The 1998 Nunavut Handbook
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The 1998 Nunavut Handbook
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Author : Marion Soublière
language : en
Publisher: Nortex Press
Release Date : 1997
The 1998 Nunavut Handbook written by Marion Soublière and has been published by Nortex Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Social Science categories.
A Place Called Nunavut
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Author : Kim van Dam
language : en
Publisher: Barkhuis
Release Date : 2008-12-31
A Place Called Nunavut written by Kim van Dam and has been published by Barkhuis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-31 with Social Science categories.
In 1999, Nunavut Territory was created in the Canadian Arctic. The area is about 50 times as large as the Netherlands, and is inhabited by a population of 30,000. 85% of the population is Inuit, the indigenous people in this area. The central questions in this research project are what place or regional identities are being ascribed to Nunavut by different groups of people from within and from outside the region, and how do these identities work? In the process of the formation of the region, the territorial Government of Nunavut is an important actor in producing a regional identity that is based on the cultural identity of the Inuit: the Inuit Homeland. This 'official' regional identity creates a symbolic unity that is important in linking people to the region, and through which the land, the history and the people are united in a new territorial membership. However, there is no reason to assume that there is only one regional identity for Nunavut. Different individuals or groups of people from within and from outside the region, such as the people who live in one of the 25 communities and those who work for the multinational mining corporations or as tourist operators, are also involved in the production and reproduction of identities for Nunavut. They represent Nunavut for example as a place to live, a resource region, a wilderness or as a sustainable place. Nunavut Government also links these alternative identities to the area, because as a government they are not only interested in protecting Inuit culture but also aim to modernize the economy in order to enhance prosperity and well-being. As such the place identities are hybrid, and identities that before were produced only by external actors are now also being produced by internal actors, and vice versa.
The Man Who Ate His Boots
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Author : Anthony Brandt
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2010-03-02
The Man Who Ate His Boots written by Anthony Brandt and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with History categories.
After the triumphant end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the British took it upon themselves to complete something they had been trying to do since the sixteenth century: find the fabled Northwest Passage. For the next thirty-five years the British Admiralty sent out expedition after expedition to probe the ice-bound waters of the Canadian Arctic in search of a route, and then, after 1845, to find Sir John Franklin, the Royal Navy hero who led the last of these Admiralty expeditions. Enthralling and often harrowing, The Man Who Ate His Boots captures the glory and the folly of this ultimately tragic enterprise.
The Oxford Handbook Of North American Archaeology
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Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012
The Oxford Handbook Of North American Archaeology written by Timothy R. Pauketat and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology reviews the continent's first and last foragers, farmers, and great pre-Columbian civic and ceremonial centers, from Chaco Canyon to Moundville and beyond.
Canada And The Idea Of North
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Author : Sherrill E Grace
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2002-04-15
Canada And The Idea Of North written by Sherrill E Grace and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-15 with History categories.
Canada and the Idea of North examines the ways in which Canadians have defined themselves as a northern people in their literature, art, music, drama, history, geography, politics, and popular culture. From the Franklin Mystery to the comic book superheroine Nelvana, Glenn Gould's documentaries, the paintings of Lawren Harris, and Molson beer ads, the idea of the north has been central to the Canadian imagination. Sherrill Grace argues that Canadians have always used ideas of Canada-as-North to promote a distinct national identity and national unity. In a penultimate chapter - "The North Writes Back" - Grace presents newly emerging northern voices and shows how they view the long tradition of representing the North by southern activists, artists, and scholars. With the recent creation of Nunavut, increasing concern about northern ecosystems and social challenges, and renewed attention to Canada's role as a circumpolar nation, Canada and the Idea of North shows that nordicity still plays an urgent and central role in Canada at the start of the twenty-first century.
Awol
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Author : Jennifer Barclay
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Release Date : 2010-07-30
Awol written by Jennifer Barclay and has been published by Vintage Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with Literary Collections categories.
AWOL: absent without leave; absent from one’s post or duty without official permission but without intending to desert. Originally a military term, it gradually entered the vernacular for when someone goes missing unexpectedly. Jennifer Barclay and Amy Logan thought it fit well with the kind of travel pieces they wanted to publish--irreverent but thoughtful, emotionally honest and opinionated, bold and provocative. For those who dream of having no fixed address, and those happy simply to read about it, AWOL is filled with entertaining, enriching and edifying stories of people getting away from the familiar. AWOL: Tales for Travel-Inspired Minds is dedicated to the perspectives we gain when away from our regular circumstances.
