INUPIAQ STUDIES WEBTOUR
Inupiaq Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inupiaq_language
This site contains an overview of the dialects, the locations
of these dialects and a brief history of the writing systems.
http://www.alaskool.org/language/inupiaqpb/getfont.htm
Alaskool Central offers online
materials about Alaska Native History— education, languages, and cultures. You can also download free Inupiaq fonts for both
Macintosh and PC formats.
If you are an Inupiaq writer, or would like to be— Alaskool Central has a spellchecker that is
downloadable. You must however have the
Inupiaq fonts installed for the spellchecker to work.
http://www.alaskool.org/language/inupiaqhb/Inupiaq_Handbook.htm#THE%20STUDY%20OF%20LANGUAGE
Alaskool Central also has
available a pamphlet which was written by Laurence D. Kaplan. He developed the
pamphlet for the Alaska Department of Education Bilingual/Bicultural Education
Programs in 1984. Kaplan covers the following topics.
- The
Eskimo-Aleut language family
- Historical
factors and the current situation of Inupiaq
- Inupiaq
Sounds and Grammar and their Influences on English
- Inupiaq
in the Classroom
- Traditional
forms of education
- A note
on Inupiaq culture
http://consortiumlibrary.org/archives/Reference.html
To
use or gain access the archives you will have to contact the library.
Mailing
Address:
Archives and Special Collections
Department, Consortium Library
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
Email: ayarch@uaa.alaska.edu
Fax:
(907) 786-1845
Telephone: (907)
786-1849
http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/langs/i.html
UAF gives a quick read overview of the Inupiaq language
spoken throughout most of northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.
Inupiaq History and Culture
http://www.alaskool.org/projects/traditionalife/oralhistory/skeptic_to_believer.htm
In Ernest S. Burch, Jr.’s “From Skeptic to
Believer: The Making of an Oral Historian,” Burch carries out his study of
Native life. He collected genealogical and family history data as far back as
1890. He also gathers the oral history
from two Inupiaq men, Robert Naszuk Cleveland and Frank Kuutvak Glover…
http://www.uark.edu/misc/jcdixon/Historic_Whaling/AEWC/aewc_maggie%20presentation.htm
At this http, a brief
history of Alaska Eskimo whaling in the northern and northwestern Alaska is presented.
http://www.onjinjinkta.com/catalog/_maniilaq/maniilaqchap_1.htm
For the Christian
community this site gives a sample chapter from the book “Maniilaq,
Prophet from the Edge of Nowhere.” Maniilaq lived long before the missionaries started
preaching Christianity in the Arctic regions.
http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/inupiat/exhibits.html
The Inupiat Heritage Center (IHC) presents the historical
structure— sod huts used by the Inupiat people 4000 years ago. It is a good source for archaeological,
anthropological and ethnographic data covering the Inuit occupation of the
Arctic region over the centuries. The exhibits express the Inupiat philosophy
and world view in ethnographic objects, artifacts, crafts, replications, photographs,
paintings, textiles, maps, illustrative kiosks, dioramas, and other devices.
Inupiaq Stories
http://www.alaskool.org/native_ed/articles/EMaclean-CC.htm
Dr. Edna MacLean in her document entitled “Culture and
Change for Ieupiat
and Yupiks Alaska” she presents a story about the
shamans during the early twentieth century at told to her by an old Inupiaq man
in the early 1960’s.
http://www.co.north-slope.ak.us/nsb/70.htm
Kivgig is a three-day mid-winter
festival held in Barrow that features dancing, trading, story-telling,
gift-giving, Eskimo games, a traditional foot race and feasting. The following stories or legends were told:
Legend told by Martha Stackhouse (Ikayuaq)
An explanation of the many aspects of the Kivgig are given.
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/obe/roles.html
The title of this site is “Role Of
Literature As A Source Of History, Values, And Identity.”
Presented here is an excerpt from papers presented at the
Bilingual/Mulit-Cultural Conference, February, 1988
by Edna McLean, Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Alaska Department of
Education.
McLean relates her
interviews with Inupiaq elders of Barrow and other stories.
http://www.sffworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7388
Originally posted by tingmakpuk
Inyuqun. Kinnaq
could not believe it himself. They were the stuff of fairy tales. �The inyuqun will get you if you don�t watch out,�
he said, repeating the last line of countless stories. They were the gremlins
of the Inupiaq legends, mischievous beings, but mostly harmless unless�
http://kayetrout.blogspot.com/2006/05/just-like-that-2-legends-and-such-by.html
Book source for Inupiaq studies.
A pot-pourii of Alaskan Inupiaq
legends, touching stories, inspirational writings, poems, healing remedies
and delicious recipes
Inupiaq Arts and Crafts
http://www.inuitarteskimoart.com/
ABorigninArt Galleries is the
premier virtual Inuit Art | Eskimo
Art gallery and retailer of Inuit Art in North America.
The Gallery was founded in 1997 and is dedicated to helping the artists in the
Eskimo / Inuit communities sell their work to art lovers.
http://www.inuitartpod.com/
Inuit Art History and Inuit Art Gallery
http://www.eclatart.com/Gallery1_List.html
Inuit Art Source
since 1987
This site list many
artist and their various communities, plus the titles of their art work being
presented.
http://www.eskimoart.com/
This site has a
large selection of Inuit Art and Sculptures.
The Site also features an Inuit Art History page.
http://www.gallerycanada.com/
Gallerycanada presents the art work of the central arctic
Inuit people which are authentic white stone Inuit art carvings and Eskimo art
sculptures. It also gives a large number
of affiliates.
http://www.inuitplus.com/start.asp
This site claims to
be the aboriginal art gallery and Northern Ontario’s
largest and premier source of Inuit Art.
It has a lot of beautiful
pieces.
Technology
http://www.alaskool.org/language/inupiaqpb/getfont.htm
Alaskool Central offers online
materials about Alaska Native History— education, languages, and cultures. You can also download free Inupiaq fonts for both Macintosh and PC formats.
If you are an Inupiaq writer, or would like to be— Alaskool Central also has a free spellchecker that is downloadable. You must however have the Inupiaq fonts
installed for the spellchecker to work.
Inupiaq Heritage
http://www.alaskanative.net/
The Inupiaq and Saint Lawrence Island Yupik cultures are
well covered on this site. Topic areas
cover here are:
Who We Are—Main Groups—House Types and
Settlement—Traditional Subsistence Patterns—Traditional tools and
Technology—Transportation—Trade—Clothing—Ceremonial / Beliefs—