Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission of the complaints of the Inuit people relocated from Inukjuak and Pond Inlet, to Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay in 1953 and 1955
Type
Book
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Category
Indigenous Law
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Publication Year
1991
Publisher
Canadian Human Rights Commission, Canada
Pages
69
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Abstract
"This document contains a brief statement of the complaint. It provides background information on government policies toward the Inuit. It discusses the role of sovereignty concerns in the Arctic; the promise to return families to Inukjuak if they were unhappy with the relocation; the overall planning of the relocation; carrying out the plan; some early consequences of the cultural gap; government fiduciary obligations; and present-day criteria for judging conduct in the 1950s." - Voila
Description
Contents:
1. introduction
2. Brief statement of the complaint
3. The facts
4. Background: Government policies toward the Inuit
5. The role of sovereignty concerns in the Arctic
6. the promise to return families to InukJuak if they were unhappy with the relocation
7. Overall planning of the relocation
8. Carrying out the plan
9. The cultural gap
10. Some early consequences of the cultural gap
11. Long term effects
12. Government responsibility: fiduciary obligations
13. Present-day criteria for judging conduct in the 1950s
14. Conclusions, consequences
1. introduction
2. Brief statement of the complaint
3. The facts
4. Background: Government policies toward the Inuit
5. The role of sovereignty concerns in the Arctic
6. the promise to return families to InukJuak if they were unhappy with the relocation
7. Overall planning of the relocation
8. Carrying out the plan
9. The cultural gap
10. Some early consequences of the cultural gap
11. Long term effects
12. Government responsibility: fiduciary obligations
13. Present-day criteria for judging conduct in the 1950s
14. Conclusions, consequences
Biblio Notes
French ed. (Rapport présenté à la Commission ...) : 92-01893/1.
Includes abstract.
Includes abstract.
Number of Copies
1
