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Narwhal Tusk Research Interviews

Harvard researcher Martin Nweeia interviewed 55 elders and hunters from Inuit communities in Canada and Greenland. Each interviewee contributed knowledge that helped Nweeia and his fellow researchers understand the purpose of the narwhal's tusk. Interviews are conducted in several dialects of both Inuktitut and Greenlandic, but are conducted with the aid of an English translator. More interviews will be added when translations are completed.

Interviews with written English translations

This interview includes a written English translation, similar to captioning, that accompanies the video in real time. The video and text displays in a specialized player, which will launch in a new window. More interviews with written translations will become available in the future.

Hunter	Community	Date Added	Keywords
Cornelius Nutarak	Pond Inlet, Canada	4 June 2010	Narwhal behavior, narwhal migration, tusk differences, beluga whales, differences between male and female narwhals, qirnajuktat, uses of tusk, tusk length, tusk size, double tusks, niksiulangata avataaniinginnaqtuq, qaulluvisat, arnanngaliit, hunting

Untranslated interviews

The following interviews are in dialects of either Inuktitut or Greenlandic, but are conducted with the aid of an English translator. Written transcripts are not yet available for these videos. These interviews are available in Quicktime movie format and will launch in a new window. More interviews will become available in the future.

Hunter	Community	Date Added	Keywords
	Arctic Bay, Canada	4 June 2010	Narwhal tusks, narwhal behavior
	Disko Island, Greenland	4 June 2010	Narwhal tusks, narwhal behavior
	Qaanaaq, Greenland	4 June 2010	Narwhal tusks, narwhal behavior
	Uummannaq, Greenland	4 June 2010	Narwhal tusks, narwhal behavior