Appendix 1 Glossary of Inuktitut Words

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction xvii
6. Angakkuuniq and Christianity
7. Continuity and Decline 2
8. Missionaries and Angakkuit 37
9. Inuit Winter Feasts 70
10. Animals, Owners, and Non-human Beings
11. Hunters and Prey 103
12. The Owners of the Sky, the Land, and the Sea 133
13. Inuunngittut, Non-human Beings from the Land and the Sea 168
14. Encounters, Healing, and Power
15. Initiation, Visions, and Dreams 201
16. Healing as a Socio-cosmic Process 242
17. Powerful Objects and Words 272
18. Connecting to Ancestors and Land
19. Connecting to Ancestors: Qilaniq and Qilauti, Head Lifting and Drum Dancing 307
20. Reconnecting People and Healing the Land: Inuit Pentecostal and Evangelical Movements 342
21. Transitions and Transformations 372
22. Glossary of Inuktitut Words 391
23. Inuit Elders 400
24. Notes 405
25. References 435
26. Index 399