Qimmit : A Clash of Two Truths

Collaborateurs : De Wolff, Charlotte | Gjerstad, Ole | MacDonald, Joe | Mazur, Derek | Sanguya, Joelie | Office national du film du Canada | Piksuk Media Inc.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police.Inuit -- Canada -- Social life and customs.Sled dogs -- Canada.Animals -- Working Animals.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) -- Dogs.Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) -- Traditional way of life.National Security and Defence -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police.Documentary films.Afficher 3 supplémentaires

For the Inuit, the sled dog symbolized a way of life as well as a deep connection to the land. They depended upon the dogs for hunting, transportation and companionship: They were essential to survival. But from the 1950s to the 1970s, the Inuit's semi-nomadic way of life all but vanished. The sled dog population dropped from an estimated 20,000 to just a few hundred dogs. Many Inuit believe the dogs were deliberately killed by the RCMP as part of a government policy to force them off the land - and into "civilization." The RCMP denies there was any conscious policy on their part. With the influx of people into settled communities, they argue, the sled dogs became redundant. Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths explores the mystery of how and why the sled dogs disappeared, a mystery that has left deep wounds across Canada's Arctic.

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