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Text: Ukaliq the Arctic Hare.
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Texts: "Heritage, History and Art", and "Ukaliq" in Inuktitut syllabics. Photos: A carving in walrus ivory of an Arctic hare and a maple leaf.

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Inuit Stories

 

 

Image 1) Three people sitting near rocks.

Enlarge image.Thomas Angoshadluk and family, relating family history at a Thule tent ring near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.

 

Inuit Stories

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The stories told here about the Arctic hare originate in the oral tradition of Inuit culture. They were written down -- probably for the first time -- in the 20th century.

 

   
     

 

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Image credits: 1) David R. Gray.