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The Uranium Controversy in Baker Lake
Baker Lake is a small and mostly Inuit community. The only inland community in Nunavut, it is located west of Hudson Bay, near the geographic centre of Canada. Its Inuktitut name is Qamani’tuaq (“where the river widens”). Baker Lake is in what is referred to today as the Kivalliq region, but was formerly called the Keewatin. Next to the local high school, there is a sign boasting that Baker Lake is the “Mining Capital of the Keewatin.” Indeed, Baker Lake is home to Nunavut’s only currently operating mine, the Meadowbank gold mine owned by Agnico-Eagle Mines.
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Mending the Past
Inuit must deal with our own healing however we can. We are reclaiming our culture, heritage and language through Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, or Inuit Traditional Knowledge. As communities we must build bridges and open doors to healthy lifestyles. We must encourage, in the strongest way possible, our leaders — politicians, professionals and clergy — to model strong, healthy, respectful lifestyles. But we cannot do this unless we first of all acknowledge and make sense of our past
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Inuit Country
This year ’s “Indian Country” theme issue of Canadian Dimension deals with a specific group of indigenous people in Canada, the Inuit.
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