Nunavut: Inuit Regain Control of Their Lands and Their Lives - Softcover

Dahl, Jens; Hicks, Jack; Jull, Peter

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ISBN 10: 8790730348 ISBN 13: 9788790730345

Publisher: IWGIA, 2001

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Nunavut is an important symbol for indigenous peoples around the world - and for anyone interested in indigenous issues. Stressing the political dynamics of the beginning of Nunavut's autonomous life, in the north of Canada, the authors provide a clear and accurate account of a remarkable political process. They introduce three fundamental questions: Why did Nunavut come to life, what are the opportunities and challenges to come, and what is to be learned from this experience? - the book continues with an investigation of Nunavut, its history and structure and the most recent developments and their impact of its people. Essays survey: * cultural issues such as the local place names and their symbolic significance for strengthening the will to political self-determination. * An outline of the history of various orthographies in Nunavut and their significance * The role of the TV programmes produced by the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation in the Inuit language.

* Subsistence issues - different perspectives that have developed within the tradition of bowhead hunts in post land claim Nunavut - and hunting and sharing and their changing roles after Inuit became dependent on the international market. * Comparison is made with other models of indigenous self-government already existing in the world, as for example in Greenland and Scandinavia. The book is a remarkable achievement and should remind indigenous peoples from Australia to Asia to Africa to the Americas that many things are possible when being politically organised is combined with being persistent.

Edition details

• Publisher: IWGIA
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8790730348
• ISBN 13: 9788790730345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Hicks Jack, Dahl Jens, Jull Peter