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1880 Aug |
Eight Inuit from Canada’s north-eastern coast agreed to travel to Europe to be exhibits in a human zoo. They soon died from smallpox. The skeletons of Abraham Ulrikab (1845-1881) and most of his companions were rediscovered in 2014 fully mounted for display in the storerooms of a French museum. Links: Canada, France, Inuit 
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1951 |
Denmark consigned the Inuit hunting village of Pituffik to US authorities for the Thule Air Base. Links: USA, Denmark, Inuit
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1992 |
Voters in the Northwest Territories agreed to the formation of an Inuit governed territory called Nunavut, which means "our land" in the Inuktitut language. The change would take effect Apr 1, 1999. Links: Canada, Inuit
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1992 |
In Canada voters in the Northwest Territories agreed to the formation of an Inuit governed territory called Nunavut, which means "our land" in the Inuktitut language. The change would take effect Apr 1, 1999. Links: Canada, Inuit
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1999 Jan 1 |
In Canada an avalanche, possibly triggered ceremonial gunfire, hit the Inuit village of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, and 9 people were killed. Links: Canada, Inuit
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1999 Apr 1 |
In recognition of Inuit land claims, 770,000 sq. mls. of the Canadian Northwest Territories' Central Keewatin and Baffin Region became Nunavut Territory. Nominations for naming the western half were solicited. The territory would be governed by a 19-member legislature. Links: Canada, AmerIndian, Inuit
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2003 Jan 16 |
In Greenland Premier Hans Enoksen, head of the social democratic Siumut party, struck a deal with the island's liberal Atassut party. 2 days earlier Enoksen evicted the left-wing Inuit Ataqatigitt party, leaving the Arctic island of 56,000 without a government. A spat had developed over the use of a healer to chase away evil spirits from government offices. Links: Greenland, Inuit
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2005 Nov 25 |
Canada pledged $4.3 billion in a landmark deal with Indian and northern Inuit communities to help lift them from the poverty and disease that has plagued their neglected reserves for more than a century. Links: Canada, AmerIndian, Inuit
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