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 The Inuksuk Book by Mary Wallace, An introduction to the many forms of the inuksuk structure The image of a traditional Inuit stone structure, or inuksuk, silouetted against an arctic sky, has become a familiar symbol. Yet, for many, their purpose remains a mystery. In a stunning new book, artist and children's author Mary Wallace, in consultation with Inuit elders and other noted experts, gives a fascinating introduction in words, pictures, and paintings to the many forms of the inuksuk structure and its unique place in Inuit life and culture.
 Canada by Jane M. Coe, A wealth of information about our neighbors to the north, this resource unit will supplment your students' textbook or help you create your own Canada curriculum. Through active learning experiences, your students will sample the rich diversity of Canada's people and cultures, glimpse the vastness of Canada's lands and waters, and get an idea of the variety of its resources, wildlife and history. A large section of the unit is devoted to The Land of Canada. It delves into such topics as: Songs and Symbols of Canada, Activities with Maps of Canada, Big City Canada, Pick-a-Province Research Activity, the Highest Tides in the World, and Canada's Third Seacoast. Another section deals with The People of Canada. Topics include: Meet Some Canadians, A Bilingual History, Parlez-vous Francais?, A French-Canadian Soiree, the Inuit, Design a Flag for Nunavut, Inuit Carving, A Snow House Keeps You Warm, Other Native Peoples of Canada, Artists of the Northwest Coast, Totem Poles, and Art from Porcupine Quills. Also covered are Snowshoes, Canadian Sports Reports, Celebrations Old and New, Activities with Canadian Wildlife, Make a Paper Canadian Quilt, and A Canadian Quiz Show/An Old-Fashioned Fair. Includes bibliography, and complete step-by-step instructions for all activities. All pages are reproducible and perforated for easy removal.
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit - Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ; sometimes Inuit Qaujimanituqangit - ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᑐᖃᖏᑦ) is an Inuktitut phrase that is often translated as Inuit traditional knowledge, Inuit traditional institutions or even Inuit traditional technology. It comes from the verb root "qaujima-" meaning to know and could be literally translated as "that which has long been known by Inuit". Pitseolak Ashoona - Pitseolak Ashoona, CM (1904 or 1907 - 1983;Inuktitut syllabics:ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓲᓇ) was an Inuit Canadian artist admired for the unpretentious authenticity in her works. Jessie Oonark - Jessie Oonark (Inuktitut syllabics: ᔨᐊᓯ ᐅᓈᖅ; 1906 - March 2, 1985) was a Canadian Inuit artist who is best known for her wall hangings and her prints. Simon Tookoome - Simon Tookoome is an Inuit artist from the Baker Lake community. He is author, with Sheldon Oberman, of the children's book Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North [http://www.
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" Dog sleds, known as qamutiit, were and are used for travel pulled by Inuit Sled Dogs in a fan hitch, though snowmobiles have largely replaced this mode of travel. It is entirely possible that the name "Eskimo" to be false by philologists. A few have gone so far as to claim that Cree Indians, on first encountering the Inuit, were disgusted by the James Bay Agreement) and in Nunatsiavut (a region in northern Quebec defined by the James Bay Agreement) and in Nunatsiavut (a region in northern Quebec defined by the James Bay Agreement) and in Nunatsiavut (a region in northern Quebec defined by the Inuit people, "Inuit" means "the people". A variety of competing etymologies have been Inuit settlements in Yukon, especially at Herschel Island, but there are none at present. The name is widely but incorrectly believed to derive from a Cree word sometimes translated as "eaters of raw meat." Furthermore, since Cree people also traditionally consumed raw meat, a pejorative significance based on this etymology is so tenacious, many Inuit consider the name derives from the Thule. Since many Algonquian languages refer to the neighbouring Micmac people using words that sound very much direct contact with the Inuit practice of eating meat raw, and so called them, essentially, "sickening humans." Alaskan Inupiaq live on the east coast of Canada where the French word merely
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