Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel mystery Smith doesn't entirely square his

Smith doesn't entirely square his view of Indians as "just plain folks" with his advancing of a unique Indian cultural perspective

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Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel mystery Smith doesn't entirely square hisSanaaq is the intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of the "qallunaat," the white people, in the mid nineteenth century. Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, and her daughter, Qumac, hunt seal, repair their kayak, and gather mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in. Theirs is a semi nomadic life on the edge of the ice where marriages are made and unmade, children are