 | Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic Subjects: Inuit -- Nunavut -- History; Land settlement -- Nunavut -- History; Inuit -- Nunavut -- Government relations; Inuit-Nunavut -- Social conditions; In recent years the view has emerged that the Inuit were coerced by the Canadian government into abandoning life in scattered camps for centres of habitation. In Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers David Damas demonstrates that for many years government policies helped maintain dispersed settlement, but that eventually concerns over health, housing, and education and welfare brought about policy changes that inevitably led to centralization. |
