Central Inuit social structure: the view from Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories

• Author / Creator

  Stevenson, Marc.

• Doctoral thesis. This study explores the structural basis of variability in Central Inuit socioeconomic organization, with a focus on the community of Pangnirtung, Baffin Island, and the former whaling station (now historic site) of Kekerten in Cumberland Sound. // Includes glossary of Inuktitut terms in text.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Cumberland Sound (Nunavut)--Civilization
  • Social structure--Nunavut--Baffin Island
  • Inuit--Nunavut--Baffin Island--Kinship
  • Whaling--Nunavut--Cumberland Sound Region
  • Inuit--Nunavut--Baffin Island--First contact with Europeans
  • Inuit--Nunavut--Baffin Island--Social conditions

• Graduation date

  1993

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Doctor of Philosophy

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R30K26P2W

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.