Eskimos Hail Step Toward Homeland; Plan to Split Northwest Territories Narrowly Approved at Polls From: The Washington Post | Date: May 6, 1992| Author: | Copyright 1992 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Eskimo leaders in the Northwest Territories said today that they have moved closer to realizing a decades-old dream of creating a new homeland in the Arctic on the basis of a plebiscite that approved new boundaries for Canada for the first time since 1949.

A proposal to split the Northwest Territories in half passed Monday with 54 percent of the vote. Voters in the eastern Arctic, most of whom are Eskimo - or Inuit, as they are now more widely known - approved Monday's plebiscite by a 9 to 1 ratio, offsetting a 3 to 1 negative vote along racial lines in the western part of the region.

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