuat Akittiq
4 Hunting, Fishing and the Laws of the Land / Jose Angutinngurniq
5 We Inuit Call Our Children Qiturngat / Louis Angalik
6 Inutsiapagutit (Inuit Teachings) / Alice Ayalik
7 Conscientious Planning / Norman Attangalaaq
8 Inunnguiniq (Making a Human Being) / Atuat Akittiq, Akpaliapik Karetak
9 Pamiqsainirmik (Training Children) / Donald Uluadluak
10 Planning and Preparing Well / Mariano Aupilaarjuq
Inuit qaujimajatuqangit--which means a complete body of knowledge and experience passed from generation to generation--is a collection of contributions by Inuit Elders. It not only helps preserve important knowledge and tradition, but also provides an Inuit perspective on personal growth and development, and how we relate to each other, to other living beings, and to the environment.