Research Catalog

Title

Canada's relationship with Inuit : a history of policy and program development / prepared for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada ; managed and edited by Erik Anderson ; prepared by Public History Inc. ; principal author Sarah Bonesteel.

Author

Bonesteel, Sarah.

Publication

Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Anderson, Erik, 1966-
• Public History Inc.
• Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Description

xvi, 240 pages : illustrations, map; 30 cm

Summary

Inuit have lived in Canada's north since time immemorial. The Canadian government's administration of Inuit affairs, however, has been generally shorter and is less well understood than the federal government's relations with First Nations and Métis. We hope to correct some of this knowledge imbalance by providing an overview of the federal government's Inuit policy and program development from first contact to 2006. Topics that are covered by this book include the 1939 Re Eskimo decision that gave Canada constitutional responsibility for Inuit, post World War II acculturation and defence projects, law and justice, sovereignty and relocations, the E-number identification system, Inuit political organizations, comprehensive claim agreements, housing, healthcare, education, economic development, self-government, the environment and urban issues. In order to develop meaningful forward-looking policy, it is essential to understand what has come before and how we got to where we are. We believe that this book will be a valuable contribution to a growing body of knowledge about Canada-Inuit relations, and will be an indispensable resource to all students of federal Inuit and northern policy development.

Subject

• Inuit > Canada > Government relations > History
• Inuit > Government policy > History. > Canada
• Inuit > Canada > History
• Inuit > Canada > Economic conditions > History
• Inuit > Canada > Social conditions > History
• Inuit > Canada > Politics and government > History
• Indigenous peoples in Canada
• Inuit
• Inuit > Economic conditions
• Inuit > Government relations
• Inuit > Politics and government
• Inuit > Social conditions
• Politics and government
• Canada, Northern > Politics and government > History
• Canada, Northern > Politics and government
• Canada
• Northern Canada

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "June 2006."
• "This historical review was prepared for the Strategic Research and Analysis Directorate of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), as well as Donat Savoie, Interim Executive Director, Inuit Relations Secretariat; and Alan Braidek, Special Advisor, Inuit Relations Secretariat at INAC. Erik Anderson, Senior Research Manager for the Strategic Research and Analysis Directorate of INAC, was the departmental representative co-ordinating the project. The project was completed in four phases: September to December 2004, January to March 2005, April to November 2005, and January to March 2006"--Page xiii.
• Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.
• Issued also in French under title: Les relations du Canada avec les Inuit, histoire de l'élaboration des politiques et des programmes.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-158)

Contents

Foreword -- Executive summary -- Methodology -- Map of modern and historical Inuit settlements, Canada -- Inuit contact with explorers, whalers and fur traders to the 1930s -- The 1939 re Eskimo decision and its impact on Crown/Inuit relations -- Post World War II acculturation and assimilation of Inuit -- NORAD and DEW line defence -- Canadian law, justice and policing -- Arctic sovereignty and Inuit relocations -- The e-number identification system -- Historical development of Inuit political organizations -- Comprehensive claim agreements -- Housing -- Healthcare -- Education -- Economic development and the Inuit economy -- Inuit self-government and governance -- The environment -- Urban Inuit -- Bibliography -- Photography credits.

ISBN

• 9781100111216
• 1100111212
• 9781100111223
• 1100111220

LCCN

2010534037

OCLC

• ocn441458533
• 441458533
• SCSB-1574074

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library