Cracks in the knowledge: Sea ice terms in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-90

  Heyes, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

generations; Inuktitut; Kangiqsualujjuamiut; Kangiqsualujjuaq; knowledge transmission; sea ice; Inuit knowledge

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANGUAGE; NOMENCLATURE; SEA ICE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVIK; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79953278165     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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