Mark Kalluak’s Traditional Stories from Arviat

ᒫᑯᓯ ᑲᓗᐊᖅ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑦᓯᐊᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒥᖅᑲᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓂᒃ. ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓗᐊᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓐᓂᑯᐃᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᖏᓂᒃ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᖏᓂᒡᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ, ᓄᓇᕘᒥ. ᑖᑉᑯᐊ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᓕᐊᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᒐᐅᑦᓯᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑎᑐᓪᓗ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᑲᓗᐊᕐᒧᑦ. ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖏᒃ ᑖᖅᑑᑉ ᖃᐅᔫᓪᓗ, ᐃᓄᓕᕆᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ, ᐅᓂᑉᑳᓕᐊᕐᓄᓪᓗ, ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᑦᓯᐊᖑᕗᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᓕᐊᕕᓂᖏᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ.

Mark Kalluak was a respected community leader and Inuktitut specialist who was passionate about sharing Inuit culture. This book is a compilation of Kalluak’s works on traditional Inuit stories and beliefs from his home community of Arviat, Nunavut. These tales and cultural outlooks were thoughtfully collected, written in Inuktitut and English, and illustrated by Kalluak. From the origins of darkness and light, to cautionary tales of how to treat others, to explanations of taboos, this book is a noteworthy collection of traditional Inuit stories and beliefs.

Gathered, written, translated, and illustrated by Mark Kalluak

Hardcover (English/Inuktitut) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-511-7 | $39.95 | 10″ x 8″ | 216 pages | Full-colour illustrations throughout | General |

Praise

“The book is lavishly illustrated with Mark’s own drawings. The type is large, and the paragraphs alternate between Inuktitut in syllabic orthography and English translations. The volume is an easy-to-read yet detailed introduction to Inuit traditional beliefs for the general reader, tales told well by a masterful story-teller.”—The Arctic Book Review