Historians and Inuit: Learning from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission, 2007–2010
@article{Goldring2015HistoriansAI, title={Historians and Inuit: Learning from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission, 2007–2010}, author={Philip Goldring}, journal={Canadian Journal of History}, year={2015}, volume={50}, pages={492 - 523} }
This article examines historians’ contributions to the Qikiqtani Truth Commission (<small class="caps">qtc </small>) from 2007 to 2012. The <small class="caps">qtc </small> was unique in being commissioned, conducted, and paid for by an Aboriginal organization, the Qikiqtani Inuit Association. The <small class="caps">qtc </small> reviewed the elimination of qimmiit (sled-dogs) as well as other government policies concerning the Arctic and the relocation of northern communities to thirteen…
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