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Inuk elder in Arctic Canada recalls family’s forced relocation nearly 70 years ago

Walter Strong and Jordan Konek, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 11:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 11:38
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Twenty one survivors of a brutal forced resettlement by the Canadian government recently gathered in Arviat, Nunavut, for a formal

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Canadian government apologizes to Ahiarmiut Inuit for forced relocations in Nunavut

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Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 10:32 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:36
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Seventy years after the federal government forcibly relocated Ahiarmuit away from their homeland, it’s apologizing to 21 survivors and their

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Ottawa to apologize for forced relocation of Ahiarmiut Inuit in Nunavut

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 10:14 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:35
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Between 1949 and 1959, officials with the Canadian government forced Ahiarmiut from their homes in southwestern Nunavut, in Canada’s east-Arctic,

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Ahiarmiut Inuit and Canadian government reach settlement for forced relocations

Jamie Malbeuf, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:50 — Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2018 at 16:05
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The Ahiarmiut and the Canadian government have come to a settlement agreement of $5 million for forced relocations of the

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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