
Teach an Eskimo How to Read...
Conversations with Peter Freuchen Ittinuar
Thierry Rodon(Editor)
Nunavut Arctic College Media (Publisher)
Published on 6. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-1-896204-90-1 (ISBN)
Description
Peter Freuchen Ittinuar, Canada's first Inuk Member of Parliament, was born in 1950 in Chesterfield Inlet, an Inuit community on the west coast of Hudson Bay. Ittinuar had a very traditional upbringing but stood apart because of his love for reading. He was picked to take part in the "Eskimo Experiment" and was sent to live with a family in Ottawa. He rose through the qullunaat world, becoming the first Inuk Member of Parliament during the crucial period of the patriation of the Canadian Constitution in 1979.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Iqaluit
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-896204-90-1 (9781896204901)
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