Kiumajut (Talking Back): Game Management and Inuit Rights, 1950-70 - Softcover

Kulchyski, Peter; Tester, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774812427 ISBN 13: 9780774812429

Publisher: UBC Press, 2008

Synopsis

Kiumajut [Talking Back]: Game Management and Inuit Rights 1900-70 examines Inuit relations with the Canadian state, with a particular focus on two interrelated issues. The first is how a deeply flawed set of scientific practices for counting animal populations led policymakers to develop policies and laws intended to curtail the activities of Inuit hunters. Animal management informed by this knowledge became a justification for attempts to educate and, ultimately, to regulate Inuit hunters. The second issue is Inuit responses to the emerging regime of government intervention. The authors look closely at resulting court cases and rulings, as well as Inuit petitions. The activities of the first Inuit community council are also examined in exploring how Inuit began to “talk back” to the Canadian state.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Kulchyski is a professor in the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba, co-author with Frank Tester of Tammarniit [Mistakes]: Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic 1939-63, and author of Like the Sound of a Drum: Aboriginal Cultural Politics in Denendeh and Nunavut. Frank James Tester is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia and is the co-author of Tammarniit [Mistakes] and co-editor of Critical Choices: Turbulent Times.

Edition details

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774812427
• ISBN 13: 9780774812429
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672