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Biography & Autobiography Native Americans

Teach an Eskimo How to Read...

Conversations with Peter Freuchen Ittinuar

by (author) Thierry Rodon

Publisher
Nunavut Arctic College
Initial publish date
Jul 2016
Category
Native Americans, Native American Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781896204901
    Publish Date
    Jul 2016
    List Price
    $15.00

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Peter Freuchen Ittinuar, Canada�s first Inuk Member of Parliament, was born in 1950 in Chesterfield Inlet, an Inuit community on the west coast of Hudson Bay. Ittinuar had a very traditional upbringing but stood apart because of his love for reading. He was picked to take part in the �Eskimo Experiment� and was sent to live with a family in Ottawa. He rose through the qullunaat world, becoming the first Inuk Member of Parliament during the crucial period of the patriation of the Canadian Constitution in 1979.

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Thierry Rodon is a Nunavut Arctic College author.

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