Print On Demand. Please allow for additional shipping time. Names, Numbers, and Northern Policy: Inuit, Project Surname, and the Politics of Identity is a brief study of the politics of naming in the Canadian Arctic. The author is a journalist and social scientist whose life-long interest in the study of naming brought her to this little-known facet of Inuit history. From 1969 to 1972 the Canadian government sponsored a program that resulted in every Inuit being renamed. The history of naming in the Arctic is traced to early missionaries and traders.

OUT OF PRINT The Restless Nomad is the autobiography of Alice/Masak French, an Inuit woman from the Mackenzie River Delta region. Her remarkable narrative begins in 1944 when her father arrives at the Anglican residential school in Aklavik to take Alice back to her new family. Alice resided in the school from the age of six until fourteen. She is barely able to communicate in Inupeak with her father's new wife and her siblings. In fact her stepsister wonders why there is a new girl living with them.

The Arctic Sky - Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend is co-published by the Nunavut Research Institute and the Royal Ontario Museum. The author, John MacDonald, lives in Igloolik, NWT where he manages the Igloolik Research Centre for the Nunavut Research Institute. From 1986-1997, in collaboration with Inuit Elders, he has collected and documented the area's oral history and traditional knowledge of the Arctic sky.

The First Americans - Indians of the Arctic and Subarctic is an introduction to the culture area that includes the Aleut, Inuit, Chipewyan, Cree, Montagnais, Naskapi, Dogrib, Hare, Han, Kaska, and Slavey Nations. This text takes an anthropological approach to the description of culture area geography, way of life, rituals and religion, and historical change. Written for students in grades 5 to 9, the volume includes 90 archival and contemporary photographs, maps, and an index. Suitable for elementary level students studying the cultures of the Arctic and Subarctic regions.

Art of the Far North: Inuit Sculpture, Drawing, and Printmaking introduces elementary level students to the art forms of the Inuit. The book examines the art of twelve Inuit artists who create sculpture, drawings and prints. The author describes the climate, history and culture as background for understanding the art. She selects seven themes: dreams, storytelling, the sun and changing seasons, the hunt, shamans, drum dancing, and modern life. For each theme she explores several pieces of art that reflect the theme and explains the artist's intention through direct quotes.

OUT OF PRINT People of the Ice - How the Inuit Lived is part of How They Lived in Canada Series first published in 1980. This text for elementary level students covers the culture and lifestyle of the Inuit before the coming of Europeans. Topics include the land, the people, the family, clothing, housing, food, hunting and fishing, transportation, beliefs and customs, arts and crafts, and the coming of the White People. Unlike Riel's People written by a noted Metis author, People of the Ice is simply a description of a fascinating culture. This text is suitable for grades 3 to 8.

Quaqtaq: Modernity and Identity in an Inuit Community is a brief historical analysis of the northern Quebec village, Quaqtaq. The author describes the community's changes into a settled village and its organization in the 1990s. Dorais looks at local identity in terms of kinship, religion and language as these endure despite overwhelming intrusions. He concludes by examining the role politics and education play in the ongoing relationship between this Inuit community and the rest of Canada. Louis-Jacques Dorais is Professor of Anthropology, Universite Laval.

UNAVAILABLE This title is no longer available from the publisher Teaching in a Cold and Windy Place: Change in an Inuit School is the well-documented monograph about school change in the Canadian context. This first-person account by Joanne Tompkins details her four years in an Inuit school on Baffin Island, Northwest Territories (Nunavut). Tompkins began her teaching in the community of Anurapaktuq in 1987. She notes that the school was not meeting the needs of the community but after four years of staff and community involvement things began to change.

Native North American Art is part of the Oxford History of Art Series and this volume sets out to examine and describe the current state of the arts in contemporary Canada and the United States. Berlo and Phillips are two art historians who bring impeccable credentials to the task. The text introduces to readers an appreciation for the richness and diversity of Indigenous arts from its earliest forms to the installations of modern artists.

True North: The Yukon and Northwest Territories is part of the six-volume The Illustrated History of Canada series that traces the development of Canada through stories of its major regions. Historian William Morrison surveys the history of the Canadian North and its peoples in this generously illustrated text.