Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Gathering Dwarf Birch 3
5. Irsutualuk and the Fishing Day that Wasn’t 7
6. A Day in the Tent 9
7. Fishing on the Foreshore 12
8. Moving Day and Sanaaq’s Remarriage 15
9. A Qajaq for Qalingu 19
10. Jiimialuk Loses an Eye 23
11. The First Qallunaat Arrive 26
12. Qalingu Tries out the Qajaq 28
13. A Daughter is Adopted 32
14. An Unsuccessful Hunt in the Qajaq 36
15. Sanaaq Meets a Polar Bear 39
16. Arnatuinnaq Catches her First Gull 45
17. From Tent to Igloo 48
18. Jiimialuk’s Fatal Accident 57
19. A Harsh Winter in the Igloo 63
20. Sanaaq Gives Birth to a Son 73
21. Trip Inland 75
22. Hunters Caught in a Blizzard 79
23. Spring Hunting on the Sinaa 89
24. Mussel Fishing under the Ice 92
25. Spring Hunt 95
26. Scenes of Summer Life 100
27. The Legend of Lumaajuq 106
28. The First Catholic Missionaries 113
29. A Children’s Quarrel 117
30. A Community Feast of Boiled Meat 120
31. Spring Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering 122
32. Hunters Adrift on the Ice 126
33. Inuit Chewing Gum 130
34. Learning how to Sew and the Collapse of the Igloo 133
35. fishing For Iqaluk 136
36. Qalingu Makes a Puurtaq and Qumaq her First Boots 142
37. Gathering Eggs 145
38. Spring Hunt on the Edge of the Ice 150
39. A Child’s Carelessness 153
40. A Household Quarrel 157
41. Sanaaq’s Flight 160
42. Conjugal Violence 163
43. A Sorrowful Qalingu 166
44. Sanaaq’s Return to Hospital 168
45. Ritual Feast for the First Kill 171
46. Qalingu Leaves to Work Among the Qallunaat 176
47. A Successful Day Fishing for Arctic Char 181
48. The First Medical Examination 188
49. Birth, Naming, and Conversion 191
50. A Broken Heart and Possession 195
51. Confession and Cure 200
52. Glossary 205
53. Additional Reading 223