Forty Years of Struggle and Still no Right to Inuit Education in Nunavut ...

Describes 40 (now 50) years of Inuit advocacy and attempts to change Qalunaat colonial education system to an Inuit-language K-12 education system that reflects Inuit values. Documents moves made by majority non-Inuit managers in the public government to prevent & obstruct Inuit language educati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rasmussen, Derek
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: unknown 2011
Subjects:
Free, prior, and informed consent Indigenous rights
Colonies > Administration
White people > Race identity
Racism in education
Indigenous peoples > Education
Indigenous peoples > Civil rights
Colonies
Inuktitut language
Inuit > Education
inuit
inuktitut
Nunavut
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17613/a7gtv-p2r97
https://works.hcommons.org/doi/10.17613/a7gtv-p2r97
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Summary:Describes 40 (now 50) years of Inuit advocacy and attempts to change Qalunaat colonial education system to an Inuit-language K-12 education system that reflects Inuit values. Documents moves made by majority non-Inuit managers in the public government to prevent & obstruct Inuit language education. ...

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