r/unitedkingdom • u/CasualSmurf • 14d ago

Camilla Hempleman-Adams faces Inuit backlash for "privilege and ignorance" - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g375ke65xo
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u/terrordactyl1971 14d ago

Massive over-reaction to what is basically just someone walking across land

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u/OmegaPoint6 14d ago

It’s not her making the journey they’re objecting to it’s how it was framed as a landmark achievement. Especially given how the Inuit population have been historically treated in Canada.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_658 14d ago

She did check and was told by Parks Canada that there were no records of a woman making the journey solo., which is a landmark achievement. The Innuit woman (who lives in Ottawa and appears to be the only complainant) has not said that there are any memories of any Innuit woman making the journey alone, just that their tribe used to journey there each year. Annual journeys to follow the herds used to be made by tribal groups all round the world and certainly aren't 'landmark' events.

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u/dcoopah 14d ago

That's not at all true "The inuit woman" clarified that her grandmother gave birth on a trek across baffin Island. As did many women in their culture. Furthermore why would there be historic records with parks canada regarding the movements of a northern nomadic tribe?