Ukkusiksalik
The People's Story
Nonfiction, History, Polar Regions, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, Americas, Native American
| Author: | David F. Pelly | ISBN: | 9781459729919 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn | Publication: | January 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Dundurn | Language: | English |
| Author: | David F. Pelly |
| ISBN: | 9781459729919 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn |
| Publication: | January 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Dundurn |
| Language: | English |
The remarkable history of a pocket of the remote Arctic, and the oral testimony from the last Inuit elders to live there.
A coastal region of rolling tundra just west of Hudson Bay, Ukkusikslaik was established as a national park in 2003. In earlier times this historic region was the principal hunting ground for several Inuit families and was criss-crossed by missionaries, Mounties, and traders. Since the 1980s, Arctic writer and researcher David F. Pelly has been exploring this region on foot and by sea-kayak, and with Inuit friends, while documenting Inuit traditional knowledge of the land. In this book, he presents the stories of Inuit elders and includes historical records to provide a complete history of this extraordinary corner of our northern landscape, Ukkusiksalik.
The remarkable history of a pocket of the remote Arctic, and the oral testimony from the last Inuit elders to live there.
A coastal region of rolling tundra just west of Hudson Bay, Ukkusikslaik was established as a national park in 2003. In earlier times this historic region was the principal hunting ground for several Inuit families and was criss-crossed by missionaries, Mounties, and traders. Since the 1980s, Arctic writer and researcher David F. Pelly has been exploring this region on foot and by sea-kayak, and with Inuit friends, while documenting Inuit traditional knowledge of the land. In this book, he presents the stories of Inuit elders and includes historical records to provide a complete history of this extraordinary corner of our northern landscape, Ukkusiksalik.
