Homeland - Julian Sterling Magazine

Part One

How the smallest Inuit region in Canada is rebuilding after a painful century—and how places like it might help shape an unfinished nation's future.

In Canada’s north, a society of a few thousand people is rebuilding from a harrowing century. With an incredible past and an unwritten future, places like Nunatsiavut might just help define the future of an incomplete nation.

The history of the Inuit in Labrador is a story of resilience against a backdrop of colonial interference and systematic relocation. From early missionary arrival to the modern era of self-governance, the path has been arduous.