The Ungava Bay Problem

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Dunbar, M.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1952
• Subjects: Nunavik; Québec; Port Burwell; Ungava Bay; Arctic; eskimo*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66945

Contains a presentation of the problem of a disrupted native economy, to be solved by immediate assimilation, or alternately by putting Eskimo life as closely as possible on its original basis. Stressing the advantages of the latter, the author analyzes in detail the poor condition of marine mammal life and hunting; also, similarly, the inadequacy of fresh-water fishes and fisheries to serve as economic basis for Eskimos of Ungava region. He suggests that developing marine fisheries in the Port Burwell area could solve the problem and recommends several measures, including educational, to place the Eskimo economy on a healthy footing.