Kiumajut (talking back) : game management and Inuit rights, 1900-70 / Peter Kulchyski and Frank James Tester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kulchyski, Peter Keith, 1959-

Contributor:

Tester, Frank J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inuit--Hunting--Canada--History--20th century.

Inuit.

Inuit--Canada--Government relations.

History.

Wildlife research.

Community development.

Wildlife management.

Hunting--Government policy.

Hunting.

Wildlife management--Government policy.

Inuit--Hunting.

Canada.

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.

Nunavut.

Northern Canada.

Physical Description:

xii, 316 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Talking back

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2007]

Summary:

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 and laws intended to curtail the activities of Inuit hunters. Animal management informed by this knowledge became a justification for attempts to educate and, ultimately, to regulate Inuit hunters. The second issue is Inuit responses to the emerging regime of government intervention. The authors look closely at resulting court cases and rulings, as well as Inuit petitions. The activities of the first Inuit community council are also examined in exploring how Inuit began to "talk back" to the Canadian state. The authors' award-winning previous collaboration, Tammarniit (Mistakes): Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic 1939-63, focused on government responsibility, social welfare, relocation, and Inuit relations with the state. Kiumajut is not a continuation of Tammarniit, but rather an interrelated, stand-alone study that examines a separate range of issues relevant to a historical understanding of community development in Nunavut. Kiumajut draws on new material compiled from archival sources and from an archive of oral interviews conducted by the authors with Inuit elders and others between 1997 and 1999.This volume provides the reader with new and important insights for understanding this critical period in the history of Inuit in Canada. Book jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [302]-307) and index.

ISBN:

9780774812412

0774812419

9780774812429

0774812427

OCLC:

163697369