Download or read book A contextual study of the Caribou Eskimo kayak written by Eugene Yuji Arima and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a discussion of the place of material culture studies in modern anthropology, the author shows the continuity of the Caribou Inuit kayak form from the Birnik culture. The reconstruction of general kayak development is given in detail as well as a thorough coverage of construction and use of the kayak.

Download or read book Contextual Study of the Caribou Eskimo Kayak written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contextual studies of material culture written by David W. Zimmerly and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of papers focusing on a contextual assessment of Native material culture research plus commentary on the current state of such studies and identification of possible future trends.

Download or read book Case and context in Inuktitut Eskimo written by Ivan Kalmár and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the circumstances under which a speaker chooses one of three possible Inuktitut sentence types containing both subject and object. This volume also includes a grammatical outline of the North Baffin Island dialect.

Download or read book A Survey of the Derivational Postbases of Labrador Inuttut Eskimo written by Lawrence R. Smith and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes a dictionary of derivational postbases currently used by the Labrador Coast Inuit. Each entry includes the Inuttut form in phonemic orthography, morphophonemic specifications, an English semantic characterization, indications of idiosyncrasies, and three examples. An introduction to word formation is also provided.

Download or read book Eskimo music by region written by Thomas F. Johnston and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical examination of Alaskan Inuit music and its rapport with the musical traditions of Inuit populations from Siberia and the Mackenzie Delta in Northwest Canada in contrast to that of Inuit groups residing in Central and Eastern Canada and large portions of Greenland.

Download or read book Music of the Netsilik Eskimo Volume 2 written by Beverley Cavanagh and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study defines the traditional styles and genres of Netsilik Inuit music and examines the extent of change which this music has undergone especially as a result of contact with European and North American music. Volume two consists of song transcriptions and commentaries.

Download or read book Eskimo economics written by William Hugh Jansen and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the different ways in which the Inuit of Rankin Inlet have chosen to adapt to a changing economy.

Download or read book Some grammatical aspects of Labrador Inuttut Eskimo written by Lawrence R. Smith and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grammatical outline of the nominal and verbal paradigms of the dialect currently used by the Labrador Inuit of the Atlantic coast. The volume also offers an introduction to the basic grammatical categories, their functions, and the suffixes which express these as well as to the phonemic system.

Download or read book Inuit songs from Eskimo Point written by Ramon Pelinski and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of forty-one Inuit songs from Eskimo Point, Northwest Territories, featuring three genres: ajajait (personal songs), animal songs, and songs sung by children playing games.

Download or read book Suffixes of the Eskimo dialects of Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island written by Kenn Harper and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume compares and contrasts the derivational suffixes of the Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island Inuit dialects and presents them in dictionary format with alphabetized variants and examples. Two appendices describe the use of selected derivational suffixes to mark verb tense and summarize all suffix base entries included in the dictionary.

Download or read book Hooper Bay kayak construction written by David W. Zimmerly and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amply illustrated book documents the construction of a Bering Sea-style kayak made in the community of Hooper Bay, Alaska, under the direction of Dick Bunyan. Written as journal entries, the text details construction from the initial splitting of the wood to the final fitting of the cockpit lashings. (Reprinted without blueprints)

Download or read book Contributions to kayak studies written by E. Y. Arima and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first two papers describe King Island and North Baffin kayaks, their construction and their equipment. Other articles are on kayak design variation, Greenland kayaks, “kayak fear”, Canadian revival and the fascinating Aleut designs. All papers are illustrated and reflect the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s collection.

Download or read book Inuit language in southern Labrador from 1694 1785 La langue inuit au Sud du Labrador de 1964 1785 written by Louis-Jacques Dorais and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph consists of word and affix-lists, as well as grammatical observations, concerning the language of the Southern Labrador Inuit from 1694 to 1785. They were collected from written texts of this period and show that the language of these eighteenth century Inuit is almost identical with that of their contemporaries in the Eastern Canadian Arctic./Ce travail présente sous forme de listes de mots et d’affixes ainsi que de remarques grammaticales les données linguistiques continues dans les textes d’époque portant sur les Inuits du Labrador méridional, de 1694 à 1785. Il nous permet de constater que la langue inuit du18e siècle était, à peu de choses près, semblable à celle qui est parlée aujourd’hui dans l’Arctique oriental canadien.

Download or read book Inuit adoption written by D. L. Guemple and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Utilizing primary ethnographic evidence from Hudson Bay and documentary evidence pertaining to other regions of the Arctic, the author examines the practice of Inuit adoption. The conclusions of this study have significant ramifications with respect to understanding Inuit social organization and kinship.

Download or read book Canadian Inuit literature written by Robin McGrath and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the development of contemporary Inuit literature, in both Inuktitut and English, including a discussion of its themes, structures and roots in oral tradition. The author concludes that a strong continuity persists between the two narrative forms despite apparent differences in subject matter and language.

Download or read book Eight Inuit myths Inuit unipkaaqtuat pingasuniarvinilit written by and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary and morphemic translations of eight Nassilingmiut (Central Arctic Inuit) myths are provided.