I will live for both of us : a history of colonialism, uranium mining, and Inuit resistance / Joan Scottie, Warren Bernauer, and Jack Hicks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scottie, Joan, author.

Bernauer, Warren, author.

Hicks, Jack, 1958- author.

Series:

Contemporary studies on the North.

Contemporary Studies on the North

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottie, Joan.

Environmental protection.

Uranium industry--Health aspects.

Uranium industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2022]

Summary:

Joan Scottie's I Will Live for Both of Us is a reflection on recent political and environmental history and a call for a future in which Inuit traditional laws and values are respected and upheld.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Growing Up on the Land

CHAPTER 2 Qablunaat, Moving to Town, and Going to School

CHAPTER 3 Uranium Exploration, Petitions, and a Court Case

CHAPTER 4 Kiggavik Round 1: The Urangesellschaft Proposal

CHAPTER 5 The Nunavut Agreement and Gold Mining near Baker Lake

CHAPTER 6 Uranium Policy in Nunavut

CHAPTER 7 Kiggavik Round 2: The areva Proposal

CHAPTER 8 Protecting Our Land and Caribou

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

APPENDIX Why Nunavut Needs a Public Inquiry into Uranium Mining—A Position Statement from Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit

Abbreviations

Notes

Glossary of Selected Inuktitut Terms

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780887552670

0887552676