Nunavut: A Challenge for the Inuit

I INTRODUCTION In this chapter some of the major transitions currently taking place in Canada’s Northwest Territories will be explored. In 1999 the eastern part of the NWT will become a separate territory named Nunavut, which in the Inuit language (inuktitut) means “Our Land”. The decision to create...

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Main Author: Remie, Cornelius H.W.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press 2017
Subjects:
Arctic
Nunavut
Northwest Territories
inuit
inuktitut
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