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: Humanities Commons 2011
Subjects:
Inuit > Education
Inuktitut language
Indigenous peoples > Civil rights
Colonies > Administration
Racism in education
Free, prior, and informed consent Indigenous rights
White people > Race identity
Indigenous peoples > Education
Colonies
inuit
inuktitut
Nunavut
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17613/fyx8-8n57
https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:61071/
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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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