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The Netsilik Eskimo Today

Accession number: 
1972.0012

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Production Years: 
1972

Languages:

  • English
  • French
Film Properties: 
  • Colour
  • Sound
Length (minutes): 
18

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Holding Institutions: 

Athabasca University, Athabasca Alberta: DVD.
"Shows the settled, community life of the Netsilik Eskimos which has been established since 1965 under the auspices of the Canadian Government, replacing their traditional migrational pattern of life."

Library and Archives Canada: 3/4", VHS, Digibeta.
"This film, made in 1972, shows the life of an Inuit family in the settlement of Pelly Bay inside the Arctic Circle. Under a federal government scheme, permanent heated housing, a school and a store are provided for the community. This film affords a glimpse of the Inuit adaptation to these changed conditions."

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Online Database National Film Board of Canada.
"This film, made in 1972, shows the life of an Inuit family in the settlement of Pelly Bay inside the Arctic Circle. Under a federal government scheme, permanent heated housing, a school and a store are provided for the community. This film affords a glimpse of the Inuit adaptation to these changed conditions."