About this Item
FINE. Oblong paperback. Map tipped in at rear. Legends of the arctic Inuit people. FLAT SIGNED by INUIT ILLUSTRATOR, Elsie Anaginak Klengenberg - and - Editor David Pelly. Poignant cultural stories importantly preserved. Klengenberg's images with added photographs of elders circa 1919 and 1999. Book is fresh - As New condition. [B236]. Seller Inventory # 012116
Bibliographic Details
Title: Uvajuq: The Origin of Death [SIGNED]
Publisher: Kitikmeot Heritage Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Elsie Anaginak Klengenberg
Condition: Collectible
Signed: Signed by Author
Edition: FIRST.
About this title
The story of Uvajuq (oo-va-yook) is rooted in a time when people and animals lived in such harmony and unity that they could speak to each other. For Inuit, as for people whose traditions include the story of the Garden of Eden, this idyllic existence came to an abrupt end a long time ago. The story told here, in words and pictures, speaks of that ancient event and of the transition to an existence where a different kind of sharing prevails.
This old Inuit legend has recently taken on an entirely new dimension in Cambridge Bay, with the uncovering of a unique array of artifacts during an archaeological survey of the hill known as Uvajuq. The mysterious find offers a compelling confluence of myth and reality.
The legend of Uvajuq, as told here, was collected from a group of Inuit elders in the Nunavut community of Cambridge Bay, 300 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. On the surface, it is the story of how three prominent hills near the community were formed. Underlying that is a tale of much deeper significance.
David F. Pelly is a modern-day explorer of the North's cultural landscape, who has lived in and travelled to the Arctic since the late 1970s. He is the author of several books and articles on the land and its people, including The Old Way North, Sacred Hunt, and Uvajuq: The Origin of Death. Much of his writing is based on oral history shared with him by Inuit elders. He lives in Ottawa.
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