Relocating Eden : the image and politics of Inuit exile in the Canadian Arctic / Alan Rudolph Marcus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcus, Alan Rudolph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inuit--Relocation--Canada, Northern.

Inuit.

Inuit--Canada--Government relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hanover, New Hampshire ; London : Dartmouth College : University Press of New England, 1995.

Summary:

Addresses lingering questions about government resettlement of Native Canadians and its impact on their lives.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

TERMINOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

1. IMAGES OFTHE INUIT

Film Imagery of the Happy-Go-Lucky Eskimo

Nanook Reborn as Joseph Idlout

Stark Images of Another North

Henry Larsen's Views on Inuit Welfare

Publicly Identifying the "Eskimo Problem

The Fur Trade and Inuit Dependency

Competition to Exert Social Control over the Inuit

Bringing Order to a "Disordered" People

2. THE PEOPLE OF THE CROWN

Port Harrison and the Problems of Arctic Quebec

White Man's Handouts" and the Reform Movement

Inuit Settlement Patterns and the Argument for Rehabilitation

Self-Reliance, Resources, and Relocation

Geopolitical Perceptions of the Northern Frontier

Re-establishing "Effective Occupation" of the High Arctic

Ultima Thule: Reoccupation of the High Arctic Islands

The Eskimo Loan Fund and Resettlement Initiatives

PART 2: SOUTH OF EDEN RELOCATION OF THE INUKJUAMIUT

3. RELOCATION TO THE HIGH ARCTIC

Officials Take Remedial Action

The "Migration" Selection Process: Recruits for Reform

Classification of Inuit for Relocation

The Relocation and Dividing of the Families

Controversy and External Perspectives

Thule Ruins and Site Selection

Social Reform and Survival

A Lack of Services

4. THE PROCESS OF ADAPTATION

The "Garden of Eden

Guards and Guides

Looking for Eve

Relocating the Carvers

Right of Return

PART 3: THE FLIGHT FROM EDEN RELOCATION OF THE AHIARMIUT

5. "ESKIMOS FLY TO NEW HUNTING GROUNDS

The Ahiarmiut of Ennadai Lake

Relocation to Nueltin Lake

Back at Ennadai Lake

Plans for a Second Ahiarmiut Relocation

Before and After Life

Relocation from Ennadai Lake to Henik Lake.

Difficulties Develop at Henik Lake

Relocation Aftermath, Henik Lake, 1958

6. RELOCATION ON TRIAL

A Postmortem on the Ahiarmiut Relocation

The Slayings and Kikkik's Statement

The Preliminary Hearing

Crisis Management of the Ahiarmiut Deaths

The Department's Investigation of the Truth

The Deaths Reconstructed

The Trial of Kikkik

7. INFLUENCING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE RELOCATIONS

Farley Mowat, Crusader for Truth

Controlling Discourse for the Common Good

Multiple Realities

PART 4: REASSESSMENT

8. THE AFTERMATH: REFLECTIONS ON RELOCATION

The End of the Experiment

Positive Views

Dissenting Voices

A Sense of Place

The Final Drawing Back

Utopia on Trial

EPILOGUE

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A: List of Inuit Relocated to Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay, 1953-55

APPENDIX B: Inuit Relocated to Henik Lake, 1957

APPENDIX C: Presentation Given by the Author to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at a Public Hearing in Ottawa on 30 June 1993

APPENDIX D: List of Individuals Interviewed for This Study

APPENDIX E: Biographical Details of Officials and Other Whites

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-266) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61168-701-2

OCLC:

1086075445