Documentary about Abraham Ulrikab and seven other Inuit who were transported from Labrador to Europe to act as living ethnological exhibits. Failure to inoculate them for smallpox resulted in their deaths and remains of the five who died in Paris were housed in French National Museum of Natural History.
Duration: 44:15.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, Historical Trauma, June 2014, pp. 339-369
Description
Looks at narratives outside of the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission, such as oral histories and Inuit art and film, for aspects of the colonial trauma and the impacts of history.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 79-93
Description
Describes how two Inuit prisoners were bought from their Albany River captors by the Hudson's Bay Company in the 1800's and used in posts around James Bay. (Abstract in French/English, article in French only)
Examines the criticisms of theories advanced in his 1963 book Early Voyages and Northern Approaches, originally published in 1963; includes some illustrations.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 90-93
Description
Interview with the former curator of Iqaluit's Nunatta Sunaqutangit Museum.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol. 168, no. 11, December 1, 2003, pp. 1353-1357
Description
Findings indicated a relatively high transmission rate in a geographically isolated, sparsely populated region, made control and eliminating TB more challenging.
Looks at the incidence rate, determinants of tuberculosis infection and social determinants of health.
Chapter 14 from Canadian Tuberculosis Standards, 7th edition.
"Tungasuvvingat Inuit provides Inuit specific programs, services, and support to empower and enhance the lives of Inuit. in Ontario." Includes newsletter, links to Ottawa Inuit organizations and information about non-insured health benefits.
Looks at attempts by Arctic Athabaskan Council, Gwich’in Council International, Inuit Circumpolar Council, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) to frame Arctic climate change as a security issue.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et Migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 107-131
Description
Discusses how despite the influence of Christianity and although no longer associated with the Inuit shaman, the concept of the Tuurngait still permeates the worldview of contemporary Inuit.