Public Services and Autonomy Among Nunavik Inuit (Arctic Quebec)
The Inuit living in Arctic Quebec ask to the Quebec and Canadiangovernments for more local infrastructures and more social housing tocurb the housing crisis in their villages. They ask for more socialservices and more psychological support to foster individual andcollective healing. At the same time, they try to escape from theirdependency to the governments and build their political autonomy. Thisarticle explores this ambiguity between public services and autonomy inNunavik political life. Through an analysis of the relationshipsbetween Inuit and governments, it proposes to understand its historicalroots and its contemporary expressions. It also focuses on the conceptof “common” and how it is articulated to the politics.