Northern Perspectives, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 1991, pp. [3-29]
Description
Looks at the resettlement of seven families from northern Quebec and three families from Pond Inlet to Resolute Bay on Corwallis Island and Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island and the lack of recognition and apology for contributions made to arctic sovereignty.
Highlights Mother and Child Care Centre project.
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Critiques federal government's programs for the provision of housing, which authors argue failed to take into account Inuit culture, designed and built houses suited to needs in the South rather than the North, and set up housing authorities and community councils that were, in effect, run by Whites rather than by Inuit members.
Correspondence between Mrs. A. Warner and John Diefenbaker regarding Diefenbaker's remarks at the opening ceremonies at Inuvik and regarding a sculpture there.
Telegram from C.W. Watt of the PQ Inuit Association noting refusal of residents to vote in October 11th election until given proper representation in the House of Commons. Also pg. 26 of a brochure by the French government describing an exhibition in that country of Canadian Inuit art.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. [8]-15
Description
Overview of recent changes to Inuit Art scene including a focus on market oriented production and a professional approach by the artists which incorporates new media and subject matter.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, 1991, pp. 217-223
Description
Literary Criticism article in which the author considers different aspects of the novel Harpoon of the Hunter and attempts to classify the text using contemporary Western literary labels. Argues that the novel focuses on community well-being over individuality.
American Anthropologist, vol. 74, no. 5, New Series, October 1972, pp. 1062-1065
Description
Evidence from collection of material culture suggests more extensive contact between Inuit of northeastern Canada and southwest Greenland than previously thought
The Beaver, vol. 71, no. 1, February/March 1991, pp. 53-[?]
Description
Book review of: Across the Keewatin Ice Fields: Three Years Among the Canadian Eskimos, 1913-1916 by Christian Leden. Originally published in German in 1927, translated by Lesliie Neatby in 1990.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 4, Spring, 1991, pp. 19-21
Description
Review of exhibition curated by Marie Routledge with work from 1960's to 1980's by Baker Lake's best known and innovative artists.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 19.
Examines the government's decision to move 92 Inuit to two locations on uninhabited and inhospitable High Arctic islands as a way to assert Canadian sovereignty in the region.
On information card: Rankin Inlet resident Willie Adams makes adjustments to the relays of the Comminterphone conference unit housed in the telephone exchange building of the small northern community. The interface unit permits up to four telephone calls from the exchange (background) to be aired simultaneously through a low power transmitter.