Traditional Social Organization among the Inuit of Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik (English version)

This ethnographic reconstruction of the Kangiqsujuarmiut traditional social organization was submitted in 1964 as a Master Thesis in anthropology at University of Montreal. Based on data collected in 1961 and 62, this work describes in an outstanding way the physical, historical and social context of one of the least acculturated groups of that time in …


TUMIVUT 17

New issue of Tumivut is now available. Nunavimmi Unikkaatuat, Legends of Nunavik, Légendes du Nunavik  


Memories from Kuujjuarapik

Jeannie Mippigaq (1885-1987) delivers a dignified and courageous account of her lifetime.


ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖑᐊᓚᐅᕐᑖ / UNIKKAANGUALAURTAA / LET’S TELL A STORY (IN ENGLISH)

This manual contains 26 stories. It has been developped for childcare workers in Inuit communities troughout Nunavik and Canada. The story collection includes folktales, timeless legends with a moral as well as various stories about Inuit life in the past. Each of the stories is accompanied by information and suggested activities such as games, craft …


ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖑᐊᓚᐅᕐᑖ / Unikkaangualaurtaa / Let’s tell a Story (in inuktitut)

This manual contains 26 stories. It has been developped for childcare workers in Inuit communities troughout Nunavik and Canada.


The Botanical Knowledge of the Inuit of Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik

The village of Kangiqsujuag and its surroundings as well at the National Park of Pingualuit, form a vast territory, which, despite appearances contains a great plant diversity.


ᑕᖅᕋᒥᐅᑦ; The Northerners; Les Septentrionaux

Book’s extract: “The Northern Quebec Inuit Association was founded two years ago in Inukjuaq. It was established in response to rapidly changing conditions over which the Inuit apparently were to have little or no control. We were alarmed by assumptions  on the part of the white people in government and elsewhere that we were to …


L’organisation sociale traditionnelle des inuit de Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik (French version)

This ethnographic reconstruction of the Kangiqsujuarmiut traditional social organization was submitted in 1964 as a Master Thesis in anthropology at University of Montreal. Based on data collected in 1961 and 62, this work describes in an outstanding way the physical, historical and social context of one of the least acculturated groups of that time in …