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Offline youngstudent

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The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« on: December 24, 2018, 10:05:24 am »
Hi everyone. How much do you know about the Inuits and "the High Arctic relocation program" conducted by the Canadian government in 1953 and 1955? Why did the government decide to move these people? I want to know because there were a lot of speculations about it. Did you learn about the Inuit relocation at school? Do Canadians talk about it?

This is the best site about this topic that I could find on the internet.
http://www.iqqaumavara.com/en/story/
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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2018, 10:07:44 am »
Quote from: youngstudent on December 24, 2018, 10:05:24 am
Hi everyone. How much do you know about the Inuits and "the High Arctic relocation program" conducted by the Canadian government in 1953 and 1955? Why did the government decide to move these people? Did you learn about the Inuit relocation at school? Do Canadians talk about it?

Hi - no I don't think this is very well known.  Where are you from ?
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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2018, 10:17:56 am »
Didn't know anything about them. Thanks for bringing it up.
Another part of our history not to be proud of, like residential schools and the Japanese internments.
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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2018, 10:37:44 am »
I have been to Resolute and Grise Fiord. The general impression I got was nobody there was thankful to the government of Canada for being relocated to those places simply to promote a form of sovereignty. Not the most habitable places in the world!
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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2018, 10:58:25 am »
Quote from: MH on December 24, 2018, 10:07:44 am
Hi - no I don't think this is very well known.  Where are you from ?

Thank you. I am from Poland and here most people don't know anything about this part of Canadian history.
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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2018, 11:14:03 am »
Quote from: youngstudent on December 24, 2018, 10:58:25 am
Thank you. I am from Poland and here most people don't know anything about this part of Canadian history.

Please post a link for us to read/discuss.
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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2018, 12:07:10 pm »
Quote from: MH on December 24, 2018, 11:14:03 am
Please post a link for us to read/discuss.

Great suggestion. :)
http://www.iqqaumavara.com/en/story/
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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2018, 03:18:58 pm »
Quote from: Omni on December 24, 2018, 10:37:44 am
I have been to Resolute and Grise Fiord. The general impression I got was nobody there was thankful to the government of Canada for being relocated to those places simply to promote a form of sovereignty. Not the most habitable places in the world!

Thank you for sharing. Given their history, it's understandable that they were not delighted. I can not even imagine what those people must have gone through.
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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2018, 03:21:11 pm »
Quote from: wilber on December 24, 2018, 10:17:56 am
Didn't know anything about them. Thanks for bringing it up.
Another part of our history not to be proud of, like residential schools and the Japanese internments.

You're welcome. :) I think that their history should be known not only in Canada but all over the world.
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Offline youngstudent

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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2018, 04:45:34 am »
Does anyone know if the Canadian media talk about Inuits?
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Offline Pinus or Vid or...?????

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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2018, 04:47:57 am »
Not very much.  The Inuit are small in numbers, and are spread around thousands of kilometers of Canadian Territory, mainly the far north.
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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2018, 05:57:02 am »
Thanks.
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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2018, 07:46:54 pm »
I don't know a lot about the Inuits, and know literally nothing about their relocation nor knew they were relocated.
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Re: The Inuit relocation conducted by the Canadian government
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2018, 09:59:34 am »
I also didn't know this.  I have friends who adopted a little Inuit girl (she's 10  now) and they said they did know about this because they researched Inuit history for their daughter.

Cool share.  Thanks  :)
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« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2018, 12:08:49 pm »
Quote from: Poonlight Graham on December 27, 2018, 07:46:54 pm
I don't know a lot about the Inuits, and know literally nothing about their relocation nor knew they were relocated.

some (of us) became aware of this... profiled in the 'dust-up' over residential schools as yet another example of (supposed positive) government intention gone awry. But really, c'mon - twas but less than 90 persons relocated in total (of some 50K Inuit today) with presumed government intent to further sovereignty claims within the 'high Arctic'... during the height of the cold-war. In any case: reconciliation, official apology, monetary restitution - wash, rinse, repeat!
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