Author. Former Politician & Reporter. Winery Owner.
About the Author.
Author Jake Ootes is a former reporter who was Stuart Hodgson’s executive assistant and then Director of the Territorial Department of Information, responsible for all government public affairs and communications.
What an insight into the formation of an intricate part of the amalgamation of Canada’s northern lands and people.
Brenda Rawn Jordan, Film Industry Executive, Ireland.
My new book.
Umingmak.
The greatest Northerner of all of them.
Claire M. Barnabe, former Arctic Community Administrator
Umingmak.
The story of the rough and tough union leader, a high school dropout, who was commissioned to bring the Northwest Territories out of its isolated state is told in a book by former northerner Jake Ootes. Ootes served as Hodgson’s executive assistant and later as Director of Information for the Territorial government.
Beginning with Hodgson’s appointment by Prime Minister Lester Pearson, the book chronicles the move of the fledgling government from Ottawa to Yellowknife, annual visits to the North’s remote communities, the struggle with Ottawa’s bureaucrats, the emergence of the Indian Brotherhood (Dene Nation) and the evolution of the Council of the Northwest Territories, the forerunner of the Legislative Assembly, and the pushback by members of these organizations. James Wah-Shee, former President of the Indian Brotherhood, provided the Foreword. “This book has been forty years in the making,” said Ootes. “I am delighted to finally be able to make this contribution to the history of the North.”
Lynn Duncan
Tidewater Press (tidewaterpress.ca)
604-512-9997
lynn@tidewaterpress.ca
It gave me a picture of the Arctic and the people who made the change.
Murray Stark, Ottawa ON
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