High Arctic Relocation Stranded Inuit

In the 1950s, the Canadian government transported 92 Inuit to the High Arctic in what is widely regarded as an attempt to assert Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic Archipelago. Beginning in August 1953, officials moved families from Inukjuak in northern Quebec roughly 2,000 kilometers to Resolute and Grise Fiord after promising better living and hunting conditions. Instead, they left the Inuit in an unfamiliar ecosystem without enough food, caribou skins, or materials for proper clothing and tents. The government also broke its promise to return them after two years, and Canada did not formally apologize for the relocation until 2010.

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