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Historian Kenn Harper shares tales of Inuit who played a pivotal role in the expeditions of some of the most famous Arctic explorers, including the unfortunate John Franklin.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Note on Word Choice
Preface
Collected WritingsAbduction: The "Countrie People" of Baffin Island Meet Martin Frobisher
"They Spake, But We Understood Them Not": Christopher Hall's Inuktitut Word List
"Take Heed of the Savage People": Hudson's Mutineers Meet the Inuit
Slaughter at Bloody Fall
The Return of The Dog-Children: Parry and Lyon at Iglulik
Parry's Medallions
"A Greater Instance of Courage has not been Recorded": Tatannuaq, the Peacemaker
First Encounter: The Nattilingmiut Meet John Ross
A Wooden Leg for Tulluahiu
"The Deep Footprints of Tired Men": John Franklin's Lost Expedition
"A Nice Steady Lad and a Favourite with his Tribe": Albert One-Eye
Charles Dickens, John Rae, and the "Good Interpreter, William Ouligbuck"
Inuit Evidence in a British Court
A Fortuitous Meeting: Tookoolito and Ipiirvik, and Charles Francis Hall
Inuit Adrift: 1,500 Miles on an Ice Floe
An Inuit Plan to Find the North Pole
Robert Peary, the Inughuit, and the Iron Mountain
Minik, the New York Eskimo: A Victim of Peary's Neglect
I Will Find a Way or Fake One: Robert Peary Claims the North Pole
Ittukusuk, Aapilak , and Daagtikoorsuaq: Travels with Dr. Cook
"The Trail That Is Always New": Matthew Henson and his Inuit Family
Inughuit and the Myth of Crocker Land
Getting Away with Murder
Sovereignty 101: Captain Joseph-Elzéar Bernier and the Inuit
"We're Going to Keep On Living": Ruth Makpii Ipalook on Stefansson's Karluk Expedition
"I Thank God for Living": Ada Blackjack and Stefansson's Wrangel Island Fiasco
Joe Panipakuttuk on the St. Roch: Through the Northwest Passage
About the author
Kenn Harper is a historian, writer, and linguist, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and a former member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. He is the author of the
In Those Days series,
Minik: The New York Eskimo, and
Thou Shalt Do No Murder: Inuit, Injustice, and the Canadian Arctic. "Taissumani," his column on Arctic history, appears in Nunatsiaq News.
Summary
Historian Kenn Harper shares tales of Inuit who played a pivotal role in the expeditions of some of the most famous Arctic explorers, including the unfortunate John Franklin.
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Tales of Arctic Whaling — A Canadian Geographic Best Book of 2018
"Harper brings ample research and rich storytelling skills.” — Nunatsiaq News
“[I]t’s the author’s frankness, compassion, and intimate knowledge of Inuit life that makes every single one of these stories resonate.” — Arctic Book Review
