Arvik! In pursuit of the bowhead whale

We still come across many bowhead whale bones in some of the places we hunt.  I’ve heard stories about how the Inuit used to get together for those bowhead hunts.  The people, mostly widows, who were left behind in the camps would sing songs as they waited for the men to come back from the …


Revival: Printmaking in Nunavik (2014-2019)

This beautiful 154 pages exhibition catalogue of Revival: Printmaking in Nunavik (2014-2019) presented at the Musée d’art de Joliette in 2021, includes the 63 linocut prints done by 26 artists present in the exhibition along with a foreword of Lisa Koperqualuk, an essai of curator Lyne Bastien and an interview leaded by Olivia Lya Thomassie …


Inuit tools

This illustrated book describes traditional Inuit tools to children.


The Botanical Knowledge of the Inuit of Umiujaq and Kuujjuaraapik, Nunavik

The villages of Kuujjuarapik and Umiujaq, located on the shores of Hudson Bay, form an important territory due to its lakes, rivers and the presence of the Parc national Tursujuq.


Sanaaq (english version)

Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk’s Sanaaq is an intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of the Qallunaat, the White people. Composed in forty-eight episodes, it recounts the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live …