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Elik, and other stories of the MacKenzie Eskimos

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1970
Author
Schwarz, Herbert T.
Ohoveluk, Mona
Publisher
Toronto, McCelland and Stewart
Call Number
06.1 Sc1e
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Author
Schwarz, Herbert T.
Ohoveluk, Mona
Responsibility
Herbert T. Schwarz (author)
Mona Ohoveluk (illustrator)
Publisher
Toronto, McCelland and Stewart
Published Date
1970
Physical Description
79 pages illustrations, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Inuit
Abstract
Pertains to Inuit stories with associated illustrations by Mona Ohoveluk, and highlights Inuit story tellers
Contents
Part One:
Introduction: Inside the Arctic Circle
The MacKenzie Land
The Northern Lights People
Elik
Elik, the Far Seeing One
Akaluk and the Stolen Soul of Ugpik
The Origin of the White Whale
The Rave and the Whale
The Whale Hunt
The Great Eskimo Rally and Fort McPherson
Part Two:
Story-tellers of Old
Alik Aluhuk Stefansson, Inuvik, NWT
Elizabeth Blake and William Firth, Fort McPherson, NWT
Felix Nuyaviak, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
Archie (Headpoint) Erigaktuk, Aklavik, NWT
Susie Tiktalik, Sach Harbour, Banks Island, NWT
Kenneth Peeloolook, Inuvik, NWT
Jessie Olorgrak, Paulatuk, NWT
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Accession Number
2019.86
Call Number
06.1 Sc1e
Collection
Archives Library
Images
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Artist
Olassie (1915 – , Canadian)
Date
1970 – 1976
Medium
wool
Catalogue Number
OlA.08.01
Description
Light purple background; on the right side is a figure dressed in parka, green, blue pants, brown trim on parka and pants with a spear in his right hand; fleeing before him on the left is a running clothed creature; two long braided ropes with tassels both ends with colours of hanging;
  1 image  
Artist
Olassie (1915 – , Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1970 – 1976
Medium
wool
Dimensions
100.0 x 174.0 cm
Description
Light purple background; on the right side is a figure dressed in parka, green, blue pants, brown trim on parka and pants with a spear in his right hand; fleeing before him on the left is a running clothed creature; two long braided ropes with tassels both ends with colours of hanging;
Subject
activity, hunting;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1976
Catalogue Number
OlA.08.01
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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