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Northern artists to take over Canadian capital for spring festival

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 18:20 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq performing live alongside a screening of the iconic Canadian film Nanook of the North is

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Norwegian musicians treat Nunavut, Canada residents to cool music

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 15:04 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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This week, a group of Norwegian musicians entertained crowds in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of

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Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak dies at 85

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 18:45 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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Celebrated Inuit art pioneer from Nunavut remembered as humble World-renowned Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak died this morning at home in

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New Inuit art magazine launches

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 13:47 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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Put out by the Museum of Inuit Art in Toronto A new magazine devoted to Inuit art has been launched

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Nunavut, Canada company translating video game into Inuktitut

CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 16, 2012 at 14:30 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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Web developers want translation to be clear in many dialects A small online company based in the community of Pangnirtung,

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Inuit artist Talirunili’s Migration fetches $290K at auction

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 13:47
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Record-setting price achieved for Joe Boats sculpture A stone sculpture by noted Inuit artist Joe Talirunili has fetched a lofty

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Inuk artist has solo show at Washington’s Smithsonian

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at 20:02
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Abraham Anghik Ruben has become the first Inuk sculptor to get a solo show at the Smithsonian’s American Indian Museum

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Film tells universal story of alienation in Canada’s Northwest Territories

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 15:58
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N.W.T.-set film focuses on experiences of First Nations teen The Lesser Blessed, a story of teenage angst and seclusion told

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Filmmakers take different approaches to Inuit culture in Canada

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 16:23
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Canada’s film industry continues to increase the profile of the country’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. The territory has attracted,

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) 

Sunrise ceremony marks National Aboriginal Day

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 14:50
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Aboriginal sunrise ceremony is one of oldest traditions of First Nation culture Canada’s First Nations observe the start of National

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‘Watchers of the North’: a Canadian documentary series

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 18:58 — Last Updated: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 20:03
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A new documentary series, currently under production for Canada’s Aboriginal People’s Television Network, APTN, chronicles the activities of the little

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Feature Interview: Silent film shot in Canadian Arctic resurfaces

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 19:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 19:13
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In1920, Canada’s iconic Hudson’s Bay Company celebrated its 250th anniversary. To mark the occasion, it commissioned a film. In the

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Klondike historian John Gould dies at 92

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 15:20
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John Gould, a celebrated chronicler of Klondike history, died Monday at the age of 92. Gould fell on Christmas Day

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Nunavut defends decision to shut down Franklin search

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 15:07
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Nunavut government officials are defending their decision not to give a Chicago man an archeological permit to search for Sir

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Nunavut shuts down amateur explorer’s search for Franklin gravesite

CBC News
Posted: Monday, July 11, 2011 at 18:54
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A Chicago man’s bid to search for Sir John Franklin’s grave in the Arctic has been rejected by the Nunavut

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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