Resource Tag: CANADA. NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

This study is based on RCMP records of suicidal deaths in the NWT & Yukon Territory for the period of 1959-1964. Demographic data is provided for both attempted & completed suicides by location, race, sex, age, martial status, number of children, employment, & method. Some significant findings were:a rate of 37.6/100,000 among Yukon indians; 18.8/100,000 […]

Paper based on research conducted on two field trips in 1959 and 1960 among the Arviligjuar Eskimos of Pelly Bay, District of Keewatin. Describes Netsilik suicide practices in relation to the low level of social integration characteristic of their society. (KB)