An Exercise in sovereignty: the government of Canada and the Inuit relocation of 1953

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Donald B.
dc.contributor.authorLowther, Keith
dc.coverage.spatial2000002045en
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-21T19:38:23Z
dc.date.available2005-07-21T19:38:23Z
dc.date.issued1989
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 127-140.en
dc.description.abstractIn August 1953, the government of Canada relocated fifty-three Inuit from the established communities of Inukjuak, Quebec, and Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, to Cornwallis and Ellesmere Islands in the Arctic Archipelago. The government of Prime Minister St. Laurent stated that Inukjuak families were selected to reduce hunting pressures in their home area, while Pond Inlet Inuit would assist their southern counterparts adjust to High Arctic conditions. The government argued that this scheme would permit the participants to continue a hunting and trapping lifestyle, and repopulate areas which had once supported Inuit. An examination of surviving documentary evidence, however, suggests that additional considerations played a role in the decision to implement the project. Canada's long-term concern over its Arctic sovereignty, which had re-emerged in the early 1950s because of American requests to construct numerous defence facilities, had considerable influence in the final decision.
dc.format.extentvi, 140 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationLowther, K. (1989). An Exercise in sovereignty: the government of Canada and the Inuit relocation of 1953 (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/10803en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/10803
dc.identifier.isbn0315542756en
dc.identifier.lccE 92 L68 1989en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/21651
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.subject.lccE 92 L68 1989en
dc.subject.lcshInuit - Canada - Government relations
dc.subject.lcshInuit - Canada - Social conditions
dc.titleAn Exercise in sovereignty: the government of Canada and the Inuit relocation of 1953
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 705 520541621
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