In April 1999, the Inuit dream of a self-governing territory in the eastern Arctic - Nunavut (Our Land) - became a reality. In celebration of this historic event comes a new edition of Inuit Journey, a firsthand account of another turning point in Inuit history: the establishment in the early 1960s of member-owned, member-run Inuit co-operatives, which played a major role in the march toward independence. Edith Iglauer was on assignment for The New Yorker in 1961 when she went to the Canadian Arctic to write about the first Inuit co-operative. She accompanied a small party of Canadians led by Donald Snowden, a dynamic young idealist who had been hired by the Department of Indian Affairs in response to a crisis: the traditional food supply of the Inuit was disappearing; people were dying of starvation; the survivors were struggling to cope with a massive erosion of their way of life. Iglauer attended the historic gathering of government workers and Inuit leaders at George River (later renamed Kangiqsualujjuaq), where the first co-operative held its first business meeting. It was an event that changed people's lives. Thanks to Snowden's belief that when people are given the chance, they make wiser decisions for themselves than others make for them, and thanks to the incredible imagination and stamina of the Inuit people at George River, co-operatives proved invaluable as the Inuit moved toward a new form of self-sufficiency. This new edition contains 20 previously unpublished black-and-white photographs, and a new preface and epilogue with updated information and Iglauer's affecting story of her own, more personal journey to revisit Kangiqsualujjuaq in 1994.

Inuit Journey

History

Iglauer. Edith

Americas

Douglas Mcintyre/see Pgw

Bella Coola

KOPAS, Cliff

Way of the Masks

Politics & Social Sciences

LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude

Anthropology

Lost and Found Traditions Native American

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Doris Dingle Crafty Cat Activity Book

Levchuck, Helen

Demonstrates the most common repairs made on the main components of mountain bikes, recommends useful tools, and discusses maintenance procedures

Mountain Bike Repair Handbook

Sports & Outdoors

Coello, Dennis

Individual Sports

Chilcotin and Beyond

Paul St. Pierre

pp. 368, clothing of American indians, sculpture, engravings, paintings, tools, weapons, etc., all illustrated in colour.

Art of the American Indian Frontier

Arts & Photography

Penney, David W.

History & Criticism

The Haida are a proud and cultured people, whose home is Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands) off the coast of Northern British Columbia. Until the first Europeans arrived in 1775, the Haida were the lords of the coast. The meeting of cultures was a fateful one: the Europeans had the advantages of firearms and immunity to their own deadly diseases. In just 150 years, the Haida and their culture were pushed to the edge of extinction.
 In Raven's Cry, Christie Harris recreates this tale of tragedy and the ultimate survival of native spirit with dignity, beauty and ethnographic accuracy.

Ravens Cry

C. Harris

Social Sciences

Plundered Seas

Science & Math

Michael Berrill

Biological Sciences

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