Walking with Aalasi [Inuktitut & English] : an introduction to edible and medicinal Arctic plants

Title:

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Summary:

"'How can we know who we are, ' Aalasi Joamie asks, íf we don't know about where we live? ́Having learned from her mother, Aalasi observed and harvested plants as a little girl in Pangnirtung in the 1940s and later as a mother in Niaqunnguuq (Apex) from the 1960s to today. In this introductory guide to traditional plant use, Aalasi shares her life memories and knowledge of eighteen plants commonly found around Pangnirtung, Niaqunnguuq, and across Nunavut. Fully illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs."--Pub. desc.

Year Published:

2009

Physical Description:

117 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 x 19 cm

Contents:

Pualunnguat -- Arctic Cotton -- Maniq -- Lamp Moss -- Uqpi Supitillu -- Arctic Willow -- Quarait -- Snow-Bed Willow -- Alaksaujait -- Net-Vein Willow -- Paunnait -- Dwarf Fireweed -- Qunguliit -- Mountain Sorrel -- Sapangaralaannguat Tuqtaillu -- Alpine Bistort -- Paurngait Ajjigiingittut -- Berry Plants -- Paurngait Paurngaqutillu -- Crowberry -- Kallait Kallaqutillu -- Bearberry -- Kigutangirnait Naqutillu -- Blueberry -- Qijuktaaqpait -- Labrador Tea -- Siuraup Uqaujangit -- Seaside Bluebells -- Malikkaaat -- Mountain avens -- Urju -- Peat moss -- Ijisiuti -- River Algae -- Nirnait -- Snow Lichen -- Pujualuk -- Dried Mushroom.

Subject:

Plants, Edible -- Nunavut.

Medicinal plants -- Nunavut.

Indigenous peoples -- Canada.

Inuit -- Arctic regions.

Added Author:

Hainnu, Rebecca.

Joamie, Aalasi.

Added Corporate Author:

Nunavut Bilingual Education Society.

ISBN:

9780978218676