Redefining Aboriginal-White relations: Canada's Inuit

Inuit leaders have developed unique political relations with governments in Canada. They have made considerable progress in achieving their people's aspirations as a result. If the Canadian government accepts significant, well-prepared portions of the Inuit agenda such as the creation of a Nuna...

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Main Author: Jull, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 1991
Subjects:
Inuit
Nunavut
Indigenous self-determination
Indigenous self-government
370103 Race and Ethnic Relations
Canada
inuit
Online Access:https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:10833/pj.pdf
https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:10833
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Summary:Inuit leaders have developed unique political relations with governments in Canada. They have made considerable progress in achieving their people's aspirations as a result. If the Canadian government accepts significant, well-prepared portions of the Inuit agenda such as the creation of a Nunavut territory in the near future, this would be an historical breakthrough in white-aboriginal relations with positive effects for Canadian unity, Otherwise, twenty years of good progress affecting one-third of Canada's land area could be thrown away.

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