inuit

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inuit

Igloos

Informative, engaging text and photos introduce readers to igloos.
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Tiktala

When the spirit guide changes her into a seal, Tiktala learns the ways of seals and how harmful humans can be.
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On Mother's lap

A small Eskimo boy discovers that Mother's lap is a very special place with room for everyone, including his baby Sister and a puppy.
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Minuk

ashes in the pathway
Twelve-year-old Minuk's traditional Eskimo way of life is changed forever in 1892 with the arrival of Christian missionaries.
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The middle of everywhere

Noah Thorpe goes to live with his father in George River, in Quebec's far north, for the school term, and finds that he will need to learn some lessons from some of his Inuit friends if he is to survive the harsh winter.

Life among the Inuit

Describes life among the Inuit people, including the harsh climate where they live, their culture, and their hunting prowess.

The polar bear son

an Inuit tale
An old woman adopts and raises a polar bear cub which grows up and provides for her even after she has had to send it away to save it from the jealous men of the village.
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The origin of day and night

2018
Presents a retelling of a traditional Inuit tale in which the actions of a hare and a fox change the Arctic forever by creating day and night.

Ka-ha-si and the loon

an Eskimo legend
Retells the legend of Ka-ha-si, who acquires great strength and boldness and uses them to rescue his people in times of peril. Includes information on the customs and lifestyle of the Eskimos.

Split tooth

A girl in Nunavut grows up in the 1970s, experiencing joy, friendship, the love of her parents, boredom, listlessness, and bullying, tedium, the raw power of ice and sky, the energy of the animal world, and the horrors of alcohol and violence--and above all the spirits that surround her in the world and draw her into something bigger than herself when she finally becomes pregnant.
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