Documentary examines the controversy surrounding the decline in the sled dog population between 1950-1970. Many Inuit believe that dogs were killed as part of government policy, while officials deny this claim.
Some images may be disturbing to viewers.
Duration: 68:08.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
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Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
[Working Group on the Reduction of the Cost of Living in Nunavik]
Description
Provides information on socio-economic context, evaluates effectiveness and efficiency of existing measures and programs, and makes recommendations for improvements.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, 1996, pp. 181-249
Description
Book reviews of:
All My Sins Are Relatives by William S. Penn.
Aniyunwiya/Real Human Beings: An Anthology of Contemporary Cherokee Prose edited by Joseph Bruchac.
Becoming and Remaining a People: Native American Religions on the Northern Plains by Howard L.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 33, no. 1, 2010, pp. 140-175
Description
Interviews students about factors that contribute to their learning success and presents the characteristics needed for effective teaching especially in the sciences.
Looks at the success, implementation and relevance of an initiative developed in response to an increasing rate of suicide among First Nations and Inuit youth.
Project purpose was to increase understanding of the current accessibility and availability of speech-language pathology and audiology services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis heritage in Canada.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 61-80
Description
Examines how the creation of Inuktitut media content could be an effective means of creative improvisation, linguistic and cultural preservation. Article also challenges prevailing critical approaches to the Inuit as linguistically and culturally vulnerable.
Legend about a man who didn't want to brag about his strength. Reprinted from GEIST (The Canadian Magazine of Ideas and Culture, Spring 1996, Vol. 5, 21)
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 58-[?]
Description
Studies four films to compare practices used to preserve Inuit architectural knowledge: Qallunajatut/Urban Inuk; episode 3 from Nunavut/Our Land series, Qarmaq/Stone House, and Qaggiq/Gathering Place .
Looks at the relevance of existing asthmas education materials and identifies how these materials could be adapted to better suit the needs of the communities.
American Antiquity, vol. 62, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 273-284
Description
Discusses lack of consensus on settlement patterns based on wide variation in number of dwellings. Study of a site at Porden Point, N.W.T. found structures were not all constructed or occupied at the same time.