About the Author:
Peter Kulchyski is a professor in the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba, co-author with Frank Tester of Tammarniit [Mistakes]:Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic 1939-63, and author of Like the Sound of a Drum: Aboriginal Cultural Politics in Denendeh and Nunavut. Frank James Tester is a professor in the Faculty of Social Work and Family Studies at UBC and is the co-author of Tammarniit [Mistakes] and co-editor of Critical Choices: Turbulent Times.
Review:
In detail, Kiumajut presents historical data in an academic theoretical framework beyond the scope of most grade school courses. [...] It may, however, be a useful resource for Social Studies teachers wishing to deepen their understanding of Canada’s twentieth-century colonial relationship with the Inuit. [...] To most of us in the south, Canada’s arctic is an unknown land. Kiumajut sheds light on the modern history of the region. (Patrik Parkes, Global Educator, The Journal for Peace and Global Educators (BCTF), Winter 2009 2009-12-01)
The authors have documented the story with impressive thoroughness, supplementing archival and official materials with interviews with Inuit who lived through much of the period in question ... Kulchyski and Tester offer a welcome re-analysis of the events and consequences surrounding Canadian policy and practice with regard to Inuit, particularly through the mechanism of game management. The book should stimulate discussion, reaction, and further research and interpretation of crucial events in Canadian and Arctic history ... They have taken on a vast swath of northern history, immersed themselves in the available material, and emerged with a compelling account of how relations between a modern state and a hunting society were bungled with lasting consequences. (Henry P. Huntington, Arctic, March 2008 2008-03-01)
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