Stories from Pangnirtung - 1976

"Pangnirtung, a hamlet on Baffin Island, lies on the eastern shore of Cumberland Inlet some sixteen hundred miles north of Toronto... Pangnirtung was one of the many small camps scattered throughout the Arctic that were used as bases by the nomadic Canadian Eskimos from which they roamed the North in an unceasing effort to hunt the wildlife that would provide them with food, clothing and shelter. Early in 1974, a group of Pangnirtung residents, all Inuit, made a presentation to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories... Their gift was to share the experiences of eleven remarkable Inuit people, among the last surviving members of the nomadic way of life, who faced with cheer and dignity the rigorous task of survival in one of the harshest environments on earth... The group made tape-recorded interviews with eleven elder Inuit members of the community. These were transcribed and translated from the Inuktitut language into English. Through the dignity of their natural language we are given insights into the strengths of the Inuit character and the simplicity with which they meet life's dealings... The collected experiences in Stories from Pangnirtung form a remarkable human and historic document -- the memorabilia of a dissolving culture." - Stories from Pangnirtung: Illustrated by Germaine Arnaktauyok. Foreword by Stuart Hodgson. Published 1974, Hurtig Publishers, Edmonton Hardcover. Approx. 8.5x6in. 100pp. In good vintage condition.