Kiumajut (talking back) : game management and Inuit rights, 1900-70 /

Kiumajut (talking back) : game management and Inuit rights, 1900-70 /

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Kiumajut (Talking Back): Game Management and Inuit Rights 1900-70 examines Inuit relations with the Canadian state, with a particular focus on two interrelated issues. The first is how a deeply flawed set of scientific practices for counting animal populations led policymakers to develop policies an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kulchyski, Peter Keith, 1959-
Other Authors: Tester, Frank J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2007]
Subjects:
20th century.
Inuit > Hunting > Canada > History > 20th century.
Inuit > Canada > Government relations.
Inuit.
History.
Wildlife research.
Community development.
Wildlife management.
Hunting > Government policy.
Hunting.
Wildlife management > Government policy.
Inuit > Hunting.
Wildlife management > Government policy > Canada, Northern > History.
Hunting > Government policy > Canada, Northern > History.
Wildlife management > Canada, Northern > History.
Community development > Canada, Northern > History > 20th century.
Wildlife research > Canada, Northern > History > 20th century.
Inuit > Nunavut > History.
Faune > Aménagement > Politique gouvernementale > Canada (Nord) > Histoire.
Inuit > Chasse > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Inuit > Canada > Relations avec l'État.
Chasse > Politique gouvernementale > Canada (Nord) > Histoire.
Faune > Aménagement > Canada (Nord) > Histoire.
Développement communautaire > Canada (Nord) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Faune > Recherche > Canada (Nord) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Inuit > Nunavut > Histoire.
Canada.
Nunavut.
Northern Canada.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Managing the Game
  • 1 Trapping and Trading: The Regulation of Inuit Hunting Prior to World War II 23
  • 2 Sagluniit ("Lies"): Manufacturing a Caribou Crisis 50
  • 3 Sugsaunngittugulli ("We Are Useless"): Surveying the Animals 82
  • 4 Who Counts? Challenging Science and the Law 122
  • Part II Talking Back
  • 5 Inuit Rights and Government Policy 165
  • 6 Baker Lake, 1957: The Eskimo Council 204
  • 7 Inuit Petition for Their Rights 239
  • Conclusion: Contested Ground 273.

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