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S6: Crash Course on Icelandic Canada The Secret Life of Canada
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Gimli is more than a dwarf in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series Lord of the Rings, in fact the community in Manitoba is home to the world’s largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland. So how did Canada become home to all these Icelanders, why did they end up living on a reserve and what exactly happens during Islendingadagurinn?
Listen to Part 1 of our episode The Mounties Always Get Their Land (referenced in the episode) here.
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Gimli is more than a dwarf in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series Lord of the Rings, in fact the community in Manitoba is home to the world’s largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland. So how did Canada become home to all these Icelanders, why did they end up living on a reserve and what exactly happens during Islendingadagurinn?
Listen to Part 1 of our episode The Mounties Always Get Their Land (referenced in the episode) here.
Follow us on social media. We're on Instagram, Facebook and Tik Tok.
13 Min.
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