![]() ![]() The book features lively prints by Germaine Arnaktauyok, an artist from Igloolik. By recognizing and recording the thoughts of our northern elders, these stories from Pangnirtung will streengthen an awareness and respect of the Inuit heritage andn culture by younger and future generations. Their words convey the importance of the whale and caribou, the difficulty of mastering a harsh environment, the joy of life and the prominence of death, the fears and hopes of tomorrow. Through these pages, the people of Pangnirtung share their memories, their values and their aspirations. Everything about the lives of the Inuit is influenced by the cold tundra climate in which they live. They originally made their home along the Alaskan coast, but migrated to other areas. By reading these stories and recollections, one may appreciate the struggles of life, the good times and bad times of a people in transition. The Inuit people live in the far northern areas of Alaska, Canada, Siberia, and Greenland. Their words, translated from the Inuktitut language, express knowledge, emotion and history. ![]() Illustrated by Germaine Arnaktauyok, 1976įrom the Foreword: "These stories from Pangnirtung offer the opportunity of listening to northern people as they speak from the heart. Drawn from fourteen years of arctic experience, The Last Light Breaking offers a rare perspective on America's last great wilderness and its peoplethe Inupiat Natives, an ancient culture on the cusp of change. Germaine Arnaktauyok, Stories from Pangnirtung From his home in remote Eskimo Village, Nick Jans leads us into a vast, magical world: Alaska's Brooks Range. ![]()
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