With the outbreak of World War II, Iqaluit and the Eastern Arctic were found to be strategic areas in the defense of North America. This brought a new kind of people to Inuit lands: the military. This ...

While modern Inuit societies are still adapting themselves to the new lifestyles required by integration in a global economic market and life in much larger communities, they are affected by many social ...

The first thorough study of discourse practices undertaken among Canadian Inuit, this book explores language usage in three communities of the Baffin region of Nunavut. Over five years a team of researchers ...