Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

In 1953 the Canadian government relocated Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic, promising an abundance of game and fish and assuring them they could return home after two years if things didn't work out. They would not see their ancestral lands for 30 years. Abandoned in flimsy tents, the Inuit were left to fend for themselves in the desolate settlements of Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord, where the sea was nearly always frozen and darkness reigned for months on end.

Cast

Erna Buffie Self - Narrator (voice) Brian Dooley Voice

George Hargrave Voice

Jimmy Mark Voice

Judith Merritt Voice

Urutuq Ningiurluut Voice

July Papatsie Voice

Eva Pilurtuut Voice

Paul Stewart Voice

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