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PartanthropologicalhistorypartinformedcritiqueEncountersexaminestherelationsbetweenthepeopleofsoutheasternLabradorandthemanyvisitorswhohavecometoshhealthesickandextracttheregionsresources.JohnKennedypresentsthelatestarchaeologicalgenealogicalandethno-historicalresearchthatchangesscholarlyunderstandingsofsoutheasternLabrador.DepartingfromtheconventionalviewthatcoastalLabradorhasdistinctInuitandnon-Inuitregionshearguesthatthecoastshouldbeviewedasacontin-uumofInuitness.Encountersunravelsthesocialimplicationsoftheregionscomplexmercantilesherydescribeshowtwentieth-centurymilitaryandresourcedevelopmenthaveimpactedLabradorsseasonaleconomyandsuggeststhatNewfoundlandcontinuestouseLabradorasacolony.Kennedyuseseldresearchheconductedin2013todescribetheoriginscurrenteconomiesandfuturechallengesoftheregionstinyvillages.AlthoughheisastrongsupporterofAboriginallandclaimsKennedyexplorestheimpactofidentitypoliticsintheregionshowinghowlandclaimsbasedsolelyongeographycanunintentionallycreateinequities.DrawingondecadesofeldandarchivalresearchKennedydemonstrateshowAboriginalpoliticsaretransformingsocietyinsoutheasternLabradorempoweringlocalpeopletoovercomethestigmasofhistoryandnallyacknowledgetheirInuitancestry.JohnC.KennedyisaretiredprofessorofanthropologyatMemorialUniversity.DavidWoodmansclassicreconstructionofthemysteriouseventssurroundingthetragicFranklinexpeditionhastakenonnewimportanceinlightoftherecentdiscoveryofthehmsErebuswrecktheshipSirJohnFranklinsailedonduringhisdoomed1845questtondtheNorthwestPassagetoAsia.Firstpublishedin1991UnravellingtheFranklinMysteryboldlychal-lengedstandardinterpretationsandofferedanewandcompellingalternative.AmongthemanywhohavetriedtodiscoverthetruthbehindtheFranklindisasterWoodmanwasthersttorecognizetheprofoundimportanceofInuitoraltestimonyandtoanalyzeitindepth.FromhisinvestigationsWoodmanconcludedthattheInuitlikelyvisitedFranklinsshipswhilethecrewwasstillonboardandthatthereweresomeInuitwhoactuallysawthesinkingofoneoftheships.MuchoftheInuittestimonypresentedherehadneverbeforebeenpublishedanditprovidedWoodmanwiththepivotalclueinhisreconstruc-tionofthepuzzleoftheFranklindisaster.UnravellingtheFranklinMysteryisacompellingandimpressiveinquiryintoapartofCanadianhistorythatforonehundredandseventyyearsleftmanyquestionsunanswered.InthiseditionanewprefacebytheauthoraddressestherecentdiscoveryandreviewstheworkdoneintheinterveningyearsonvariousaspectsoftheFranklinstoryasitappliestothebooksinitialpremisethatInuittestimonyholdsthekeytounlockingthemystery.WoodmanhasexaminedallthedocumentationonInuittestimonywithre-lentlessthoroughness.Hehasmadeavitallyimportantlongoverduecontri-butionItisabookanyoneobsessedwithFranklinwillwanttohave.TorontoStarDavidC.WoodmanisaseniormasterforbcFerriesandlivesinPortCoquitlamBritishColumbia.14MQUPSPRING2015SPECIFICATIONSMcGill-QueensNativeandNorthernSeriesMay2015978-0-7735-4494-934.95ACDN34.95AUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4493-2100.00SCDN100.00SUS76.00cloth6x9448pp60gurese-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-QueensNativeandNorthernSeriesMarch2015978-0-7735-4541-024.95TCDN24.95TUS15.99paper6x9408ppe-bookavailableEncountersAnAnthropologicalHistoryofSoutheasternLabradorjohnc.kennedyAdetailedhistorythatchallengesconventionalunderstandingsofsoutheasternLabrador.CANADIANHISTORYNORTHERNSTUDIESANTHROPOLOGYCANADIANHISTORYUnravellingtheFranklinMysteryInuitTestimonySecondEditiondavidc.woodmanWithanewprefacebytheauthorUndoubtedlythemostauthoritativecool-headedandthrillinginvestigationsofar.LondonObserver