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Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story

David F. Pelly

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Description:Ukkusiksalik is now a national park, established to preserve a beautiful and historic piece of wilderness. In earlier times, it was the principal hunting ground for several Inuit families in a landscape crisscrossed by explorers, whalers, missionaries, Mounties, and traders. Since the 1980s, David F. Pelly has been exploring this region both physically — on foot, by sea-kayak, and with Inuit companions — and by documenting Inuit traditional knowledge of the land.In this book, Pelly weaves together the people’s stories with historical accounts to provide the complete history of Ukkusiksalik. The Inuit elders who are the centrepiece of this tableau provide the reader with a new way of seeing the world — the way stories from the land have been transmitted through the generations for centuries.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story. To get started finding Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2016

ISBN: 1459729897

Description: Ukkusiksalik is now a national park, established to preserve a beautiful and historic piece of wilderness. In earlier times, it was the principal hunting ground for several Inuit families in a landscape crisscrossed by explorers, whalers, missionaries, Mounties, and traders. Since the 1980s, David F. Pelly has been exploring this region both physically — on foot, by sea-kayak, and with Inuit companions — and by documenting Inuit traditional knowledge of the land.In this book, Pelly weaves together the people’s stories with historical accounts to provide the complete history of Ukkusiksalik. The Inuit elders who are the centrepiece of this tableau provide the reader with a new way of seeing the world — the way stories from the land have been transmitted through the generations for centuries.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story. To get started finding Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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