manzana9

What is your opinion (or perhaps the opinion of the Humane Society International-Canada) concerning Indigenous groups (particularly Inuit and Innu peoples/groups) participating in seal hunting (in regards to seal hunting as part of intrinsic social/cultural/economic customs/foundations)?

Hi, thank you for answering some questions. I know that Indigenous rights movements have been constant and occurring in Canada for many, many years (long before the Idle No More movement and protests). In your opinion, as someone who self-identifies as Inuk, do you feel like other Inuk people (you, people in your community, or even people in the North) share the same struggles more southern Indigenous people face in Canada? The territories have a different relationship with the Federal government (politically, historically) than the provinces do, in relation to Indigenous policy and governance involving Indigenous people. Yet, do you feel that there are any major differences in the way the Federal government approaches and/or treats Inuk and other Northern Indigenous peoples in comparison to more southern Indigenous people/groups?

Hope my questions made sense! Thanks again!

Thanks for answering!

Just in case anyone is interested, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress did (or maybe is still continuing to work on) a great Veteran's Memory project, which includes some English interviews with Indigenous Veterans of 20th Century conflicts, including some great interviews with a few Navajo Code Talkers: http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-nativeamericans.html

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