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TheculminationoffortyyearsofresearchTheLanguageoftheInuitmapsthegeographicaldistributionandlinguisticdifferencesbetweentheEskaleutandInuitlanguagesanddialects.Providingdetailsaboutaspectsofcompara-tivephonologygrammarandlexiconaswellasInuitprehistoryandhistoricalevolutionLouis-JacquesDoraisshowstheeffectsofbilingualismliteracyandformaleducationonInuitlanguageandconsidersitspresentstatusandfuture.AnenormoustaskmasterfullyaccomplishedTheLanguageoftheInuitisnotonlyananthropologicalandlinguisticstudyofalanguageandthebroadsocialandculturalcontextswhereitisspokenbutahistoryofthelanguagesspeakers.TheLanguageoftheInuitpresentsanencyclopedicbreadthofinformationinaconciseandreadableworkthatwillhavebroadappeal.MostimportantlythisverynebookwillbringdeeperunderstandingoftherichheritageandmeaningoftheirlanguagetoInuitworkingtopreserveandrevitalizeit.MeridianTheLanguageoftheInuitmightbeconsideredaquintessenceofDoraissoeuvreoverthelastthirtyyearsorso.ItisstronglyrecommendedtoallthosewhoareinterestedintheInuitwhotheyaretodaytheircultureandtheirlanguages.ElkeNowakAnthropologicalLinguisticsLouis-JacquesDoraisisprofessoremeritusintheDepartmentofAnthropologyatUniversitLaval.BlockadeshavebecomeacommonresponsetoCanadasfailuretoaddressandresolvethelegitimateclaimsofFirstNations.BlockadesorBreak-throughsdebatestheimportanceandeffectivenessofblockadesandoccupationsaspoliticalanddiplomatictoolsforAboriginalpeople.TheadoptionofdirectactiontacticslikeblockadesandoccupationsispredicatedontheideathatsomethingdrasticisneededforAboriginalgroupstobreakanunfavourablestatusquoovercomestructuralbarriersandachievetheirgoals.ButareblockadesactuallybreakthroughsWhataretheobjectivesofAboriginalpeopleandcommunitieswhoadoptthisap-proachHowcanthesuccessofthesemethodsbemeasuredThiscollectionoffersanin-depthsurveyofoccupationsblockadesandtheirlegaciesfrom1968tothepresent.IndividualcasestudiessituatespecicblockadesandconictsinhistoricalcontextexamineeachgroupsreasonsforoccupationandanalyzethemedialabelsandframesappliedtobothAboriginalandstateresponses.DirectactiontacticsremainapowerfulpoliticaltoolforFirstNationsinCanada.TheauthorsofBlockadesorBreakthroughsarguethatblock-adesandoccupationsareinstrumentalsymbolicandcomplexeventsthatdemandequallymultifacetedresponses.YaleD.BelangerisassociateprofessorNativeAmericanStudiesandadjunctassociateprofessorFacultyofHealthSciencesUniversityofLethbridge.P.WhitneyLackenbauerisassociateprofessorandchairofhistoryatStJeromesUniversityintheUniversityofWaterloo.24MQUPFALL2014SPECIFICATIONSNovember2014978-0-7735-4391-132.95ACDN32.95AUS20.99paper978-0-7735-4390-4100.00SCDN100.00SUS65.00cloth6x9480ppmaps1table1diagrame-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-QueensNativeandNorthernSeriesAugust2014978-0-7735-4445-137.95ACDN37.95AUS24.99paper6x9408pp6mapse-bookavailablenewinpaperTheLanguageoftheInuitSyntaxSemanticsandSocietyintheArcticlouis-jacquesdoraisAhistoricalandanthropologicaloverviewofInuitpeoplesthroughthestudyoflanguage.winnerCanadaPrizeintheHumanitiesFederationfortheHumanitiesandSocialSciences2011NATIVESTUDIESLINGUISTICSABORIGINALAFFAIRSPOLITICALSTUDIESBlockadesorBreakthroughsAboriginalPeoplesConfronttheCanadianStateeditedbyyaled.belangerandp.whitneylackenbauerCanblockadesandoccupationsbecatalystsforpositivechangeinCanadasAboriginalcommunities