Songs are thoughts: poems of the Inuit

Title
Songs are thoughts: poems of the Inuit

Personal Author EPSB
Neil. Philip

Summary
An English translation of Eskimo poems collected primarily by the Danish ethnologist Knud Rasmussen on his expedition from Greenland to the Bering Strait.

Year Published
1995

Contents
Songs are thoughts / Orpingalik -- Morning prayer / Aua -- The joy of a singer / Piuvkaq -- The mother's song / Anonymous -- Musk oxen / Igjugarjuk -- Personal song / Arnatkoak -- The gull / Nakasuk -- Bear hunting / Aua -- Song of joy / Uvavnuk -- Words / Anonymous (Umanatsiaq) -- The old man's song / Anonymous.

Grade Interest level
All Juvenile

Subject
Inuit poetry.
 
Poetry.
 
Children's poetry, Inuit -- Translations into English.
 
Children's poetry, Inuit - Translations into English.
 
Books in translation.
 
Inuit poetry -- Collections.
 
Children's poetry.

Added Author
Foa, Maryclare.
 
Foa, Maryclare, 1956-
 
Foa, Maryclare,
 
Philip, Neil.

Added Title
poems of the Inuit.

Summary
An English translation of Eskimo poems collected primarily by the Danish ethnologist Knud Rasmussen on his expedition from Greenland to the Bering Strait.

ISBN
9780385254588

Publisher
Toronto, ON : Doubleday Canada Limited, 1995.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Mount Pleasant897.1 PHIBook30152000065725Non-Fiction