Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story

By David F. Pelly

The remarkable history of a pocket of the remote Arctic, and the oral testimony from the last Inuit elders to live there.

A coastal region of rolling tundra just west of Hudson Bay, Ukkusikslaik was established as a national park in 2003. In earlier times this historic region was the principal hunting ground for several Inuit families and was criss-crossed by missionaries, Mounties, and traders. Since the 1980s, Arctic writer and researcher David F. Pelly has been exploring this region on foot and by sea-kayak, and with Inuit friends, while documenting Inuit traditional knowledge of the land. In this book, he presents the stories of Inuit elders and includes historical records to provide a complete history of this extraordinary corner of our northern landscape, Ukkusiksalik.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459729897
• ISBN13: 9781459729896
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"