Inuit knowledge and perceptions of the land-water interface

• Main Author: Heyes, Scott Alexander
• Other Authors: Peter Jacobs (Supervisor1), Wayne H Pollard (Supervisor2)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2007
• Subjects: Social Sciences - Geography; Arctic; Kangiqsualujjuaq; Nunavik; Ungava Bay; Arctique*; inuit; inuits
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18292

The Inuit of Kangiqsualujjuaq have maintained functional and spiritual connections with the landscape and waters of Arctic Quebec (Nunavik) for over four thousand years. While ethnographic studies about this ocean-going population have revealed their pragmatic relationships with the arctic milieu, l...