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A new study shows that all Inuit- Iñupiaq speakers in the Arctic share a commen genetic background. It was published on April 29th in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. The study was initiated by elders in Barrow, from Alaska’s North Slope area who wanted to learn more about their history.
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Wild rice was once a critically important food source for aboriginal tribes from the southern parts of the province of Manitoba to parts of Quebec and in the US around the Great Lakes. Five years ago the community of Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island in Lake Superior began a wild rice restoration programme and began harvesting this fall.
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Artists often say they create art for themselves and don’t care what other people think. But when Eye on the Arctic tracked down Jutai Toonoo working in studio, we got the sense that he really, really meant it. Toonoo uses human imagery to explore identity issues and cultural conflict in the North. Many experts say he’s producing some of the most provocative contemporary artwork […]
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It was under the authority of the British crown that treaties for aboriginal land were negotiated and signed with Canada’s First Nations. Those agreements were long-term treaties meant to stand « for as long as the sun shines, the grass grows and the rivers flow » and some are now the basis for newer agreements.
