Lights in the sky and mysterious gravesites: Seeking the supernatural in Western Alaska
Unexplained lights in the night sky. Killer whales that transform into human beings. Bigfoot sightings. These are just a few
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Art and Culture
‘I Am Inuit’ goes from Instagram to museum in Anchorage, Alaska
Who lives in the Arctic? And what are their stories? Those are questions posed by a new photography exhibit more
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60 teams eye $100K in prizes at Dene hand games in Northwest Territories
Dozens of teams from across northwestern Canada have congregated in the small community of Behchoko in the Northwest Territories to compete
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Canada – U.K. Arctic music & policy show looks to build bridges
Ask the average person in the South what they know about the Arctic and things like ‘ice’ or ‘polar bears’ usually
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Norway loses Arctic oil mock trial during Barents Spektakel festival
The verdict of the court performance staged during the Barents Spektakel festival in Kirkenes is clear: The opening of the
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Repressive policy deprived Sámi people of language, culture : Norway’s prime minister
Erna Solberg addresses a dark history of Norwegian government policy towards the country’s indigenous population. Speaking at the 100 years
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Arctic Art – In studio with Jimmy Kamimmalik
BAKER LAKE, Nunavut – The art and artists from Canada’s Arctic are famous around the world. Starting in the 1960s,
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We take you into studio with Jimmy Kamimmalik, an artist and printmaker working in Baker Lake, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.
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THE MENTOR – Louie Nigiyok
Louie Nigiyok is a printmaker and artist from the Inuit community of Ulukhaktok (Holman), in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Eye on the Arctic’s Eilís Quinn sat with him to discuss his art, his inspirations and the rich history of Holman’s print program.
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Sami Blood: A coming-of-age tale set in Sweden’s dark past
After receiving accolades at major festivals around the world, Sami Blood has its Nordic premiere at the Gothenburg Film Festival
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Arctic Hunting Now
On a recent Eye on the Arctic reporting trip to Nunavut, we ran into a young hunter named Robin Aupilaq
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Alaska folk schools offer lessons in countering ‘convenience culture’
Raising urban chickens, making a leather belt or building a traditional kayak aren’t among the offerings you’ll usually find at
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Pioneering Inuit artist honoured with Canadian ‘heritage minute’
VIDEO: The new Heritage Minute that came out this week. Her name was Kenojuak Ashevak. A founding member of the Kinngait
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Inuit culture celebrated in Newfoundland, Canada
Dozens of artists, elders, researchers and policy makers gathered in the Canadian city of St. John’s this weekend for a
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Canada’s National Film Board shares its treasure trove of Inuit stories
The National Film Board of Canada is launching a new learning resource designed to feature and share Inuit culture and
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