The Tuktu and Nogak Project: Inuit Knowledge about Caribou and Calving Areas in the Bathurst Inlet Region
AFTER AN EXHILARATING SPLASH INTO THERIVER, we threw on dry clothes and climbedback into the boats to resume our search for caribou. We had not brought enough “kabloonaq ” food with us, and a caribou would make the difference between returning to Umingmaktok or staying out on the land for the night....
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.524.4759 2023-05-15T14:19:48+02:00 The Tuktu and Nogak Project: Inuit Knowledge about Caribou and Calving Areas in the Bathurst Inlet Region L. Thorpe The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.524.4759 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic50-4-381.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.524.4759 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic50-4-381.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic50-4-381.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T10:17:39Z AFTER AN EXHILARATING SPLASH INTO THERIVER, we threw on dry clothes and climbedback into the boats to resume our search for caribou. We had not brought enough “kabloonaq ” food with us, and a caribou would make the difference between returning to Umingmaktok or staying out on the land for the night. No sooner had the boat eased into full throttle than did excited voices—screams of “tuktu! tuktu!”— sound over the noise of the engine. Noah expertly slowed the boat, turned towards shore, and reached for his rifle. On the shore, a mammoth bull darted across the open tundra. Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. Noah aimed while Lena, Mary, Bobby, and I held our breaths and sent warning messages of “hush! ” to our growling stomachs. The first shot screamed “tuktu! ” and ricocheted off a rocky outcrop. The bull was stunned and bolted inland. Noah fired again and again, but the boat was rocking and Text Arctic inuit Tundra Umingmaktok Unknown Bathurst Inlet ENVELOPE(-108.051,-108.051,66.840,66.840) Hush ENVELOPE(161.767,161.767,-77.242,-77.242) Umingmaktok ENVELOPE(-107.948,-107.948,67.697,67.697) |
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AFTER AN EXHILARATING SPLASH INTO THERIVER, we threw on dry clothes and climbedback into the boats to resume our search for caribou. We had not brought enough “kabloonaq ” food with us, and a caribou would make the difference between returning to Umingmaktok or staying out on the land for the night. No sooner had the boat eased into full throttle than did excited voices—screams of “tuktu! tuktu!”— sound over the noise of the engine. Noah expertly slowed the boat, turned towards shore, and reached for his rifle. On the shore, a mammoth bull darted across the open tundra. Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. Noah aimed while Lena, Mary, Bobby, and I held our breaths and sent warning messages of “hush! ” to our growling stomachs. The first shot screamed “tuktu! ” and ricocheted off a rocky outcrop. The bull was stunned and bolted inland. Noah fired again and again, but the boat was rocking and |
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The Tuktu and Nogak Project: Inuit Knowledge about Caribou and Calving Areas in the Bathurst Inlet Region |
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