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Title

Inuit land Use and Occupancy Project records [multiple media] 

Series consists of

1 lower level description(s)

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Series part of

Northern Affairs Program sous-fonds [multiple media] (R216-186-7-E)

Date(s)

1973-1974

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

ca. 1800 manuscript maps.
ca. 280 audio cassettes (ca. 280 hr)
ca. 6 m of textual records .
92 computer files.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

In February of 1973 the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada proposed to the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs that research be undertaken to produce a comprehensive and verifiable record of Inuit land use and occupancy in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Milton Freeman Research Limited was incorporated in that year to conduct the necessary research under contract with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
99: Closed pending processing
Sound recordings
99: Closed pending processing
Textual records
99: Closed pending processing

Additional information

Related materials
The results of the study were published in 1976 in three volumes under the title Inuit Land Use and Occupancy Project : a report / prepared by Milton Freeman Research Limited under contract with the Department of Indian and Northern affairs (Ottawa : Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs). Volume one contains statements on land use and an essay on Inuit perceptions of land occupancy, accompanied by reproductions of the cultural and ecological maps included in this series. Volume two consists of supporting studies and volume three is the "Land Use Atlas" containing the land use composites based on the map biographies included in this series.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

4164936