THE INSIDE-OUT TOOTH

BAFFIN ISLAND IS PART OF CANADA’S NEWEST TERRITORY, Nunavut, which was established in 1999, after decades of negotiations and six years after the signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. The agreement made the Inuit people of Nunavut the largest private landowners in North America, with outrigh...

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Published inNarwhals p. 35
Main Author TODD McLEISH
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Washington Press 18.06.2013
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Summary:BAFFIN ISLAND IS PART OF CANADA’S NEWEST TERRITORY, Nunavut, which was established in 1999, after decades of negotiations and six years after the signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. The agreement made the Inuit people of Nunavut the largest private landowners in North America, with outright ownership of an area nearly as large as California, though its total population is little more than 30,000. More than 85 percent of the residents of the territory are Inuit, whose primary language is Inuktitut, which was exclusively an oral language until a written alphabet was adapted from a system created by Anglican
ISBN:9780295992648
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