Peter Kulchyski

Kiumajut (Talking Back)

Game Management and Inuit Rights, 1900-70

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines Inuit relations with the Canadian state, with a particular focus on regulating Inuit based on government animal counting methods, and the emerging regime of government intervention.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 153mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780774812429
• ISBN-10: 0774812427
• Artikelnr.: 23427269

Autorenporträt

Peter Kulchyski is a professor in the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba, co-author with Frank Tester of Tammarniit [Mistakes]: Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic 1939-63, and author of Like the Sound of a Drum: Aboriginal Cultural Politics in Denendeh and Nunavut. Frank James Tester is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia and is the co-author of Tammarniit [Mistakes] and co-editor of Critical Choices: Turbulent Times.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations; Preface Introduction Part I: Managing the Game 1 Trapping and Trading: The Regulation of Inuit Hunting Prior to World War II 2 Sagluniit (
Lies
): Manufacturing a Caribou Crisis 3 Sugsaunngittugulli (
We Are Useless
): Surveying the Animals 4 Who Counts? Challenging Science and the Law Part II: Talking Back 5 Inuit Rights and Government Policy 6 Baker Lake, 1957: The Eskimo Council 7 Inuit Petition for Their Rights Conclusion: Contested Ground Notes; Bibliography; Index