Inuit Women

Author : Nancy Wachowich
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0773522441

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Saqiyuq by Nancy Wachowich Pdf

Saqiyuq is the name the Inuit give to a strong wind that suddenly shifts direction; Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women is a vivid portrait of the changing nature of life in the Arctic during the twentieth century. Through their life stories a grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter take us on a remarkable journey in which the cycles of life -- childhood, adolescence, marriage, birthing and child rearing - are presented against the contrasting experiences of three successive generations. Their memories and reflections give us poignant insight into the history of the people of the new territory of Nunavut. Apphia Awa, who was born in 1931, experienced the traditional life on the land while Rhoda Katsak, Apphia's daughter, was part of the transitional generation who were sent to government schools. In contrast to both, Sandra Katsak, Rhoda's daughter, has grown up in the settlement of Pond Inlet among the conveniences and tensions of contemporary northern communities - video games and coffee shops but also drugs and alcohol. During the last years of Apphia's life Rhoda and Sandra began working to reconnect to their traditional culture and learn the art of making traditional skin clothing. Through the storytelling in Saqiyuq, Apphia, Rhoda, and Sandra explore the transformations that have taken place in the lives of the Inuit and chart the struggle of the Inuit to reclaim their traditional practices and integrate them into their lives. Nancy Wachowich became friends with Rhoda Katsak and her family during the early 1990s and was able to record their stories before Apphia's death in 1996. Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women will appeal to everyone interested in the Inuit, the North, family bonds, and a good story.

Author : Janet Mancini Billson,Kyra Mancini
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0742535975

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Inuit Women by Janet Mancini Billson,Kyra Mancini Pdf

Inuit Women is the definitive study of the Inuit during a time of rapid change. Based on fourteen years of research and fieldwork, this analysis focuses on the challenges facing Inuit women as they enter the twenty-first century. Written shortly after the creation of Nunavut, a new province carved out of traditional Inuit homelands in the Canadian North, this compelling book combines conclusions drawn from the authors' ethnographic research with the stories of Inuit women and men, told in their own words. In addition to their presentation of the personal portraits and voices of many Inuit respondents, Janet Mancini Billson and Kyra Mancini explore global issues: the impact of rapid social change and Canadian resettlement policy on Inuit culture; women's roles in society; and gender relations in Baffin Island, in the Eastern Arctic. They also include an extensive section on how the newly created territory of Nunavut is impacting the lives of Inuit women and their families. Working from a research approach grounded in feminist theory, the authors involve their Inuit interviewees as full participants in the process. This book stands alone in its attention to Inuit women's issues and lives and should be read by everyone interested in gender relations, development, modernization, globalization, and Inuit culture.

Author : Marion E. Jackson,Odette Leroux,Minnie Aodla Freeman,Canadian Museum of Civilization
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre Limited
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 1550544705

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Inuit Women Artists by Marion E. Jackson,Odette Leroux,Minnie Aodla Freeman,Canadian Museum of Civilization Pdf

The tiny Canadian hamlet of Cape Dorset, just south of the Arctic Circle, has been known since the late 1950s as the capital of Inuit art, thanks to the community’s many talented artists. Here, 12 female artists and writers reflect on a way of life that is now threatened. Each has a story to tell — of growing up female in a harsh environment, of adapting to new cultures and learning the nuances of familiar ways, of learning new art forms through which to portray the best, and worst, of their extraordinary lives. Interwoven with vivid images of a unique culture and a stern landscape are the women’s thoughtful comments on their creative inspirations. Each speaks her concerns with energy, channelling her passions through art that is at once subtle and bold, delicate in detail yet forceful. Two hundred illustrations, over 50 in full color, depict the artists’ striking graphics, sculpture, and jewelry.

Author : Canadian Museum of Civilization
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009791216

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Inuit Women Artists by Canadian Museum of Civilization Pdf

The tiny Canadian hamlet of Cape Dorset, just south of the Arctic Circle, has been known since the late 1950s as the capital of Inuit art, thanks to the community's many talented artists. Here, 12 female artists and writers reflect on a way of life that is now threatened. Each has a story to tell - of growing up female in a harsh environment, of adapting to new cultures and learning the nuances of familiar ways, of learning new art forms through which to portray the best, and worst, of their extraordinary lives. Interwoven with vivid images of a unique culture and a stern landscape are the women's thoughtful comments on their creative inspirations. Each speaks her concerns with energy, channelling her passions through art that is at once subtle and bold, delicate in detail yet forceful. Two hundred illustrations, over 50 in full color, depict the artists' striking graphics, sculpture, and jewelry.

Author : Fiona Walton,Darlene O'Leary
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780889615250

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Sivumut — Towards the Future Together by Fiona Walton,Darlene O'Leary Pdf

This unique collection features auto-ethnographical essays by nine Inuit women educators who were part of the inaugural cohort of the University of Prince Edward Island’s Nunavut Master of Education program, which offered Nunavut’s first graduate-level degree for Inuit educators. These essays provide important first-hand perspectives on Inuit education, reflecting upon the dramatic changes that have taken place in the Eastern Arctic over the past fifty years. The chapters offer insight into both the effects of colonialism and the efforts to build a new educational system grounded in Inuit culture, values, and traditions. Inuit voices have yet to be heard within education scholarship in Canada, making this volume a significant contribution to the literature. This anthology will also be of interest to students of Indigenous and Arctic studies, sociology, and anthropology.

