Washoe County Library System

A look at the history and culture of the Inuit, a group of Native American people who live in the Arctic, duscussion tradition and customs as well as contemporary life.

An overview of the indigenous peoples of northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland including a description of their homes, food, clothing, art, family life, storytelling, religion, and government.

"North America has been shaped by many people, most importantly the Native Americans who were the first humans to call the continent home. Over thousands of years, numerous groups of Native Americans have settled throughout North America. Today, one of the most well-known and recognizable tribes is the Inuit. They have called the northern recesses of Canada home for many hundreds of years. Their culture, communities, and language have been well preserved...

Allashua and her family outsmart the Qallupilluit, imaginary Inuit characters, that like to take children under the sea ice in Hudson Bay.

"At the End of the World is the remarkable story of a series of murders that occurred in an extremely remote corner of the Arctic in 1941. Those murders show that senseless violence in the name of religion is not only a contemporary phenomenon, and that a people as seemingly peaceful as the Inuit can become unpeaceful at the drop of a hat or, in this instance, a meteor shower. At the same time, the book is a warning cry against the destruction of...

Introduces the Tuniit, a race of people who populated the Arctic even before the modern Inuit.