Saqiyuq
Subtitle: stories from the lives of three Inuit women
By: Nancy Wachowich in collaboration with Apphia Agalakti Awa, Rhoda Kaukjak Katsak, and Sandra Pikujak Katsak.
Series: McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;; 19
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Awa, Apphia Agalakti, 1931-1996.; Katsak, Rhoda Kaukjak.; Katsak, Sandra Pikujak.; Awa, Apphia Agalakti, 1931-1996.; Katsak, Rhoda Kaukjak.; Katsak, Sandra Pikujak.; Inuit women -- Nunavut -- Biography.; Femmes inuit -- Nunavut -- Biographies.; Femmes inuit -- Nunavut -- Histoire.; Nunavut -- Biography.; Nunavut -- Biographies.
Genres: Biography.; Biographies.
Description: "Apphia Awa, who was born in 1931, experienced the traditional life on the land while Rhoda Katsak, Apphia's daughter, was part of the transitional generation who were sent to government schools. In contrast to both, Sandra Katsak, Rhoda's daughter, has grown up in the settlement of Pond Inlet among the conveniences and tensions of contemporary northern communities - video games and coffee shops but also drugs and alcohol.

Through the storytelling in Saqiyuq, Apphia, Rhoda, and Sandra explore the transformations that have taken place in the lives of the Inuit and chart the struggle of the Inuit to reclaim their traditional practices and integrate them into their lives."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.