Customer Review: The late Richard G. Condon was an anthropologist at the University of Arkansas and had a long association with the community of Holman in the Western Arctic. In this book, he and his local assistant Julia Ogina have given us an authoritative history of the Ulukhaktomiut (people of the Holman area)... more info
Customer Review: Beautifully written, poignant and engaging, McGrath's book is at once horrifying and hopeful. Her descriptions of the Inuit relationship to place and their fierce will to survive, first, the harsh landscape they so love and, second, the idiocy, cruelty, racism, arrogance and "good intentions" of... more info
Customer Review: For any classroom studying the Inuit this book is a good addition. It brings the children in your class an awareness of the Inuit of today. It is not an exciting or captivating book, but a very good reference for further studies.
Customer Review: Fantastic book. Great writing. Wonderful case studies. Fascinating tales. I used one on long-term loan from my university library as I worked on my graduate thesis. I felt so sad when I had to hand back the copy that I treated myself to the book for graduation.
Customer Review: The carvings sit, unnoticed by most, on a shelf locked behind glass at the Yellowknife court house. Anybody who walked up and saw them would have no idea of their origin, would have no idea of the social history behind these lumps of soapstone (and one stuffed bird).
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