INUIT CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

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Traditional Skills

..........Nunavut
..........Man Carrying Reluctant Wife
..........Family Camping in Tuniq Ruins
..........Camp From My Past
..........Summer Travellers
..........Fox Trap
..........Singing Women Sew Kayak
..........On The Ocean
..........Building The Snowhouse
..........Tending The Kudlik
..........Distribution Of Meat

Stories and Legends

..........Airplane
..........Whalers in Amadiuak Harbour
..........The Legend Of Lumiuk
..........Lumiuk And The Whales
..........Small Shell And Eider Duck
..........The Woman Who Lives In The Sun
..........Audacious Owl

Cultural

..........The Drummer
..........The Dance
..........Aiuttaqtut
..........Qimutsiraujaqtuq
..........Mother's Lullaby

Clothing

..........Stretching Kamiks
..........Sealskin used for Mitts
..........Woman Today