Life Stories of Northern Leaders Series
We Call it Survival
Abraham Okpik travelled through many different and changing worlds. Life took him from the traditional nomadic way of life of the Alaskan Inupiat to a federal government office building in Ottawa. Like ...
Changing the Face of Canada
Aboriginal self-government is still debated today but it is now part of land claims negotiations in Canada, the United States and other countries. The work done since the early 1970s by Inuit leaders, ...
We Need to Know Who We Are
We Need to Know Who We Are is the story of Paul Aarulaaq Quassa�s journey through life. The story is important for those interested in the history, make-up, and future of Canada, for Paul had a truly ...
Teach an Eskimo How to Read...
Peter Freuchen Ittinuar, Canada�s first Inuk Member of Parliament, was born in 1950 in Chesterfield Inlet, an Inuit community on the west coast of Hudson Bay. Ittinuar had a very traditional upbringing ...
That's My Vision
On February 27, 1976, ITC president James Arvaluk made a presentation to the Government of Canada that contained the first formal call for the creation of a new territory to be known as Nunavut. This ...