tent rings: J. Anawak, "Inuit Perceptions of the Past." In, R. Layton, Editor, Who Needs the Past? London, 1989.

she placed: R. De Coccola and P. King, The Incredible Eskimo. Surrey, Canada, 1987.

narratives carry ancient myths:

A magical old woman
She lived by herself
In the dark back then.

There was no daylight
And there was no moon.

"That old woman always lived there. She lives near the village, but no one’s ever seen her." In, T.Lowenstein, Ancient Land: Sacred Whale. New York, 1993.

qarmat: "(Sod houses) were fall and winter houses constructed primarily for sod, wood, bones, and rocks. They took different shapes, depending on the number of families living in them, but were generally circular in form." J. Bennett and S. Rowley, Editors, Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut. Montreal, 2004.

igluit: "Snow that has been packed into drifts by the wind can be cut into strong building blocks. Whenever people lived on the sea ice, igluit were constructed. In many areas, people living on the coast or inland also built igluit as soon as conditions permitted.They were brighter than quamet and snow was an excellent insulator." F. Tamnaruluk. In, J. Bennett and S. Rowley, Editors, Qqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut. Montreal, 2004.

qaggiit: Large snow houses. ""We would have our celebrations in the qaggiq, and also we would gather in the qaggiq when the weather was poor. They would have drum dances there and play taptaujak [blindman's bluff], before we were introducted to Christianity." M. Tunnuq. In, J. Bennett and S. Rowley, Editors, Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut. Montreal, 2004.