Reflections of a disk-less Inuk on Canada’s Eskimo identification system
This essay examines the reactions of several Inuit women to an identification system whereby from 1941 to 1978 the Canadian government required the Inuit to wear small numbered disks. The author presents each Inuk woman’s personal perspectives, including her own, through narratives, interviews, and...
| Published in: | Études/Inuit/Studies |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc.
2012
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| Online Access: | http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1015985ar https://doi.org/10.7202/1015985ar |
| Summary: | This essay examines the reactions of several Inuit women to an identification system whereby from 1941 to 1978 the Canadian government required the Inuit to wear small numbered disks. The author presents each Inuk woman’s personal perspectives, including her own, through narratives, interviews, and songs. The second part discusses the historical context of the “Eskimo disk list” system and its repercussions decades after it was discontinued. Cet essai examine les réactions de plusieurs femmes inuit devant un système d’identification que le gouvernement canadien imposa aux Inuit de 1941 à 1978: ceux-ci devaient porter un petit disque sur lequel figurait le numéro qui leur avait été attribué. L’auteure présente le point de vue personnel de chacune de ces femmes inuit, incluant le sien, à travers des récits, des entrevues et des chansons. La deuxième partie discute du contexte historique du système «des numéros de disques inuit» et de ses répercussions plusieurs décennies après son abandon. |
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