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

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

Anna, Ziegler

Sommaire
"'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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2009

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

Table des matières
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.

Terme de vedette-matière
Plants, Edible -- Nunavut.
 
Medicinal plants -- Nunavut.
 
Indigenous peoples -- Canada.
 
Inuit -- Arctic regions.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Hainnu, Rebecca.
 
Joamie, Aalasi.

Vedette secondaire - Nom collectif
Nunavut Bilingual Education Society.

Résumé
"'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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780978218676

Informations de publication
[Iqaluit, NU] : Inhabit Media, 2009.
 
©2009


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
A. Blair McPherson581.6 ZIEBook31458000171556First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Resource