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Inuit shamanism and Christianity: transitions and transformations in the twentieth century

Frédéric Laugrand and J. G. Oosten c2010 © McGill-Queen's University Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780773576360 (ebook)
  • 9780773535893 (hardcover)
  • 9780773535909 (paper)
Subject
  • Native Peoples of the Americas
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Cover
  • Frontmatter
  • Illustrations (page xi)
  • Acknowledgments (page xv)
  • Introduction (page xvii)
  • Part One | Angakkuuniq and Christianity
  • 1. Continuity and Decline (page 3)
  • 2. Missionaries and Angakkuit (page 37)
  • 3. Inuit Winter Feasts (page 69)
  • Part Two | Animals, Owners, and Non-human Beings
  • 4. Hunters and Prey (page 103)
  • 5. The Owner of the Sky, the Land, and the Sea (page 133)
  • 6. Inuunngittut, Non-human Beings from the Land and the Sea (page 168)
  • Part Three | Encounters, Healing, and Power
  • 7. Initiation, Visions, and Dreams (page 201)
  • 8. Healing and a Socio-cosmic Process (page 242)
  • 9. Powerful Objects and Words (page 272)
  • Part Four | Connecting to Ancestors and Lands
  • 10. Connecting to Ancestors: Qilaniq and Qilauti, Head Lifting and Drum Dancing (page 307)
  • 11. Reconnecting People and Healing the Land: Inuit Pentecostal and Evangelical Movements (page 342)
  • 12. Transitions and Transformations (page 372)
  • Appendix 1: Glossary of Inuktitut Words (page 391)
  • Appendix 2: Inuit Elders (page 400)
  • Notes (page 405)
  • References (page 435)
  • Index (page 459)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
ANTCA 53.1 (2011): 194-195 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41475748
ANTCA 53.1 (2011): 195-197 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41475749
ANTPS 106.1 (2011): 273-274 http://www.jstor.org/stable/23031860
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