Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
TERMINOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
PART 1: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Film Imagery of the Happy-Go-Lucky Eskimo
Nanook Reborn as Joseph Idlout
Stark Images of Another North
Henry Larsen's Views on Inuit Welfare
Publicly Identifying the "Eskimo Problem"
The Fur Trade and Inuit Dependency
Competition to Exert Social Control over the Inuit
Bringing Order to a "Disordered" People
Port Harrison and the Problems of Arctic Quebec
"White Man's Handouts" and the Reform Movement
Inuit Settlement Patterns and the Argument for Rehabilitation
Self-Reliance, Resources, and Relocation
Geopolitical Perceptions of the Northern Frontier
Re-establishing "Effective Occupation" of the High Arctic
Ultima Thule: Reoccupation of the High Arctic Islands
The Eskimo Loan Fund and Resettlement Initiatives
PART 2: SOUTH OF EDEN RELOCATION OF THE INUKJUAMIUT
Officials Take Remedial Action
The "Migration" Selection Process: Recruits for Reform
Classification of Inuit for Relocation
The Relocation and Dividing of the Families
Controversy and External Perspectives
Thule Ruins and Site Selection
Social Reform and Survival
A Lack of Services
The "Garden of Eden"
Guards and Guides
Looking for Eve
Relocating the Carvers
Right of Return
PART 3: THE FLIGHT FROM EDEN RELOCATION OF THE AHIARMIUT
The Ahiarmiut of Ennadai Lake
Relocation to Nueltin Lake
Back at Ennadai Lake
Plans for a Second Ahiarmiut Relocation
Before and After Life
Relocation from Ennadai Lake to Henik Lake
Difficulties Develop at Henik Lake
Relocation Aftermath, Henik Lake, 1958
A Postmortem on the Ahiarmiut Relocation
The Slayings and Kikkik's Statement
The Preliminary Hearing
Crisis Management of the Ahiarmiut Deaths
The Department's Investigation of the Truth
The Deaths Reconstructed
The Trial of Kikkik
Farley Mowat, Crusader for Truth
Controlling Discourse for the Common Good
Multiple Realities
PART 4: REASSESSMENT
The End of the Experiment
Positive Views
Dissenting Voices
A Sense of Place
The Final Drawing Back
Utopia on Trial
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX A: List of Inuit Relocated to Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay, 1953-55
APPENDIX B: Inuit Relocated to Henik Lake, 1957
APPENDIX C: Presentation Given by the Author to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at a Public Hearing in Ottawa on 30 June 1993
APPENDIX D: List of Individuals Interviewed for This Study
APPENDIX E: Biographical Details of Officials and Other Whites
REFERENCES
INDEX