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Final Report of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study, Nunavut, Canada. (Reviews).-

Publication: Arctic
Publication Date: 01-MAR-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Final Report of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study, Nunavut, Canada. (Reviews).-(book review)

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FINAL REPORT OF THE INUIT BOWHEAD KNOWLEDGE STUDY, NUNAVUT, CANADA. By KEITH HAY, DAVID AGLUKARK, DAVID IGUTSAQ, JOANNIE IKKIDLUAK and MEEKA MIKE. Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada X0A 0H0, 2000. In English and Inuktitut. 90 p., 19 b&w photographs, 7 maps, 7 app. Coil Bound. Price not given.

The study reported in this book was mandated under the terms of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (1993) to document Inuit knowledge of bowhead whales in the Nunavut Settlement Area. It fully meets its objective, providing a thorough and documented synthesis of local Inuit knowledge on the bowhead whale in Nunavut. The material was collected during 257 semidirective interviews, tape-recorded in 18 different communities in Nunavut in 1995 and 1996. Small workshops followed in eight communities in 1996 and 1997. Overall, the authors have done a commendable job of gathering and presenting a huge volume of useful information on the bowhead whale in Nunavut.

The semidirective interviews and follow-up workshops were structured around two main topic areas: the population ecology of bowheads (trends in abundance, distribution, and migration; changes in group size; occurrence of calves; ecology; and behaviour) and...

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