Nunavut Generations: Change and Continuity in Canadian Inuit Communities

Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Chapter 1 - Inuit and Astronauts......Page 12
 The Human Geography of Nunavut......Page 16
 What Is the Difference between “Inuit” and “Eskimos”?......Page 18
 The Theme of “Generation”......Page 20
 Adaptation and the Colonial Footprint......Page 22
 Organization of the Book......Page 24
 Why This Book?......Page 26
Chapter 2 - Early Encounters......Page 30
 Ancestors and Origins......Page 33
 Contacts with Europeans in Eastern Canada......Page 36
 Commercial Whaling......Page 39
 Inuit as Cultural Brokers......Page 41
 Trading Companies......Page 44
 Memories of Traders......Page 48
Chapter 3 - Dance from the Heart......Page 54
 The Myth of Sedna......Page 56
 Missionaries......Page 59
  Conversion and Reform......Page 62
  Memories of Missionaries......Page 63
 Traditional Inuit Healing and the Arrival of Western Medicine......Page 64
  Memories of Medical Care......Page 68
  Working for the Traders and Hospitals......Page 69
 Royal Canadian Mounted Police......Page 70
  Census Records and Disc Numbers......Page 72
 Military Influences......Page 73
 First Fieldwork......Page 78
  Finding a House......Page 79
  My First House......Page 80
  Living with a Family......Page 84
  Living on the Land......Page 85
 A Humbling Experience: Field Notes......Page 86
 Mosquitoes, Tourists, and Anthropologists......Page 88
 Doctoral Research......Page 89
 1992 to 2006......Page 95
Chapter 5 - Becoming Townspeople......Page 98
 An Inuit Perspective on Migration......Page 100
 Moving to Iqaluit......Page 105
 Moving to Pangnirtung......Page 107
 Moving to Cape Dorset (Kinngait)......Page 110
 Moving to Qikiqtarjuaq......Page 112
  Adapting to Town Life......Page 115
 Memories of Living in Town......Page 118
Chapter 6 - Growing Up Biculturally......Page 124
 Naming Practices......Page 125
 Infancy......Page 126
 The Toddler......Page 128
 Encountering a Wider World......Page 129
 The Middle Years......Page 130
 Teachers and School Principals......Page 132
 What Did Inuit Parents Want?......Page 134
  Measuring Role Identification in Inuit Children......Page 135
 The Extinction Myth: A Series of Flawed Assumptions......Page 140
  Different Learning Styles......Page 141
  Biculturation as a Strategy......Page 143
Chapter 7 - Relocation and Loss......Page 146
  The Qikiqtarjuaq Relocation......Page 147
  Prolonged Hospitalization......Page 148
  Adolescent Labor Practices......Page 149
  Residential Schools......Page 151
  Teen Drinking......Page 152
  The Suicide Crisis......Page 153
  Mina......Page 156
  Lucassie......Page 158
Chapter 8 - Finding a Political Voice......Page 164
 The Dream of Nunavut......Page 168
 Impacts of Nunavut......Page 171
 Elders’ Views of Nunavut......Page 173
 Food Security in Nunavut......Page 174
 A Vision for Nunavut......Page 178
Epilogue......Page 182
Glossary......Page 188
References......Page 192