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Siuluk: The Last Tuniq

Siuluk: The Last Tuniq

Nadia Sammurtok (Author) See More (3)
Rob Nix (Illustrator) See More
Nadia Sammurtok (Reader) See More (3)
Roselynn Akulukjuk (Reader) See More
CELA Library
JUVENILE FICTION
People & Places | Social Themes
Polar Regions , Bullying
Inhabit Media
1 - 3
6 - 8

Digital Audiobook
9781772273908
$6.99 CADAvailable
Inuktitut
05/28/2021

Braille
XXX0000091
Available from CELA
English

Paperback (English Edition | English)
9781772271782
$10.95 CADAvailable
English
02/12/2018

Paperback (English Edition | English) # 2
9781772271584
$12.95 CADAvailable
English
11/03/2017

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Description


Siuluk is a very strong man. He’s so strong that people tell him he must be the last of the Tuniit, friendly giants who once lived in the North. Just like those giants, Siuluk is so strong that he can carry an entire walrus over his shoulder.
But not everyone believes that Siuluk is strong. One day, when a group of men tease Siuluk about his size, he has to find a way to prove his strength once and for all—but how?
Based on traditional stories from the Chesterfield Inlet area of the Kivalliq region of Nunavut, this tale of Siuluk and his legendary strength will captivate young readers.

Nadia Sammurtok Nadia Sammurtok Rob Nix Roselynn Akulukjuk

Author Bio


Nadia Sammurtok is an Inuit writer and educator originally from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Nadia is passionate about preserving the traditional Inuit lifestyle and Inuktitut language so that they may be enjoyed by future generations. Nadia currently lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, with her family.

Rob Nix is an American illustrator.

Nadia Sammurtok is an Inuit writer and educator originally from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Nadia is passionate about preserving the traditional Inuit lifestyle and Inuktitut language so that they may be enjoyed by future generations. Nadia currently lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, with her family.

Roselynn Akulukjuk was born in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic. In 2012, Roselynn moved to Toronto to pursue a career in film and attend the Toronto Film School, where she fell in love with being behind the camera. After finishing her studies and working in Toronto, Roselynn returned home to Nunavut, where she began working with Taqqut Productions, an Inuit-owned production company located in the capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit. Part of Roselynn’s love of filmmaking is the ability to interview elders, listen to their traditional stories, and share them with the world. In 2015, Roselynn wrote and directed her first film, the live-action and puppetry short The Owl and the Lemming, on which her book by the same title is based. Her film won Best Animation at the 2016 American Indian Film Festival.

Review Quotes


“The best part of this story is revealed in Nadia Sammurtok’s afterword in which she reveals that her father had been told as a child a story about a man purported to be the last of the Tuniit who’d allegedly lived close to Chesterfield Inlet in Nunavut.”