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Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation (1995)

In 1953 the Canadian government relocated Inuit families from Northern Québec to the High Arctic, promising an abundance of game and fish and assuring them they could return home after two years if things didn't work out. They would not see their ancestral lands for 30 years. Abandoned in flimsy tents, the Inuit were left to fend for themselves in the desolate settlements of Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord, where the sea was nearly always frozen and darkness reigned for months on end.

  • Documentary

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Erna BuffieErna BuffieSelf - Narrator (voice)
  • Photo of Brian DooleyBrian DooleyVoice
  • Photo of George HargraveGeorge HargraveVoice
  • Photo of Jimmy MarkJimmy MarkVoice
  • Photo of Judith MerrittJudith MerrittVoice
  • Photo of Urutuq NingiurluutUrutuq NingiurluutVoice
  • Photo of July PapatsieJuly PapatsieVoice
  • Photo of Eva PilurtuutEva PilurtuutVoice
  • Photo of Paul StewartPaul StewartVoice

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