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Genre/Form: | Wörterbuch Reference works Dictionaries History Dictionnaires anglais |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Pamela R Stern |
ISBN: | 0810850583 9780810850583 |
OCLC Number: | 54768167 |
Description: | xlii, 199 pages : maps ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | A note on orthography -- Acronyms and special terms -- Maps: 1. The Inuit Circumpolar North -- 2. Inuit Territories and contemporary ethnonyms -- 3. Greenland -- 4. Nunavik Inuit communities -- 5. Iňupiaq, Yupik, and Alutiiq Native corporations created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act -- 6. Inuvialuit and Nunavut Inuit land ownership after land claims agreements -- Chronology Appendix A: dates and locations of Inuit Circumpolar conference meetings -- Appendix B: Inuit Circumpolar conference leaders -- Appendix C: Website addresses for Inuit and Arctic organizations. |
Series Title: | Historical dictionaries of people and cultures, no. 2. |
Responsibility: | Pamela R. Stern. |
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Unique...a significant addition to the literature. Recommended. General and academic collections. * CHOICE * For those interested in studying the Inuit - in learning more about their history, their culture, and their contemporary people, lives, and issues - this is the basic reference that should be in their library....Of particular importance in a reference of this kind, is the experience and scholarship of the author. The reputation of the author, a recognized scholar in the field, brings credibility to the work. * American Reference Books Annual * ...examines the history of the Inuit, their differences and similarities in history, contact with other cultures, language, perceptions of sovereignty, and attitudes about their own ethnic and cultural identity. The dictionary section includes people, terms, organizations, and projects associated with Inuit culture and history. * Reference and Research Book News * Read more...


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