INDG 1000Y Lecture 16: Lecture Week 16
7 Feb 2017
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8 circumpolar countries: russia, norway, sweden, finland, canada, usa (alaska) Inuit live throughout most of the canadian arctic and subarctic in the territory of nunavut; nunavik in the northern third of quebec; nunatsiavut and. nunatukavut in labrador; and in various parts of the northwest territories, particularly around the arctic ocean. Western arctic inuit prefer to be known as. Nunavut is divided into three regions, qikiqtaaluk in the east, kivalliq in the central. Arctic along the western coast of hudson"s bay, and kitikmeot in the west. Over 25,000 inuit reside in 26 communities (approximately half the canadian inuit population), with iqaluit as its capital. No mention of inuit in early colonial legistlation: First nations citizens are encouraged to enfranchise, a positive spin meaning assimilation. Inuit were left unmentioned, leaving their status as indigenous peoples unclear. Period of contact: sovereignty, not inuit, concern federal government:
