Nunavut Generations Change and Continuity in Canadian Inuit Communities

Name: Nunavut Generations Change and Continuity in Canadian Inuit Communities
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ISBN: 9781577664895

ISBN-10: 1577664892

ISBN-13: 9781577664895

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ann McElroy

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Waveland Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 187
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Inuit and Astronauts


The Human Geography of Nunavut


What Is the Difference between "Inuit" and "Eskimos"?


The Theme of "Generation"


Adaptation and the Colonial Footprint


Organization of the Book


Why This Book?



Early Encounters


Ancestors and Origins


Contacts with Europeans in Eastern Canada


Commercial Whaling


Inuit as Cultural Brokers


Trading Companies


Memories of Traders



Dance from the Heart


The Myth of Sedna


Missionaries


Traditional Inuit Healing and the Arrival of Western Medicine


Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Military Influences



Living with the People


First Fieldwork


A Humbling Experience: Field Notes


Mosquitoes, Tourists, and Anthropologists


Doctoral Research


1992 to 2006



Becoming Townspeople


An Inuit Perspective on Migration


Moving to Iqaluit


Moving to Pangnirtung


Moving to Cape Dorset (Kinngait)


Moving to Qikiqtarjuaq


Memories of Living in Town



Growing Up Biculturally


Birth and Neonatal Care


Naming Practices


Infancy


The Toddler


Encountering a Wider World


The Middle Years


Teachers and School Principals


What Did Inuit Parents Want?


The Extinction Myth: A Series of Flawed Assumptions



Relocation and Loss


A Traumatized Generation


Mina and Lucassie



Finding a Political Voice


The Dream of Nunavut


Impacts of Nunavut


Elders' Views of Nunavut


Food Security in Nunavut


A Vision for Nunavut


Epilogue


Glossary


References