Northwest Territory

undeniable that the government tried to get the Inuit’s consent and respect their rights. In addition, the Canadian government wanted to provide the Inuit with more opportunities to achieve a delightful life, respecting their human rights. It believed that the conditions in the then Northwest Territories would improve the Inuit’s life standards. Alex Stevenson included in the Eastern Arctic Patrol report that “country produce was plentiful” in the then Northwest Territories (1950). He also mentioned that there were Greenland Eskimos hunting on Ellesmere Island and they could easily make a living. The report showed that the then Northwest Territories had many resources so that the Inuit would be able to produce more and benefit from the relocation. Also, the fact that Greenland Eskimos preferred Ellesmere Island to islands in their own country emphasized the richness of animals to hunt on islands in the Northern Canada. Based on the belief that the natural resources would help improve the quality of life of the Inuit, the government suggested the relocation. It held good intentions of respecting the Inuit’s right to a decent life. In contrast to the countless possibilities in the then Northwest Territories, the Hudson’s Bay region, the Inuit’s hometown, was going through a hard time in the 1950s. Diamond Jenness, a historian, stated that “when furs plummeted in 1948/9 to only half of their earlier value, the situation of the natives became desperate (Vol.2 Canada, 1966)”. The…

In 1978, the Canadian Government began to look to the North for economic expansion as a result of the vast resources of the North (Sinclair). The area is rich in gold and oil and the rest of the world also saw the economic potential in the North (Sinclair). In 1985, the United States of America began traveling through the Northwest Passage without the permission from Canada, lobbying the Northern waters to become international (Dickason and Newbigging 277). Canada saw the United States as a…

Terms within the treaty stated that the Sauk and Fox tribes would cede their lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States (Lewis, 2014). In return for their land, the Sauk and Fox tribes would immediately receive over $2,000 in goods and a combined annual payment of $1,000 (Trask, 2006). Article II of the treaty outlines the territory the Sauk and Fox tribes ceded to the United States, which covered large areas in present-day northwestern Illinois and southern Wisconsin (Kappler,…

The Midwest, a place in the world where communities are closely aligned to one another. These small, rural communities rely on every person in order to create that community. It seems as though that knowing everyone around the small communities was what made a person successful in life. Additionally, these communities valued hard-work and honesty when it came with almost everything they did in their lives; whether it was working in the farmlands or spreading information throughout the…

The NORAD was well known because of the Cold War history, also; in 1950s Soviet posted a dangerous threat which was countered by the construction of radar series networks all over northern Canada. Then again, Line Pinetree, Line Mid-Canada, and Distant Early Warning radar line were included; but it was updated later in the year 1980s as a single Northern line-the North Warning System. Furthermore, not minding the political pressures and historical among the Canadian and American governments;…

uprooted his family and headed back to Foley by 1882 with a mixture of farming and lumbering. That year, on Christmas Eve they had their second child and first boy Thomas Westley (b December 24, 1882) who would be referred to as West or Westley to distinguish him from his dad. Later John Albert (b 1887) and Alice Matlida (b 1888) were added to the ever growing family. For a brief few years the West called on Thomas, as it did for many Parry Sound families looking for a better climate and better…

manufacturing. With more land America had great opportunity to grow. Jefferson wrote which gives ample opportunity to veer away from the crowded spaces of cities, filled with poverty and disease. Even though the above quote was written in 1785, it still rang true for the land ordinances of the coming years and the Louisiana Purchase. With the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the first organized territory was created, spanning from the Appalachian Mountains to the east bank of the Mississippi…

how the British Columbia was officially announced as a province of Canada. They are also addressing the problems that the native people, political parties, The government and even the people of other provinces faced problems before the declaration of British Columbia as a province of Canada. Before declaration, the economic conditions of British Columbia fluctuated, sometimes well, sometimes bad. In the beginning the idea of having British Columbia into the "confederation" was not…

Shane Koyczan is a Canadian writer and poet that has made many amazing spoken word poems. He was born on May 22nd, 1976 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; and is currently a member of the spoken word poem group, Tons of Fun University. After high school Koyczan attended college at Okanagan University, Canada, where he studied creative writing. But, following the suggestion of his writing professor, he began to study poetry instead. Now 41, Shane Koyczan has become an amazing poet,…

Badass U Articles Summary True Alpha? True Alpha The word “alpha” has become very popular in the last decade or so when describing human social dynamics. But the definition of the term isn’t so clear. Most define it as being the leader of men (or women). Or, as some insecure douchebag who is excessively aggressive. And with the first definition, interestingly, people will look at wolves and gorillas to give examples of alphas in the wild. But there really are no alpha males there. Scientists…