Cover image for Kinauvit? = What's your name? : the Eskimo disc system and a daughter's search for her grandmother / Dr. Norma Dunning.
TITLE:
Kinauvit? = What's your name? : the Eskimo disc system and a daughter's search for her grandmother / Dr. Norma Dunning.
Alternate Title:
Kinauvit? = What is your name

What's your name

What is your name
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Madeira Park, B.C. : Douglas & McIntyre,
Physical Description:
ix, 173 p. : maps.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
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 and personal stories from an important voice in Canadian literature.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781771623391