"My Father Was Told to Talk to the Environment First Before Anything Else" - Arctic Environmental Education in the Language of the Land

Chapter examines the importance of Indigenous languages and the connection between ecology and language, focusing on the Nunavut Territory where “the land speaks Inuktitut” . The chapter was constructed from conversations and e-mails between Inuk writer and researcher Tommy Akulukjuk, and independen...

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Main Authors: Tommy Akulukjuk, Derek Rasmussen
Language:English
Published: Hampton Press 2009
Subjects:
977863:Inuit:Topic
977906:Inuit > Social life and customs:Topic
977874:Inuit > Education:Topic
1730161:Illich
Ivan
1926-2002:Personal Name
2003266:Indigenous peoples > Languages:Topic
977942:Inuktitut language:Topic
868456:Colonies:Topic
901476:Ecology:Topic
913104:Environmental justice:Topic
2058748:Deschooling society (Illich
Ivan):Uniform Title
Arctic
Nunavut
Rasmussen
inuit
inuktitut
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17613/6a27-gz15
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Summary:Chapter examines the importance of Indigenous languages and the connection between ecology and language, focusing on the Nunavut Territory where “the land speaks Inuktitut” . The chapter was constructed from conversations and e-mails between Inuk writer and researcher Tommy Akulukjuk, and independent researcher Derek Rasmussen, who lived in Nunavut for 12 years.

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