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.