Chapter Two The Inuit People and the Arctic

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Figures and Maps xi
5. Place Names xiii
6. Abbreviations xv
7. Acknowledgments xvii
8. Introduction xxi
9. Setting the Scene
10. A Brief History of Tuberculosis in Canada 3
11. The Inuit People and the Arctic 16
12. Other Players: The Hudson’s Bay Company and the Missionaries 29
13. Other Players: The Government and the RCMP 40
14. The Events
15. Emergence of the Problem 55
16. The Assault 66
17. The Eastern Arctic Patrol 86
18. Life in the San. 104
19. After the Hospital: Going Home, or a Southern Grave 117
20. The 1960s: New Measures in the Northwest Territories 133
21. Distinct but Similar: The Epidemic in Quebec and Newfoundland 152
22. Conclusions
23. The Balance Sheet: One Person’s Point of View 175
24. Appendices
25. Arctic Administration and Principal Events, 1870-1970 189
26. Interviews 193
27. Hospitals to which Inuit Were Sent, 1940s to 1960s 195
28. NANR “Standard Eskimo Discharge Kit” 198
29. Notes 201
30. A Note on Sources 221
31. Credits 223
32. Index 225