Cover
Contents
Foreword
Form and Style
Content and Implicit Surrounding Details
Historical and Cultural Context
Characters
1: Gathering Dwarf Birch
2: Irsutualuk and the Fishing Day That Wasn’t
3: A Day in the Tent
4: Fishing on the Foreshore
5: Moving Day and Sanaaq’s Remarriage
6: A Qajaq for Qalingu
7: Jiimialuk Loses an Eye
8: The First Qallunaat Arrive
9: Qalingu Tries out the Qajaq
10: A Daughter Is Adopted
11: An Unsuccessful Hunt in the Qajaq
12: Sanaaq Mee ts a Polar Bear
13: Arnatuinnaq Catches Her First Gull
14: From Tent to Igloo
15: Jiimialuk’s Fatal Accident
16: A Harsh Winter in the Igloo
17: Sanaaq Gives Birth to a Son
18: Trip Inland
19: Hunters Caught in a Blizzard
20: Spring Hunting on the Sinaa
21: Mussel Fishing under the Ice
22: Spring Hunt
23: Scenes of Summer Life
24: The Legend of Lumaajuq
25: The First Catholic Missionaries
26: A Children’s Quarrel
27: A Community Feast of Boiled Meat
28: Spring Hunting, Fishing, and Gathe ring
29: Hunters Adrift on the Ice
30: Inuit Chewing Gum
31: Learning how to Sew and the Collapse of the Igloo
32: Fishing for Iqaluk
33: Qalingu Makes a Puurtaq and Qumaq Her First Boots
34: Gathering Eggs
35: Spring Hunt on the Edge of the Ice
36: A Child’s Carelessness
37: A Household Quarrel
38: Sanaaq’s Flight
39: Conjugal Violence
40: A Sorrowful Qalingu
41: Sanaaq’s Return to Hospital
42: Ritual Feast for the First Kill
43: Qalingu Leaves to Work among the Qallunaat
44: A Successful Day Fishing for Arctic Char
45: The First Medical Examination
46: Birth, Naming, and Conversion
47: A Broken Heart and Possession
48: Confession and Cure
Glossary
Selected Works by Bernard Saladin d’Anglure on Inuit
Critical Writing on Inuit Literature