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The Road to Nunavut: The Progress of the Eastern Arctic Inuit since the Second World War

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In The Road to Nunavut, R. Quinn Duffy analyses federal government policy at the social and economic growth of the Inuit. Duffy describes the economic, social, and political changes within the Eastern Arctic and provides the historical background to the current debate on Inuit land claims and political subdivision of the Northwest Territory. Progressively, and reasonably reluctantly, the Canadian government assumed the role of guardian of the Inuit and was eager about their housing, education, employment, and health services and products. The evolution of government-supported services and products created problems which can be still unmet; the changes in life-style that resulted were exacerbated by unemployment and the Inuit’s inferior social and political status. Starting within the 1960’s, these complex problems led to increased delinquency, violence, and abuse of alcohol. Duffy shows how the Inuit Progressively assumed responsibility for bettering their situation, sooner or later developing the political maturity that found expression within the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, its affiliated organizations, and the pressure for regional self-determination.
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