Paperback
978-1-896445-32-8Size: 9¾" x 6¾"
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
Inuit Knowledge of Polar Bears [Inuit Qaujimaningit Nanurnut]
A Project of the Gjoa Haven Hunters' and Trappers' Organization
Solstice Series
Edited by Darren E. Keith
Inuit have been hunting polar bear for centuries and have built up a rich knowledge about their habitat and behaviour-a knowledge expressed in the oral history, Inuktitut vocabulary and cultural traditions- in Inuit Qaujimaningit, or IQ. The Hunters' and Trappers' Organization of Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, Kugaaruk and Cambridge Bay share concerns over the future viability of the polar bear population in the McClintock Channel Polar Bear Management Area and about the future integrity of the related IQ. The objective was to record and communicate, as accurately as possible, the IQ of Gjoa Haven residents related to polar bears. The lessons learned from this study will enable application as a model for studies of a similar nature elsewhere.
Book details
Publication date: January 2005Features: 18 maps, over 40 B&W photographs and illustrations, appendices. English with Inuktitut summary
Series: Solstice Series
Keywords: Polar Bears;Inuit Qaujimaningit;Traditional Knowledge
Subject(s): NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, Polar Bears / Inuit Qaujimaningit / Traditional Knowledge, Polar Bears;Inuit Qaujimaningit;Traditional Knowledge, Natural History, Indigenous Studies, Arctic
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press, Gjoa Haven Hunters' and Trappers' Organization and the World Wildlife Fund (Canada)
Book details
Publication date: January 2005Features: 18 maps, over 40 B&W photographs and illustrations, appendices. English with Inuktitut summary
Series: Solstice Series
Keywords: Polar Bears;Inuit Qaujimaningit;Traditional Knowledge
Subject(s): NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, Polar Bears / Inuit Qaujimaningit / Traditional Knowledge, Polar Bears;Inuit Qaujimaningit;Traditional Knowledge, Natural History, Indigenous Studies, Arctic
Publisher(s): The University of Alberta Press, Gjoa Haven Hunters' and Trappers' Organization and the World Wildlife Fund (Canada)
Darren E. Keith.
Jerry Arqviq.
Louie Kamookak.
Jackie Ameralik.
Darren E. Keith.
Jerry Arqviq.
Louie Kamookak.
Jackie Ameralik.