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The white archer
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James A. Houston |
A young Eskimo vows to avenge his parents' violent deaths, but over the years that it takes him to become a master archer, he outgrows his hatred. |
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Song of Sedna
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Robert D. San Souci |
Retells one of many versions of how an Eskimo maiden became goddess of the sea. |
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Flight of the Goose
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Lesley Thomas |
A coming-of-age story, a cross cultural love story, an eco-novel with deep ecology, and the story of the initiation of a young shaman woman in the contemporary Alaskan Arctic. |
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Peter Pitseolak's escape from death
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Peter Pitseolak |
An account of two Eskimo hunters' narrow escape from an ice field that is swiftly moving out to sea. |
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The snowstorm
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Jørn Riel |
In the time of the Vikings, when four friends journey from their Inuit settlement near the Arctic Circle to Helluland (modern Baffin Island) with two dogsled teams, their adventure is disrupted by a … |
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Soonchild
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Russell Hoban |
In the cold north, when Sixteen-Face John, a shaman, learns that his first child, a soonchild, cannot hear the World Songs that inspire all newborns from their mother's wombs, he sets out on a quest … |
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People of the North
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Heather Kissock |
From people and industry to wildlife and the environment, Exploring the Canadian Arctic presents exciting information about many aspects of the area north of 60 degrees latitude. |
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Inuit women artists
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Minnie Aodla Freeman,Marion E. Jackson |
Twelve women artists and writers open this rare window on the northern world of the Inuit. From the nine artists, reminiscences of life on the land and thoughtful comments on the sources of inspirati… |
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Art of the Far North
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Carol Finley |
Provides a brief history of the Inuit people and discusses their customs as a background for understanding their sculpture, drawing, and printmaking. |
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Magic words
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Field, Edward |
A collection of poems based on songs and stories gathered by Knud Rasmussen on the Fifth Thule Expedition, which recorded Inuit legends about the universe and its creation. |
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Immi gift
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Karin Littlewood |
Day after day in the frozen north, a young Inuit girl catches brightly-colored objects while ice fishing and uses them to decorate her igloo, until the ice begins to melt and she drops in a gift of h… |
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Baker Lake prints & print-drawings, 1970-76
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Bernadette Driscoll,S. Butler |
Exhibition catalogue for a selection of 39 drawings by artists of the Sanavik Cooperative paired with the corresponding print. |
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The raven and the loon
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Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley |
A retelling of the traditional pan-Arctic story revealing how the Raven and the Loon came to have their now-familiar coats after an exciting sewing game in Loon's iglu. |
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White Eskimo
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Stephen R. Bown |
"While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish, part In… |
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Boundless
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Kathleen Winter |
In 2010, bestselling author Kathleen Winter embarked on a journey across the storied Northwest Passage, among marine scientists, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, and curious passengers. F… |
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The dreaded ogress of the tundra
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Neil Christopher |
"This revised, expanded edition, originally published as Stories of the Amautalik, shares two spine-tingling tales of the dreaded ogress of the tundra, a creature that carries away unsuspecting child… |
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Inuit
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Katie Lajiness |
This title introduces readers to the Inuit people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as… |
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An inuksuk means welcome
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Mary Wallace |
An inuksuk is a stone landmark that different peoples of the Arctic region build to leave a symbolic message. Inuksuit (the plural of inuksuk) can point the way, express joy, or simply say: welcome. … |
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Berry Woman's children
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Dale DeArmond |
Brief retellings of Eskimo animal legends. |
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Arctic peoples
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Describes arctic peoples and the ways they have adapted to their inhospitable climate. Includes projects such as making a kayak and making Aleutian baskets. |
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