The Spirit That Lived in All Things (English)

by Christopher, Neil; Arnaktauyok, Germaine

• ISBN13: 9781772271829
• ISBN10: 1772271829
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-05-01
• Publisher: Inhabit Media

Summary

Long ago, a curious spirit inhabited the bodies of different animals and was known as the spirit that lived in all things. After the spirit was born as an Inuit shaman, Inuit found that they had knowledge of all the animals in the Arctic. Celebrated artist Germaine Arnaktauyok's stunning illustrations complement Neil Christopher's compelling story about the journey of the spirit that lived in all things.

Author Biography

Neil Christopher is an educator, author, and filmmaker. He first moved to the North many years ago to help start a high school program in Resolute Bay, Nunavut. It was those students who first introduced Neil to the mythical inhabitants from Inuit traditional stories. The time spent in Resolute Bay changed the course of Neil’s life. Since that first experience in the Arctic, Nunavut has been the only place he has been able to call home. Neil has worked with many community members to record and preserve traditional Inuit stories. Together with his colleague, Louise Flaherty, and his brother, Danny Christopher, Neil started a small publishing company in Nunavut called Inhabit Media Inc., and has since been working to promote Northern stories and authors.Germaine Arnaktauyok is an Inuit artist and illustrator, best known for her prints and etchings depicting Inuit myths and traditional ways of life. In 1999, she designed the special edition two-dollar coin commemorating the founding of the territory of Nunavut. She is the co-author, with Gyu Oh, of My Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok. She lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.