A Long Way from Home: The Tuberculosis Epidemic Among the Inuit

Description

Based on recollections of patients, interviews with participants in the government programs, available literature and statistics, and records of the Northern Affairs Program, Grygier examines the programs for the Inuit in all parts of Canada. She also explores the history of tuberculosis in Canada, conditions of life in the North for both Inuit and non-Natives, and the development and modification of government administration of the North. This important study will be of interest to those in Native and northern studies, Canadian social and political history, and the history of medicine in Canada. Contents Tables Figures and Maps Place Names Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Illustrations following PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENE 1 A Brief History of Tuberculosis in Canada 2 The Inuit People and the Arctic 3 Other Players: The Hudson's Bay Company and the Missionaries 4 Other Players: The Government and the RCMP PART TWO: THE EVENTS 5 Emergence of the Problem 6 The Assault 7 The Eastern Arctic Patrol 8 Life in the San. 9 After the Hospital: Going Home, or a Southern Grave 10 The 1960s: New Measures in the Northwest Territories 11 Distinct but Similar: The Epidemic in Quebec and Newfoundland PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS 12 The Balance Sheet: One Person's Point of View APPENDICES 1 Arctic Administration and Principal Events, 1870–1970 2 Interviews 3 Hospitals to which Inuit Were Sent, 1940s to 1960s 4 NANR "Standard Eskimo Discharge Kit" Notes A Note on Sources Credits Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y