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Read more: https://thediscoverblog.com/2016/06/22/the-inuit-disc-numbers-and-project-surname/
TIL until 1971, the Government of Canada assigned all Inuit people a number in lieu of a surname, and issued each a leather disc with the number that had to be carried at all times or sewn into clothing
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Wtf Canada???
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> Finally, in 1941, the federal government chose to register each Inuk with a unique numeric identifier, which was stamped on a disc or printed on a card. These identifiers were often called “Eskimo disc numbers” or ujamiit (ujamik) in Inuktitut. Inuit were required to carry these numbers on their person, so they were often sewn onto clothing or hung from laces around the neck. These numbers were used until 1972 except in Quebec where the practice continued for a few more years.
(I know the title says 1971, different parts of the law were repealed at different times)
This website is maintained by Library and Archives Canada, “a federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada.”
They successfully treated natives like trash even longer than the USA. The mandatory school stories are horrible.
You’d think they’d realize what a bad look it is to number an entire people like that right around 1941-42.
The more I learn the more disgusting things become. What were they thinking.
Wow that is super dystopian.
Well well Canada. Guess you’ve had fun the last four years shitting on the US but oh how the turn tables.
I want the number 69
And here I thought the Canadian government was so much better than here in the US.
You think that’s whack? Read up on the thousands of unmarked child graves uncovered this past year.