Edible and Medicinal Arctic Plants: An Inuit Elder’s Perspective

Revised edition of Walking with Aalasi: An Introduction to Edible and Medicinal Arctic Plants

ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒥ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐋᓚᓯ ᔫᒥ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᔭᕆᐊᒃᓴᕐᓗ. ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈᖖᒍᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᓈᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂ, ᓂᐊᖁᖖᒎᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᓱᓕ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑉᐸᑉᐹ ᐱᔾᔪᓯᓂ, ᓄᓇᒦᖖᒑᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᓂᓗ ᑭᖑᕚᖑᓕᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓲᔾᔨᔾᔪᑎᒋᕙᒃᑐᓂᐅᒃ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᖖᒐᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓲᔾᔨᔾᔪᑎᒥᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᓯᑐᖃᖏᓐᓄᑦ—ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᒋᐊᖖᒐᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐋᓚᓯ—ᐋᓚᓯ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᖁᓕᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᖅᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ.

ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᓪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒃᑎᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᓪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒃᑎᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᓂᖅᑎᐅᕈᑎᓂᒡᓗ, ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑏᓪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᕗᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᕙᑎᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦᑎᓂ.

As a little girl in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Aalasi Joamie learned from her mother how to identify and harvest plants. Later, a mother herself and living in Niaqunnguuq, she continued the practice, living off the land and passing her knowledge on to the next generation. In this introductory guide to traditional plant use—originally published as Walking with Aalasi—Aalasi shares her memories and knowledge of eighteen plants commonly found in the Canadian Arctic

From plant identification and environmentally respectful collection to traditional uses and recipes, Edible and Medicinal Arctic Plants teaches readers how to reap the benefits of the natural world around them.

Written by Aalasi Joamie, Anna Ziegler, and Rebecca Hainnu

Paperback (Bilingual Inuktitut and English) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-170-6 | $24.95 | 7 .5″ x 7 .5″ | 128 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | General non-fiction |