High Arctic relocation
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The High Arctic relocation took place during the Cold War in the 1950s, when 92 Inuit, sometimes called High Arctic exiles, were moved by the Government of Canada under Liberal Prime Minister Louis St
Inuit woman and child, Cape Dufferin, Quebec, c. 1920–21
View over Resolute Bay of the modern Inuit community of Resolute (1997)
Grise Fiord community (2011)
Looty Pijamini's monument of the first Inuit settlers of 1953 and 1955 in Grise Fiord
Resolute, Nunavut
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Resolute or Resolute Bay is an Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region.
High Arctic relocation
…from Inukjuak, Nunavik (northern Quebec) (then known as Port Harrison) were transported to Grise Fiord on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island and to Resolute on Cornwallis Island. The group included the family of writer Markoosie Patsauq. The families, who had been receiving welfare payments, were promised…
Resolute in August 1997. Visible on the left is a long school building (brown).
Resolute Bay, Nunavut, 2002
Resolute at Sundown, 2002
Stone Cairn, 2002