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- Title
Le pouvoir du «non» dans le processus d'autonomie politique au Nunavik.
- Authors
Hervé, Caroline
- Abstract
This article aims to analyse the path toward political autonomy in Nunavik from a new angle and to understand the difficulties Nunavimmiut have encountered during the last 40 years in implementing this project. Through a relational and ontological approach, it shows that Nunavimmiut consider political autonomy to be a relational process that should preserve their relationship with the State rather than a separation and rupture with the Canadian and Quebec governments. Most Nunavimmiut share the idea that a good government, be it federal, provincial, or regional, should consult the people and fulfil their needs. This perspective gives the governments a role of provider and puts them in a position of power. In this context, political autonomy is seen as a process where Nunavimmiut try to redefine their position in the power relationship. This notably requires becoming knowledgeable about how a modem society works, and they have to be accompanied in this process by the governments. Those who were trying to talk to the governments on an equal footing during the 1970s and 1980s were in a minority, but the events surrounding the referendum of April 27, 2011 imply that saying "no" to governmental entities has found new legitimacy.
- Subjects
NUNAVIK (Quebec); POLITICAL autonomy; CANADIAN government relations with First Nations; INUIT; CROSS-cultural studies; POLITICAL science; POLITICAL participation; POLITICAL participation of indigenous peoples
- Publication
Études Inuit Studies, 2014, Vol 38, Issue 1/2, p137
- ISSN
0701-1008
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1028857ar