Skin for Skin : Death and Life for Inuit and Innu

Since the 1960s, the Native peoples of northeastern Canada, both Inuit and Innu, have experienced epidemics of substance abuse, domestic violence, and youth suicide. Seeking to understand these transformations in the capacities of Native communities to resist cultural, economic, and political domina...

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Main Author: Sider, Gerald (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Duke University Press 2014
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