Indigenous filmmaker (Inuit). Agency - English program:.Prairie Centre. Agency:.Co-produced by Piksuk Media Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada.

Writer, Ole Gjerstad, Joelie Sanguya ; director, Ole Gjerstad, Joelie Sanguya ; director of photography, David Poisey ; producer, Joe MacDonald, Charlotte De Wolff ; executive producer, Charlotte De Wolff, Derek Mazur.

Recorded 2010.

For the Inuit, the sled dog symbolized a way of life as well as a deep connection to the land. They depended upon the dogs for hunting, transportation and companionship: They were essential to survival. But from the 1950s to the 1970s, the Inuit's semi-nomadic way of life all but vanished. The sled dog population dropped from an estimated 20,000 to just a few hundred dogs. Many Inuit believe the dogs were deliberately killed by the RCMP as part of a government policy to force them off the land - and into "civilization."  The RCMP denies there was any conscious policy on their part. With the influx of people into settled communities, they argue, the sled dogs became redundant. Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths explores the mystery of how and why the sled dogs disappeared, a mystery that has left deep wounds across Canada's Arctic.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Rigoberta Menchu Second Prize, 2010

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).