Author : Nancy Wachowich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Inuit women
ISBN : OCLC:1136892775

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Saqiyuq by Nancy Wachowich Pdf

Author : Norma Dunning
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781772122978

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Annie Muktuk and Other Stories by Norma Dunning Pdf

Eskimo, now that's a word. White word. White word for white people to wrap around their pink tongues. Esquimaux. Spell it any way you want and it still comes out the same, skid row and all. - from "Kabloona Red" In Annie Muktuk and Other Stories, Norma Dunning portrays the unvarnished realities of northern life through gritty characters who find themselves in difficult situations. Dunning grew up in a silenced form of Aboriginality, experiencing racism, assimilation, and colonialism; as she began exploring her Inukness, her writing bubbled up to the surface. Her stories challenge southern perceptions of the north and Inuit life through evocative, nuanced voices accented with Inuktitut words and symbolism. As with Alootook Ipellie's work, these short stories bring Inuit life into the reality of the present. Robert Kroetsch series

Author : Joan Scottie,Warren Bernauer,Jack Hicks
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887552694

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I Will Live for Both of Us by Joan Scottie,Warren Bernauer,Jack Hicks Pdf

Born at a traditional Inuit camp in what is now Nunavut, Joan Scottie has spent decades protecting the Inuit hunting way of life, most famously with her long battle against the uranium mining industry. Twice, Scottie and her community of Baker Lake successfully stopped a proposed uranium mine. Working with geographer Warren Bernauer and social scientist Jack Hicks, Scottie here tells the history of her community’s decades-long fight against uranium mining. Scottie's I Will Live for Both of Us is a reflection on recent political and environmental history and a call for a future in which Inuit traditional laws and values are respected and upheld. Drawing on Scottie’s rich and storied life, together with document research by Bernauer and Hicks, their book brings the perspective of a hunter, Elder, grandmother, and community organizer to bear on important political developments and conflicts in the Canadian Arctic since the Second World War. In addition to telling the story of her community’s struggle against the uranium industry, I Will Live for Both of Us discusses gender relations in traditional Inuit camps, the emotional dimensions of colonial oppression, Inuit experiences with residential schools, the politics of gold mining, and Inuit traditional laws regarding the land and animals. A collaboration between three committed activists, I Will Live for Both of Us provides key insights into Inuit history, Indigenous politics, resource management, and the nuclear industry.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Inhabit Media
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 1772271691

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Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines by Anonim Pdf

For thousands of years, Inuit women practised the traditional art of tattooing. This book shares moving photos and stories from women are reawakening the tradition and sharing this knowledge with future generations.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1678 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : OSU:32435081357824

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress Pdf

Author : Anna Hudson,Heather Igloliorte,Jan-Erik Lundström
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1773102249

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Qummut Qukiria! by Anna Hudson,Heather Igloliorte,Jan-Erik Lundström Pdf

Qummut Qukiria! celebrates art and culture within and beyond traditional Inuit and Sámi homelands in the Circumpolar Arctic -- from the continuance of longstanding practices such as storytelling and skin sewing to the development of innovative new art forms such as throatboxing (a hybrid of traditional Inuit throat singing and beatboxing). In this illuminating book, curators, scholars, artists, and activists from Inuit Nunangat, Kalaallit Nunaat, Sápmi, Canada, and Scandinavia address topics as diverse as Sámi rematriation and the revival of the ládjogahpir (a Sámi woman's headgear), the experience of bringing Inuit stone carving to a workshop for inner-city youth, and the decolonizing potential of Traditional Knowledge and its role in contemporary design and beyond. Qummut Qukiria! showcases the thriving art and culture of the Indigenous Circumpolar peoples in the present and demonstrates its importance for the revitalization of language, social wellbeing, and cultural identity.

Author : Tekke Klaas Terpstra
Publisher : Barkhuis
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789492444233

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Inuit Outside the Arctic by Tekke Klaas Terpstra Pdf

his book first and foremost looks into experiences of Greenlanders in Denmark, and in addition offers a Canadian comparative perspective. It presents my representation of Greenlanders in Denmark/Inuit in southern Canada. It is heavily based on interviews with Inuit, but presented in this publication through my eyes. This book uses discussions on Arctic urbanization, migration and perceptions to comprehend experiences of Greenlanders in Denmark and places these experiences into a broader context by referring to experiences in Canada as well.

Author : Lorelei A. Lambert
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 0887376827

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Through the Northern Looking Glass by Lorelei A. Lambert Pdf

These Northern Native Women survive in spite of the harshness of their lives in the boreal forest and tundra. [They] care for and deliver newborn infants far from cities, clinics, hospitals, malls, and pharmacies...Throughout history, women have healed one another. Among Native Peoples, oral histories and traditional storytelling have always been essential to cultural survival. In this book, thirteen Northern Native women relate their experiences as survivors of breast cancer. They speak about how they adapted to the disease, and look in particular at the ties they have built with family, friends, and their environment. The book also examines the clashing and blending of medical technology with traditional Native healing methods. An unusual and unique book.

Author : Caroline Andrew,Sanda Rodgers
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : 0773515135

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Femmes Et L'Žtat Canadien by Caroline Andrew,Sanda Rodgers Pdf

A collection of essays presented at a conference to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the release of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, Women and the Canadian State both celebrates and critically assesses the Report. Women bureaucrats, activists, and academics consider the impact, successes, and failures of the Report from a variety of viewpoints and reflect on the experience of Canadian women since its publication in 1970.

Author : Donna Adams,Nunavut Arctic College. Language and Culture Program
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Inuit women
ISBN : 1897568088

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Arnait Nipingit by Donna Adams,Nunavut Arctic College. Language and Culture Program Pdf