Nunavut Generations

Download or read book Nunavut Generations written by Ann McElroy and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2007-10-08 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change in arctic populations has not been a sudden phenomenon, but rather a gradual process that has occurred over a number of generations. In this longitudinal case study, McElroy introduces readers to four Baffin Island communities in the eastern Canadian Arctic and focuses on the challenges and hardships they face in transition from hunting-gathering lifestyles to wage employment and political participation in towns. Through long-term fieldwork, historical material, and life histories collected from elders, Nunavut Generations richly illustrates political and ecological change alongside native stability and self-determination.