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Bibliography: p. 127-140. ... : In August 1953, the government of Canada relocated fifty-three Inuit from the established communities of Inukjuak, Quebec, and Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, to Cornwallis and Ellesmere Islands in the Arctic Archipelago. The government of Prime Minister St. Laurent stated...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/prism/10803 2023-11-05T03:37:56+01:00 An Exercise in sovereignty: the government of Canada and the Inuit relocation of 1953 ... Lowther, Keith 1989 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/10803 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/21651 en eng University of Calgary University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. E 92 L68 1989 Inuit - Canada - Government relations Inuit - Canada - Social conditions article master thesis CreativeWork Other 1989 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/prism/10803 2023-10-09T10:53:34Z Bibliography: p. 127-140. ... : In August 1953, the government of Canada relocated fifty-three Inuit from the established communities of Inukjuak, Quebec, and Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, to Cornwallis and Ellesmere Islands in the Arctic Archipelago. The government of Prime Minister St. Laurent stated that Inukjuak families were selected to reduce hunting pressures in their home area, while Pond Inlet Inuit would assist their southern counterparts adjust to High Arctic conditions. The government argued that this scheme would permit the participants to continue a hunting and trapping lifestyle, and repopulate areas which had once supported Inuit. An examination of surviving documentary evidence, however, suggests that additional considerations played a role in the decision to implement the project. Canada's long-term concern over its Arctic sovereignty, which had re-emerged in the early 1950s because of American requests to construct numerous defence facilities, had considerable influence in the final decision. ... Master Thesis Arctic Archipelago Arctic Baffin Island Baffin inuit Inukjuak Pond Inlet DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Bibliography: p. 127-140. ... : In August 1953, the government of Canada relocated fifty-three Inuit from the established communities of Inukjuak, Quebec, and Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, to Cornwallis and Ellesmere Islands in the Arctic Archipelago. The government of Prime Minister St. Laurent stated that Inukjuak families were selected to reduce hunting pressures in their home area, while Pond Inlet Inuit would assist their southern counterparts adjust to High Arctic conditions. The government argued that this scheme would permit the participants to continue a hunting and trapping lifestyle, and repopulate areas which had once supported Inuit. An examination of surviving documentary evidence, however, suggests that additional considerations played a role in the decision to implement the project. Canada's long-term concern over its Arctic sovereignty, which had re-emerged in the early 1950s because of American requests to construct numerous defence facilities, had considerable influence in the final decision. ... |
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