Abstract
“Eskimo Pie: A Poetics of Inuit Identity” examines Dunning’s lived history as an Inuk who was born, raised and continues to live south of sixty. Her writing takes into account the many assimilative practices that Inuit continue to face and the expectations of mainstream as to what an Inuk person can and should be. Her words examine what it is like to feel the constant rejection of her work from non-Inuit people and how she must in some way find the spirit to carry through with what she holds to be true demonstrating the importance of standing tall and close to her words as an Indigenous woman. Dunning believes that we are the guardians of our work regardless of the cost to ourselves as artists and as Inuit people, we matter.