Looking back—and looking ahead—35 years after the Inuit land use and occupancy project

The Inuit Land Use and Occupancy Project (ILUOP) presented a detailed, comprehensive, and verifiable basis for the claim that Inuit used and occupied an area in excess of 2.8 million square kilometres at the time the ILUOP was completed in the Northwest Territories and northeast Yukon. This article...

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Published in:The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien
Main Author: Freeman, Milton M. R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0064.2010.00341.x
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Summary:The Inuit Land Use and Occupancy Project (ILUOP) presented a detailed, comprehensive, and verifiable basis for the claim that Inuit used and occupied an area in excess of 2.8 million square kilometres at the time the ILUOP was completed in the Northwest Territories and northeast Yukon. This article describes the events that led to the ILUOP being undertaken, the methods and content of the study, and some of the outcomes following completion of the project .