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Circumpolar Digital Image Collection
The Circumpolar Digital Image Collection is a collection of photos, slides, other images and contributions shared by many of the University of Alberta’s polar researchers. Images in the collection may be used for teaching and research purposes. For any other use, please contact the Canadian Circumpolar Institute.
Items in this Collection
- 2Canada - Arctic Regions
- 1"Itsy Bitsy Spider"
- 1"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- 1"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
- 1Alunirlu busterlu Ilannariik - book cover
- 1Arctic publications
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.jpg "Animals are frequently the subject of Inuit children's stories")
2017-03-07
Animals are an essential part of Inuit world view and day-to-day life. The knowledge of the relationship between people and animals is passed down through oral tradition from older people to children. These stories are now being captured as children's fiction. In these four works published by...
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.jpg "Examples of Northern Canadian publications in various languages, dialects and scripts")
2017-03-07
In Arctic Canada, government agencies, Indigenous organizations and private organizations publish in a variety of languages, dialects and scripts. Often materials are published in several different linguistic editions. Two of the pictured volumes are published by the Government of Nunavut and...
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.jpg "These nursery rhymes have been translated into Uummarmiutun and adapted to the biology of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's northwestern Arctic.")
These nursery rhymes have been translated into Uummarmiutun and adapted to the biology of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's northwestern Arctic.
Download2025-06-23
This book contains Uummarmiutun versions of three common nursery rhymes (Mary Had a Little Lamb, Itsy-Bitsy Spider, and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star). The rhymes have been translated and adapted. For example, because an Inuit child is more likely to have a dog than a lamb, the rhyme has been...