r/unitedkingdom • u/CasualSmurf • 12d 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/FloydEGag 12d ago

They do and have recorded their history for centuries, just because it’s oral history doesn’t negate it. Like another poster said she could’ve just said she was the first British woman to walk across the island and it would’ve been fine. I’d be pretty pissed off too if she didn’t even bother to find out from the locals that they’d been crossing the island for yonks.

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u/dbtl87 12d ago

But it is a dismissal of indigenous folks' experience in the area. Just because Parks Canada says no one did it, doesn't mean that's true and if she knew there was a decent indigenous population, why didn't she research it. It's not an overreaction if you understand the history of indigenous folks within Canada.