Inuit Wayfinding Cherokee Governor General’s Literary Awards 2021

Governor General’s Literary Awards 2021 Finalist

All the while a young boy watches from the sidelines and takes in the teaching

While there is minimal cultural background provided in this book

Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants

they embark on a dangerous mission

Inuit Wayfinding Cherokee Governor General’s Literary Awards 2021Before maps, compasses, and GPS, Inuit used observation and experience to find their way in the Arctic. This book describes some of the traditional methods Inuit traditionally used to navigate on the land and sea, including using the sun and stars and looking carefully at snowdrifts. Quotations from Elders preserve this knowledge for future generations. Full colour photographs throughout. This book is part of the Nunavummi Reading Series, a Nunavut