‘The saddest time of my life’: relocating the Ahiarmiut from Ennadai Lake (1950–1958)

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Laugrand, Frédéric, Oosten, Jarich, Serkoak, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2009
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Eskimo Point; Ennadai; Ennadai Lake; Nueltin Lake; Arviat; eskimo*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409008390; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409008390

ABSTRACT In 1950–1958 Ahiarmiut were relocated, in three stages from Ennadai Lake to Nueltin Lake, from Ennadai Lake to Henik Lake and from Henik Lake to Arviat (Eskimo Point). This paper presents the results of a workshop conducted with elders and youths in Arviat, in May 2006, on these events. The...