Tammarniit (Mistakes)
Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic, 1939-63
Published on 1. January 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
434 pages
978-0-7748-0494-3 (ISBN)
Description
Through an examination of the roles of relief and relocation in response to welfare and other perceived problems and the federal government's overall goal of assimilating the Inuit into the dominant Canadian culture, this book questions the seeming benevolence of the post-Second World War Canadian welfare state. The authors have made extensive use of archival documents, many of which have not been available to researchers before. The early chapters cover the first wave of government expansion in the north, the policy debate that resulted in the decision to relocate Inuit, and the actual movement of people and materials. The second half of the book focuses on conditions following relocation and addresses the second wave of state expansion in the late fifties and the emergence of a new dynamic of intervention.
Reviews / Votes
Treads the fine line of compassionate analysis and understanding. The authors avoid righteous condemnation, examing instead the complex ways in which decent, well-meaning officials fashioned a legacy of suffering from their own insensitivity, ignorance, and self-deception ... Like it or not, Canada is about to be transformed by the emerging powers of its aboriginal nations ... How Canada responds to these challenges will define the future shape of Confederation itself. In that sense, this book is both timely and significant. -- Stephen Hume * Vancouver Sun * In this important book, Tester and Kulchyski skillfully weave the episodes of Inuit relocations into the fabric of general postdepression Canadian history. The authors do an excellent job of revealing the complex relations between the government, the missionaries, the fur companies, and the Inuit. It is another excellent case study of the detrimental effects of governmental paternalism. -- Ryan Madden * American Indian Culture and Research Journal * Tammarniit (Mistakes) makes an important contribution to our understandings of the recent history of the relationships between the Inuit of the eastern arctic and the Canadian state (in its various and complex manifestations). -- Peter Geller * SSHARE *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-0494-3 (9780774804943)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Frank Tester is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia. Peter Kulchyski is a professor in the Department of Native Studies at Trent University.
Content
Preface
Introduction
1 Are Inuit Indians?: Relief, Jurisdiction, and Government Responsibility
2 Social Welfare and Social Crisis in the Eastern Arctic
3 Planning for Relocation in the Eastern Arctic
4 Recolonizing the Arctic Islands: The 1953 Relocations to Resolute Bay and Craig Harbour
5 The Ennadai Lake Relocations, 1950-60
6 The Garry Lake Famine
7 The Whale Cove Relocation
8 Relocation and Responsibility, 1955-63
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 Are Inuit Indians?: Relief, Jurisdiction, and Government Responsibility
2 Social Welfare and Social Crisis in the Eastern Arctic
3 Planning for Relocation in the Eastern Arctic
4 Recolonizing the Arctic Islands: The 1953 Relocations to Resolute Bay and Craig Harbour
5 The Ennadai Lake Relocations, 1950-60
6 The Garry Lake Famine
7 The Whale Cove Relocation
8 Relocation and Responsibility, 1955-63
Notes
Bibliography
Index