“Who Will Write for the Inuit?”: Cultural Policy, Inuktitut Translation, and the First Indigenous Novel Ever Published in Canada

• Published in: Tusaaji: A Translation Review
• Main Authors: Henitiuk, Valerie, Mahieu, Marc-Antoine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Glendon College, York University 2022
• Subjects: Canada; Indian; Inglés; inuit; inuktitut
• Online Access: https://tusaaji.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/tusaaji/article/view/40422; https://doi.org/10.25071/1925-5624.40422

This article examines the circumstances surrounding the first publication of an Indigenous novel in Canada, namelyUumajursiutik unaatuinnamutby Markoosie Patsauq, in 1969-70 It describes the context of the federal government’s cultural policy, in particular within the then Department of Indian Affai...