Hunting the Northern Character
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0774880007 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He is the author of one book, Reconciliation: First Nations Treaty Making, and two films, The Mad Trapper and La Patrouille Perdue. Tony Penikett spent twenty-five years in public life, including two years in the House of Commons as chief of staff to federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent, five terms in the Yukon Legislative Assembly, and two terms as premier of Yuk
During decades of service as a legislator, mediator, and negotiator, Tony Penikett witnessed a new northern consciousness grow out of the challenges of the Cold War, climate change, land rights struggles, and the boom and bust of resource megaprojects. We often hear world leaders, environmentalists, and the media invoke "the northern character" and "Arctic identity," but what do these terms mean, exactly? Stereotypes abound, but these southern perspectives fail to capture northern realities. His lively account of clashes and accommodations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders not only tracks his own footsteps in his hunt for a northern identity but tells the story of an Arctic that the world does not yet know.
"Hunting the Northern Character is light-hearted, interesting, and informed by Penikett's deep experience and understanding of the North."Ken Coates, author of Best Left as Indians and coauthor of From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation