The Why and Wherefore -- Into the Barrenlands -- The Intruders -- The Children -- The Lifeblood of the Land -- Under the Little Hills -- Feast and Famine -- Of Houses and Tongues -- Eskimo Spring -- These Are Their Days -- The Boy and the Black One -- The Shape of the Law -- Kakumee -- The Breaker of Law -- Stone Men and Dead Men -- From the Inland Sea -- Ghosts, Devils and Spirits -- Ohoto -- Days of His Father -- Last Days of the People -- The Days to Come.
Summary
Mowat's observations of the Ihalmiut Eskimo from several visits to Keewatin mainly in the 1940's. Their way of life, social customs, folklore and the effect of the white man on them are described.
