Settlement, Subsistence, and Change Among the Labrador Inuit
The Nunatsiavummiut Experience
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2012
- Category
- Native American, Native American Studies
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780887551963
- Publish Date
- May 2012
- List Price
- $70.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780887554254
- Publish Date
- May 2012
- List Price
- $25.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887557316
- Publish Date
- May 2012
- List Price
- $27.95
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Description
On January 22, 2005, Inuit from communities throughout northern and central Labrador gathered in a school gymnasium to witness the signing of the Labrador Inuit Land Claim Agreement and to celebrate the long-awaited creation of their own regional self-government of Nunatsiavut. This historic agreement defined the Labrador Inuit settlement area, beneficiary enrollment criteria, and Inuit governance and ownership rights. Settlement, Subsistence, and Change Among the Labrador Inuit explores how these boundaries—around land, around people, and around the right to self-govern—reflect the complex history of the region, of Labrador Inuit identity, and the role of migration and settlement patterns in regional politics. Comprised of twelve essays, the book examines the way of life and cultural survival of this unique indigenous population, including: household structure, social economy of wildfood production, forced relocations and land claims, subsistence and settlement patterns, and contemporary issues around climate change, urban planning, and self-government.
About the authors
David C. Natcher is an associate professor and Director of the Indigenous Land Management Institute at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Lawrence Felt is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Memorial University. He earned a doctorate in Sociology and Health Policy from Northwestern University. During this career he has researched issues of development and change in rural Newfoundland, Iceland, and other North Atlantic Societies. Along with Dr. Barbara Neis he has completed a study of fishery workers' ecological knowledge and its relationship to fisheries science (funded by the Tri-Council and SSHRC).
Andrea Procter is a historical anthropologist who focuses on settler colonialism and community-driven research. She has authored several books with Inuit partners, including TautukKonik: A Portrait of Inuit Life in Northern Labrador, 1969–1986 (Memorial University Press, 2022), and A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland (ISER Books, 2020), winner of the 2021 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing, the CLIO Prize (Atlantic), and the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Non-Fiction. She earned a PhD from Memorial University and lives, hikes, and kayaks in St. John’s with her family.
Editorial Reviews
"Informed and informative, and a body of impressive seminal scholarship, Settlement, Subsistence and Change Among the Labrador Inuit is very highly recommended for academic library Canadian History and Aboriginal History reference collections and supplemental reading lists."
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"Informed and informative, and a body of impressive seminal scholarship, _Settlement, Subsistence and Change Among the Labrador Inuit_ is very highly recommended for academic library Canadian History and Aboriginal History reference collections and supplemental reading lists."
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Settlement, Subsistence, and Change Among the Labrador Inuit
In this collection of scholarly essays the history, practices and issues of the Labrador Inuit are explicated to show the rationale and foci of the treaty negotiations and ultimate agreement between the Labrador Inuit and the federal and provincial governments. In the creation of Nunatsiavummiut regional self-government, the settlement, subsistence, process of settling land claims and future issues the community will need to address are considered. The essays are researched and written by anthropologists, archaeologists, sociologists, biologists, geographers and environmental scientists. The complexities of Inuit social, economic and political adaptations are revealed to show the structures and requirements of a modern treaty agreement.Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools. 2013-2014.
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