Full Description
Born at a traditional Inuit camp in what is now Nunavut, Joan Scottie has spent decades protecting the Inuit hunting way of life, most famously with her long battle against the uranium mining industry. Twice, Scottie and her community of Baker Lake successfully stopped a proposed uranium mine. Working with geographer Warren Bernauer and social scientist Jack Hicks, Scottie here tells the history of her community's decades-long fight against uranium mining. Scottie's I Will Live for Both of Us is a reflection on recent political and environmental history and a call for a future in which Inuit traditional laws and values are respected and upheld. Drawing on Scottie's rich and storied life, together with document research by Bernauer and Hicks, their book brings the perspective of a hunter, Elder, grandmother, and community organizer to bear on important political developments and conflicts in the Canadian Arctic since the Second World War.
In addition to telling the story of her community's struggle against the uranium industry, I Will Live for Both of Us discusses gender relations in traditional Inuit camps, the emotional dimensions of colonial oppression, Inuit experiences with residential schools, the politics of gold mining, and Inuit traditional laws regarding the land and animals. A collaboration between three committed activists, I Will Live for Both of Us provides key insights into Inuit history, Indigenous politics, resource management, and the nuclear industry.
Contents
Chapter 1: Growing Up on the Land
Chapter 2: Qallunaat, Moving to Town, and Going to School
Chapter 3: Uranium Exploration, Petitions, and a Court Case
Chapter 4: Kiggavik Round One, the Urangesellschaft Proposal
Chapter 5: The Nunavut Agreement and Gold Mining Near Baker Lake
Chapter 6: Uranium Policy in Nunavut
Chapter 7: Kiggavik Round Two, the AREVA Proposal
Chapter 8: Protecting the Land and the Caribou
Conclusion
