Children's Nonfiction Beginner
Inuit Wayfinding
English Edition
- Publisher
- Arvaaq Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2022
- Category
- Beginner, Astronomy, Polar Regions, Native Canadian
- Recommended Age
- 10 to 11
- Recommended Grade
- 5 to 6
- Recommended Reading age
- 10 to 11
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781774500828
- Publish Date
- Jun 2022
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
Before maps, compasses, and GPS, Inuit used observation and experience to find their way in the Arctic. This book describes some of the traditional methods Inuit traditionally used to navigate on the land and sea, including using the sun and stars and looking carefully at snowdrifts. Quotations from Elders preserve this knowledge for future generations.
About the author
John MacDonald spent most of his working life in the Canadian Arctic, including twenty-five years as co-ordinator of the Igloolik Research Centre in Igloolik, Nunavut, where he worked closely with Inuit elders participating in the community’s oral history project. He is the author of The Arctic Sky and co-editor of The Hands’ Measure (Nunavut Arctic College Media), a work highlighting the urgency of recording and documenting Indigenous oral histories and traditional knowledge.
