Adaptive innovation among recent Eskimo immigrants in the eastern Arctic Canada

Within the past half century the Canadian Government and the Hudson's Bay Company have established a number of settlements in the Canadian Arctic with Eskimo families drawn from different areas. These include the settlements on Southampton Island and at Great Whale River, Resolute Bay and Grise...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Freeman, Milton M. R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1969
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Canada
Resolute Bay
Southampton Island
Grise Fiord
eskimo*
Great Whale River
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400065360
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400065360
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Summary:Within the past half century the Canadian Government and the Hudson's Bay Company have established a number of settlements in the Canadian Arctic with Eskimo families drawn from different areas. These include the settlements on Southampton Island and at Great Whale River, Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord. Although these families have been living close to each other for years they maintain distinct sub-cultural differences in dialect and customs. Some cultural exchange has undoubtedly occurred but very real forces presumably exist within the factions that prevent any general exchange that would obscure their distinct collective identities.

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