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A collection of interviews by Pelagie Owlijoot with Inuit elders from Arviat Region, Nunavut, about traditional family naming and kinship customs.

Names, Inuit --- Inuit --- Inuit --- Kinship --- Social life and customs. --- Canada.

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On the surface, naming is simply a way to classify people and their environments. The premise of this study is that it is much more - a form of social control, a political activity, a key to identity maintenance and transformation. Governments legislate and regulate naming; people fight to take, keep, or change their names. A name change can indicate subjugation or liberation, depending on the circumstances. But it always signifies a change in power relations. Since the late 1970s, the author has looked at naming and renaming, cross-culturally and internationally, with particular attention

Names, Inuit --- Inuit --- Noms inuit --- Inuits --- Social life and customs. --- Government relations. --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Relations avec l'Etat --- Nunavut --- Names, Geographical --- Names, Ethnological --- Political aspects