Proud to be Inuvialuit = Quviahuktunga Inuvialuugama / by James Pokiak and Mindy Willett ; photographs by Tessa Macintosh.
Proud to be Inuvialuit = Quviahuktunga Inuvialuugama / by James Pokiak and Mindy Willett ; photographs by Tessa Macintosh.
Alternate Title
:
Quviahuktunga Inuvialuugama
By
:
Pokiak, James.
Publication Date
:
2010
Publication Information
:
Markham, Ont. : Fifth House,
Physical Description
:
26 p. : col. ill., maps.
Subject Term
:
Inuvialuit (N.W.T.) -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Inuvialuit -- Hunting -- Juvenile literature.
White whale hunting -- Northwest Territories -- Juvenile literature.
Traditional ecological knowledge -- Northwest Territories -- Juvenile literature.
Inuit -- Juvenile literature.
Geographic Term
:
Tuktoyaktuk (N.W.T.) -- Juvenile literature.
Series
:
LAND IS OUR STORYBOOK
LAND IS OUR STORYBOOK.
Additional Contributors
:
Macintosh, Tessa, 1952-
Willett, Mindy, 1968-
Summary
:
James, who lives in the small town on Tuktoyuktuk in the Northwest Territories, goes on a trip with his daughter Rebecca to harvest beluga whales. Presents the daily life of the modern Inuvialuit Indians, where traditional harvesting and fishing techniques join with modern life, and describes how an Inuvialuit village harvests a beluga whale in traditional times and today.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781897252598
Language Note
:
Includes some text in Inuvialuktun.
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Corner Brook (WCB) | Juv NFic Indigenous | Juvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous | 971.9 POK | Checked In |
| Happy Valley - Goose Bay (LHV) Melville | Juv NFic Indigenous | Juvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous | 971.9 POK | Checked In |
| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Juv NFic Indigenous | Juvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous | 971.9 POK | Checked In |
| St. John's - Marjorie Mews (SJA) | Juv NFic Indigenous | Juvenile Non-Fiction Indigenous | 971.9 POK | Checked In |