Inuit & Nunavut: Renewing the New World

• Main Author: Jull, Peter
• Other Authors: Jens Dahl, Jack Hicks, Peter Jull
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs 2000
• Subjects: Indigenous self-determination; Nunavut; Inuit; 379902 Aboriginal Studies; inuit
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:11138/jullchap.pdf; https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:11138

Nunavut has existed simultaneously in four very different contexts, i.e., as: 1. A land of isolated villages with local problems 2. An exotic and unique region 3. An indigenous member of Canada's federation 4. An international hinterland Many delays and mistakes have occurred, and important opportunities been missed, because of the failure to recognise this. These may be discussed singly. The Nunavut experience has countless lessons for others, but a few are worth mentioning. Most important of all was that Inuit created the Nunavut concept and fought for it, themselves.