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Arctic Migrants/Arctic VillagersThe Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic |
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An examination of changes in the settlement patterns of the Inuit - from all-native hunting-trapping camps to villages of mixed ethnic composition - during the 1950s and 1960s.
In recent years the view has emerged that the Inuit were coerced by the Canadian government into abandoning life in scattered camps for centres of habitation. In Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers David Damas demonstrates that for many years government policies helped maintain dispersed settlement, but that eventually concerns over health, housing, and education and welfare brought about policy changes that inevitably led to centralization.
Damas shows that while there were cases of government-directed relocation to centres, centralization was largely voluntary as the Inuit accepted the advantages of village living.In examining archives, anthropological writings, and the results of field research from an anthropological perspective, Damas provides fresh insights into the policies and developments that led to the centralization of Inuit settlement during the 1950s and 1960s.
Damas shows that while there were cases of government-directed relocation to centres, centralization was largely voluntary as the Inuit accepted the advantages of village living.In examining archives, anthropological writings, and the results of field research from an anthropological perspective, Damas provides fresh insights into the policies and developments that led to the centralization of Inuit settlement during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Part of the McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies (number 32 in series)
336 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780773524057
May 2004
Formats: Paperback, eBook
" ... a work that every student of Inuit culture and history, regardless of discipline, should read." George Wenzel, Arctic
"Excellent scholarship. It represents research in a wide variety of archival and published materials. Damas' own sense and experience of the emerging Arctic villages of the 1950s and 1960s is essential to his reading of the archives. The result is a well documented, thorough piece of work whose scholarly marks are evident on every page." Derek G. Smith, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University
"Excellent scholarship. It represents research in a wide variety of archival and published materials. Damas' own sense and experience of the emerging Arctic villages of the 1950s and 1960s is essential to his reading of the archives. The result is a well documented, thorough piece of work whose scholarly marks are evident on every page." Derek G. Smith, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University
David Damas, professor emeritus of the Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, is the author of Bountiful Island: A Study of Land Tenure on a Micronesian Atoll, and a contributing editor to Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 5: Arctic.
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