Traditional moosehide tanning skills passed on in Whitehorse workshop
Moosehide tanning is one of the fundamental practices of Yukon Indigenous people. They’ve been doing it for thousands of years,
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Culture (Canada)
Northern Nights Festival celebrates dark skies in the Yukon
Marie-Eve Owen and Tim Taylor wanted to spend one last family vacation outdoors as the midnight sun fades away and
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2022 Arctic Arts Summit kicks off June 27 in Yukon, Canada
The 2022 Arctic Arts Summit will kick off on June 27 in Whitehorse, the capital of Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory.
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Inuit TV, a new channel focused on Inuit culture, launches in Canada
‘It’s a collection of our stories, our lives, and we’re telling our stories for Inuit, for us’ Inuit in the
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Preserving Indigenous language, cultural teachings with tech in Northwestern Canada
Preserving language and culture is important for Indigenous people, and from creating language apps to cultural camps, there have been
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CBC and APTN announce agreement to support Indigenous programming
Broadcasters say they will increase audience, resources and hiring of First Nations, Métis and Inuit creators A new collaboration between
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German project to house everything published in Siberian and Arctic languages to seek new funding
A project at Germany’s Goettingen State and University Library that seeks to house everything printed in Siberian and Arctic languages
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Inuit short film makes the Oscars short list
The adaptation of a traditional Inuit tale into an animated short film entitled Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice has been selected
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N.W.T.’s Indigenous language program starts to pay off in Canadian Arctic
Susan Peffer says she can have conversations in Inuvialuktun as a result of the N.W.T.’s Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP). “Every time
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Short story collection by Inuk author Norma Dunning wins one of Canada’s top fiction prizes
Inuk writer Norma Dunning has won one of Canada’s top literary prizes for English-language fiction. Dunning was announced the winner
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Tłı̨chǫ community in northern Canada commemorates 100 years of Treaty 11 with new exhibit
The exhibit shares stories of the treaty from the perspective of Tłı̨chǫ people The Tłı̨chǫ community is commemorating 100 years
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Iqaluit museum curator worries Inuit art gallery in southern Canada too far from home
It will be the world’s largest collection of contemporary Inuit art A new branch of the Winnipeg Art Gallery dedicated
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Fort Good Hope to unveil world’s largest drum on winter road
Move over, Simcheon-Meon, South Korea. Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) will soon be home to the world’s largest drum.
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Eye on the Arctic report How not to promote Arctic tourism wins silver medal at Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Eye on the Arctic won the silver medal at the 2020 Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA) in the Best Investigative
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Canadian First Nation wins award for work preserving Kaska Indigenous language
The Liard First Nation’s language department is being recognized by Canada’s premiers for decades of work done to promote and
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