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Sanaaq : an Inuit novel

This novel by Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk (transliterated and translated from Inuktitut to English) recounts the fortunes and misfortunes of Sanaaq before and after the arrival of the first whites in Inuit country. Mitiarjuk allows the reader to discover, as no Westerner anthropologist has yet been able to do it, the life and psychology of the Inuit confronted with extreme nature, the need for sharing and the invasion of their territory by white people and their civilization.

Subjects: Indigenous literature, Inuit, Colonialism, Indigenous authors

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Saqiyuq: stories from the lives of three Inuit women

Through the stories of three Inuit women over three generations, Saqiyuq discusses the colonization of the North and the Inuit communities’ struggles to maintain and reclaim traditional knowledge and practices. (Nancy Wachowich ; in collaboration with Apphia Agalakti Awa, Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak, and Sandra Pikujak Katsak, Montreal, McGill Queen’s University Press, 1999, 309 p.)

Subjects: Inuit, Colonization, Indigenous women

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Series of photographs: daily life of the Inuit of Nouveau-Québec (now called Nord-du-Québec) (BAnQ)

Series of photographs (1959-1967) taken by Armor Landry in the Nord-du-Québec region during his career as a photojournalist. These photographs are living witnesses of Inuit culture and find their basis in an ethnographic perspective. The Inuit are presented there as part of their daily life, as a family and as a guide to their territory. There are also aerial views of the surrounding flora and photographs of a former Hudson’s Bay Company trading post converted into supply stores. These photos were used for the illustration of newspaper articles and the preparation of reports.

Subjects: Inuit, Cultural identity, Hunting and fishing, Nouveau-Québec, Northern Quebec

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Series of photographs: Health care of the Innu communities of the Lower North Shore (BAnQ)

Corpus of photographs taken from the Pauline Laurin (1923-1994) archival fonds. She was the first nurse of the Montagnais communities (Innu) of the Lower North Shore. Between 1949 and 1960, she photographed the daily life of the Innu communities of Mingan, Natashquan and La Romaine. These photographs also reflect the health intervention work and care provided by the Department of Health and Welfare Canada to these communities.

Subjects: Social determinants of health, Naskapis, Innu, Medical care, Health, Innu territory

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Siglit Inuvialuit uqautchiita nutaat kipuktirutait aglipkaqtat = Siglit Inuvialuit Eskimo dictionary

Dictionary of the Siglit dialect of Inuktitut spoken in the Western Canadian Arctic.

Subjects: Inuit, Inuktitut, Inuktitut dialects, Inuktitut Dictionary, Western Arctic, Siglit, Indigenous peoples

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Sivumut: towards the future together: Inuit women educational leaders in Nunavut and Nunavik

A collection of essays of Inuit women and educational leaders who were part of the first graduate-level university degree for Inuit educators offered in Nunavut: the UPEI Master of Education. These essays touch upon the writers’ experiences with colonial violence and Inuit education. (Fiona Walton and Darlene O’Leary eds., Toronto, Women’s Press, 2015, 166 p.)

Subjects: Decolonization, Education, Indigenous authors, Indigenous women

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