The trail as home: Inuit and their pan-arctic network of routes

Human Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-146

  Aporta, Claudio ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Hunters and gatherers; Indigenous knowledge; Inuit; Oral knowledge

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65449132020     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-009-9213-x     Document Type: Article

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