English Français ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Skip to content About Books Other Material Order News Contact Poster CD Promotional products Traditions relating to Customary Law in Nunavik This volume is part of a larger undertaking on Nunavik history, the concept of history taken in a wide sense to include Inuit traditions and knowledge, Qaujimausivut. During two months, Lisa … →
This volume is part of a larger undertaking on Nunavik history, the concept of history taken in a wide sense to include Inuit traditions and knowledge, Qaujimausivut. During two months, Lisa Koperqualuk interviewed 40 people in Nunavik, and gathered information about the rules that used to govern Inuit life, the ways to maintain harmony in …
Je veux que les Inuits soient libres à nouveau Dans cette autobiographie traduite de l’inuktitut au français, Qumaq porte sur le monde qui l’entoure, un regard personnel et réfléchi qui enregistre les grands changements du 20e siècle. Du tournage du film mondialement connu de Robert Flaherty, Nanook of the North, aux échos de la Deuxième …
An encyclopedia in two volumes explaining various traditional cultural subjects, illustrated with drawings by Tuumasi Kudluk.
The publication of Le harpon du chasseur (Harpoon of the hunter) in 1969 marks the beginning of a new era: the first novel written by an Inuit in Canada, it symbolises a historic passage from the spoken word to a written Inuit literature.
Stories told by Siasi Mangiuk Story one: written and drawn by Qumaq Mangiuk Iyaituk Story two: written and drawn by Passa Mangiuk
This work is an adaptation of Amélie Langlais’ master’s thesis on the extraction methods of steatite during the Dorset period. The author explores the various technical aspects related to the exploitation of steatite on the Qajartalik rupestral site and compares her observations with other quarry sites exploited around the same period.
An illustrated book about transportation means and other vehicles. About the illustrator Nunga Echalook is a talented young illustrator who was born in Inukjuak, Nunavik. She discovered her talent and love of drawing while taking multi-media training at the vocational school in her community. In 2009, Nunga joined Avataq Cultural Institute’s publications team. Since then she …
Personal names are very important in Inuit identity. There are many kinds of names: first names, middle names, given names, names, of your sauniq, or sauniit, since there are often more than one sauniq given to a person. In recent years, a variety of non-Inuit names were given to children, and several people have been …
