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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.
| Pages | 238 |
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| Dimensions | 229 x 152 |
| Date Published | 30 Jul 2008 |
| Publisher | Nunavut Arctic College Media |
| Series | Life Stories of Northern Leaders |
| Subject/s | Anthropology Indigenous peoples Literacy Sociology: customs & traditions |
