Sami Language Week to take place October 19-25
Sami Language Week, an event created to raise awareness and increase visibility of the Sami language, will take place this
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Alaska Indigenous woman has become ‘TikTok famous’ for celebrating her culture online
An Iñupiaq woman from Utqiagvik, Alaska, is taking the TikTok world by storm by giving her followers a taste of
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Pompeo to talk Arctic at upcoming meeting with Danish FM
The Arctic will be high on the agenda when U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Copenhagen at the
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Can climate adaptation be culturally sustainable in the Arctic?
While ways of reindeer husbandry may be adaptable to the changing climate, intergenerational transmission of Indigenous knowledge can be negatively
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Why residents of northern Finland pushed back against border closure with Sweden
One of the government’s early measures aimed at dealing with the coronavirus epidemic was the closure of national borders. That
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Russia adds ancient sites along Norway’s border to cultural heritage list
The monument erected after the delineation of the two countries’ border in 1826 has officially been declared an object of
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Indigenous government secures $2M to conserve traditional lands in northwestern Canada
The government of Canada announced Friday it will inject $2 million into the Canada Nature Fund to help conserve Indigenous
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Sami culture and concerns on display at annual Jokkmokk market in Swedish Lapland
Thursday is Sami National Day, celebrated by the indigenous people of Sweden’s north. It’s also when the annual Jokkmokk Winter
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This greenhouse in a sea can in Arctic Canada is powered by wind and solar energy
In a sea can outside Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, there are rows of ripening cherry tomatoes working to grow from green
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Qajaq art installation at Ottawa Hospital “in light of reconciliation for Inuit” says artist
A unique qajaq art installation was unveiled at an Ottawa hospital on Thursday, a project artists involved say is an
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New Quebec audio guide shows how to correctly pronounce Inuktitut place names in part of Arctic Canada
The Quebec government department responsible for authorizing place names, the Commission de toponymie du Québec, has launched a new online audio guide to
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Canadian Arctic territory sees 29 name changes after waiving fees to reclaim Indigenous names
Ashley Lennie was a teenager when she found out the name on her birth certificate, Inglangasuk, was a different surname than
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Inuit leaders applaud UN move to designate International Decade of Indigenous Languages
International Inuit leaders applauded the UN move on Wednesday to proclaim 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. “We,
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Sámi rapper Ailu Valle wins Finnish state art prize
An indigenous hip-hop musician and a disability rights activist are among the winners of this year’s state arts prizes. Hip-hop
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Artists in northwestern Canadian territory earn more than peers in rest of the country, survey says
A new survey has found that Yukon artists make more money than artists elsewhere in the country, but significantly less
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