'We needed to get other Inuit to stand up': decades-long fight for Inuit rights at heart of documentary
A true story about how a generation of Inuit peacefully and successfully made Canadian history
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Before Nunavut was established in 1999 as a Canadian territory, Inuit foresaw the extinction of their culture. A new generation in the 1960s, who witnessed their parents and grandparents living in fear, took collective action to fight back against the colonization of their homeland.
We knew without a doubt that we needed to get other Inuit to stand up. Yet we had no idea how.- Tagak Curley
This younger generation had a vision: a new homeland where they had the agency to control their destiny and keep their culture and language alive. Over the course of 30 years, Inuit fought for Indigenous rights and made Canadian history.
Kappiataittut/Fearless is the story of this significant moment in Canadian and Inuit history, as told by the people who were part of the fight to preserve their identity and land.
"For us, the younger generation, we were less fearful and we could argue," Paul Quassa says.
Decades after the formation of Nunavut, the group of rebellious Inuit who came together to peacefully and successfully save their culture, language and sovereignty reflect on their journey.
Watch Kappiataittut/Fearless on Saturday, July 9 or stream it on CBC Gem.