Canadian Folk
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Author : Peter Unwin
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2013-09-07
Canadian Folk written by Peter Unwin and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An amusing collection of lives and stories from the eccentric side of Canada’s history. A joyous romp through the back pages of Canadian quirkiness, Canadian Folk provides a fresh look at the saints, sinners, oddballs, and outright nutbars who have populated the Canadian landscape. They were perpetually northbound or south; they were inveterate walkers, or world class runners, millionaires in ill-advised Citroen half-tracks. The restless characters who spanned those miles and who fill the pages of this book were fuelled by the ambitions, the doubts, and the certainties of their times, a certainty that now seems unfathomable to us and frequently maddening. From doomed explorers to celebrated poets of cheese, this collection provides a fascinating look at the eminent and no-so-eminent characters who came before us and left their colourful mark on Canada’s history.
Arctic Predator
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Author : Kathleen Lippa
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2025-02-04
Arctic Predator written by Kathleen Lippa and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-04 with True Crime categories.
The shocking crimes of a trusted teacher wrought lasting damage on Inuit communities in Canada’s Arctic. In the 1970s, a young schoolteacher from British Columbia was becoming the darling of the Northwest Territories education department with his dynamic teaching style. He was learning to speak the local language, Inuktitut, something few outsiders did. He also claimed to be Indigenous — a claim that would later prove to be false. In truth, Edward Horne was a pedophile who sexually abused his male students. From 1971 to 1985 his predations on Inuit boys would disrupt life in the communities where he worked — towns of close-knit families that would suffer the intergenerational trauma created by his abuse. Journalist Kathleen Lippa, after years of research, examines the devastating impact the crimes had on individuals, families, and entire communities. Her compelling work lifts the veil of silence surrounding the Horne story once and for all.
Encyclopedia Of The Arctic
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Author : Mark Nuttall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-09-23
Encyclopedia Of The Arctic written by Mark Nuttall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-23 with Reference categories.
With detailed essays on the Arctic's environment, wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics, politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation initiatives and more, this Encyclopedia is the only major work and comprehensive reference on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly important part of the globe. Including 305 maps. This Encyclopedia is not only an interdisciplinary work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic, and all those concerned with global environmental issues, sustainability, science, and human interactions with the environment.
The Praeger Handbook On Contemporary Issues In Native America
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Author : Bruce E. Johansen
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-04-30
The Praeger Handbook On Contemporary Issues In Native America written by Bruce E. Johansen and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-30 with Social Science categories.
Most Americans know very little about Native America. For many, most of their knowledge comes from an amalgam of three sources—a barely remembered required history class in elementary school, Hollywood movies, and debates in the news media over casinos or sports mascots. This two-volume set deals with these issues as well as with more important topics of concern to the future of Native Americans, including their health, their environment, their cultural heritage, their rights, and their economic sustainability. This two-volume set is one of few guides to Native American revival in our time. It includes detailed descriptions of efforts throughout North America regarding recovery of languages, trust funds, economic base, legal infrastructure, and agricultural systems. The set also includes personal profiles of individuals who have sparked renewal, from Sheila Watt-Cloutier, a leader among the Inuit whose people deal with toxic chemicals and global warming, to Ernest Benedict and Ray Fadden, who brought pride to Mohawk children long before the idea was popular. Also included are descriptions of struggles over Indian mascots, establishment of multicultural urban centers, and ravages of uranium mining among the Navajo. The set ends with a detailed development of contemporary themes in Native humor as a coping mechanism. Delving occasionally into historical context, this set includes valuable background information on present-day controversies that are often neglected by the news media. For example, the current struggles to recover Native American trust funds and languages both emerged from a cradle-to-grave control system developed by the U.S. and Canadian governments. These efforts are part of a much broader Native American effort to recover from pervasive poverty and reassert Native American economic independence. Is gambling an answer to poverty, the new buffalo, as some Native Americans have called it? The largest Native American casino to date has been the Pequots' Foxwoods, near Ledyard, Connecticut. In other places, such as the New York Oneidas' lands in Upstate New York, gambling has provided an enriched upper class the means to hire police to force anti-gambling traditionalists from their homes. Among the Mohawks at Akwesasne, people have died over the issue. This two-volume set brings together all of these struggles with the attention to detail they have always deserved and rarely received.