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Dunning, Norma.
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Inuit -- Canada -- History.
Inuit -- Canada -- Government relations.
Inuit -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
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Dunning, Norma.
Inuit -- Canada -- History.
Inuit -- Canada -- Government relations.
Inuit -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
MARC Display
Kinauvit
? =
What
's
your
name
? : the
Eskimo
disc
system
and a daughter'
s
search
for her
grandmother
/ Dr. Norma Dunning.
by
Dunning, Norma.
Douglas & McIntyre, 2022.
Call #:
971.00497 D924k
Subjects
Inuit -- Canada -- History.
Inuit -- Canada -- Government relations.
Inuit -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
ISBN:
9781771623391 (hc)
Alternate title:
What
's
your
name
? : the
Eskimo
disc
system
and a daughter'
s
search
for her
grandmother
Description:
ix, 173 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"From the winner of the 2021 Governor General'
s
Award for literature, a revelatory look into an obscured piece of Canadian history:
what
was then called the
Eskimo
Identification Tag
System
. In 2001, Dr. Norma Dunning applied to the Nunavut Beneficiary program, requesting enrollment to legally solidify her existence as an Inuk woman. But in the process, she was faced with a question she could not answer, tied to a colonial institution retired decades ago: '
What
was
your
disc
number?' Still haunted by this question years later, Dunning took it upon herself to reach out to Inuit community members who experienced the
Eskimo
Identification Tag
System
first-hand, providing vital perspective and nuance to the scant records available on the subject. Written with incisive detail and passion, Dunning provides readers with a comprehensive look into a bureaucracy sustained by the Canadian government for over thirty years, neglected by history books but with lasting echoes revealed in Dunning'
s
intimate interviews with affected community members. Not one government has taken responsibility or apologized for the E-number
system
to date -- a symbol of the blatant dehumanizing treatment of the smallest Indigenous population in Canada. A necessary and timely offering,
Kinauvit
provides a critical record and response to a significant piece of Canadian history, collecting years of research, interviews."--Publisher.
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Adult Nonfiction - Indigenous Peoples Collection
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