Land Claims and Resistance to the Management of Harvester Activities in Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Suluk, Thomas K., Blakney, Sherrie L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Nunavut; Inuit; coastal communities; ocean management; resistance; collectivités côtières; gestion de l’océan; résistance; Conseil; Arctic; inuit; inuits
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63166

In 1976, Inuit leaders in what is now Nunavut began the long process that led to a comprehensive land claim to regain control of their lives and land. Previously, they had seen their economic, social, political, educational, and belief systems diminished and the people disempowered by the imposition...