Ebook: Settlement, subsistence, and change among the Labrador Inuit: the Nunatsiavummiut experience

Settlement, Subsistence, and Change Among the Labrador Inuit explores how these boundaries - around land, around people, and around the right to self-govern - reflect the complex history of the region, of Labrador Inuit identity, and the role of migration and settlement patterns in regional politics. Comprised of twelve essays, the book examines the way of life and cultural survival of this unique indigenous population, including: household structure, social economy of wildfood production, forced relocations and land claims, subsistence and settlement patterns, and contemporary issues around climate change, urban planning, and self-government."--Pub. desc.;"On January 22, 2005, Inuit from communities throughout northern and central Labrador gathered in a school gymnasium to witness the signing of the Labrador Inuit Land Claim Agreement and to celebrate the long-awaited creation of their own regional self-government of Nunatsiavut. This historic Agreement defined the Labrador Inuit settlement area, beneficiary enrollment criteria, and Inuit governance and ownership rights.;Introduction / Andrea Procter, Lawrence Felt, and David C. Natcher -- 1 Labrador Inuit Ingenuity and Resourcefulness: Adapting to a Complex Environmental, Social, and Spiritual Environment / Susan A. Kaplan -- 2Invented Places: Environmental Imaginaries and the Inuit Colonization of Labrador / Peter Whitridge -- 3 Southern Exposure: The Inuit of Sandwich Bay, Labrador / Lisa Rankin, Matthew Beaudoin, and Natalie Brewster -- 4Abandoned and Ousted by the State: The Relocations from Nutak and Hebron, 1956- 1959 / Peter Evans -- 5Tracing Social Change Among the Labrador Inuit: What Does the Nutrition Literature Tell Us? / Maura Hanrahan -- 6The More Things Change: Patterns of Country Food Harvesting by the Labrador Inuit on the North Labrador Coast / Lawrence Felt, David C. Natcher, Andrea Procter, Nancy Sillitt, Katie Winters, Tristan Gear, Darren Winters, Susan Nochasak, Sheldon Andersen, Rose Ford, Holly Flowers, Susan Rich, and Roland Kemuksigak -- 7The Social Organization of Wildfood Production in Postville, Nunatsiavut / David C. Natcher, Lawrence Felt, Jill McDonald, and Rose Ford -- 8 Nunatsiavut Land Claims and the Politics of Inuit Wildlife Harvesting / Andrea Procter -- 9 Adapting to Climate Change in Hopedale, Nunatsiavut / Laura Fleming, Ruth DeSantis, Barry Smit, and Mark Andrachuk -- 10 Our Beautiful Land: Current Debates in Land Use Planning in Nunatsiavut / Andrea Procter and Keith Chaulk -- Conclusion Going Forward: Challenges and Opportunities for Nunatsiavut Self-governance / Lawrence Felt, David C. Natcher, and Andrea Procter.