Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Social history, politics and the practice of resistance

Arctic

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 48-61

  Tester, Frank James ^a   Irniq, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit; Inuit social history; Nunavut government; Resistance; Rights; Western science; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL HISTORY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 59849107724     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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