Archeologists dive back into Franklin mystery in Arctic Canada
A Parks Canada research team is en route to the underwater wrecks of Sir John Franklin’s ships in an effort
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Ottawa apologizes to Inuit of Nunavut’s Baffin Island for sled dog killings, forced relocations
Canadian Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett gave wide-ranging apology to Inuit of Baffin Island in Iqaluit, in Canada’s eastern
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Twenty-five Indigenous Sami remains returned by museum are reburied in northern Sweden
Twenty-five skulls from indigenous Sami people were laid to rest Friday at a graveyard in northern Sweden, more than 70
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Northern Canada remembers René Fumoleau’s love and dedication to the Dene
Antoine Mountain can still remember René Fumoleau peering over his shoulder while he typed up the rough draft of one
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Sweden, Norway team up to preserve ancient rock carvings
Sweden and Norway are working together to better preserve thousand-year-old rock carvings, like the ones found on runestones. Freezing water
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Blog – Scotland, a gateway to the Arctic?
Scotland’s islands, particularly Orkney, are capitalizing on their historic northern linkages both offensively, to take advantage of new economic opportunities
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Archivists poring over 75,000 hours of stories in northern Indigenous languages collected by Canadian broadcaster
About 65 years ago, Joe Kiloonik was hunting caribou near Taloyoak, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, when he came across
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Finnish Heritage Agency scouring countryside for ancient monuments
The Finnish Heritage Agency (FHA) is conducting a nationwide field inspection of ancient monuments protected by the government. The Nationally
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Inuit in Canada’s eastern Arctic speak out about skin grafts done without consent in 1970s
After years of keeping silent, Inuit from Igloolik, Nunavut, say they want answers about medical tests performed on them in
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New stamp honours first pilot to land in area of Yellowknife, Northern Canada
C.H. (Punch) Dickins once boasted to Maclean’s Magazine, “put your pencil on any point on the map of Canada and
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Indigenous women across Canada come forward with accounts of forced sterilization, says lawyer
A proposed class action lawsuit alleging the coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada is turning up reports from more
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‘We’re up here!’ says Nunavut premier as Arctic Canadian territory celebrates 20th anniversary
As Nunavut celebrates the 20th anniversary of becoming Canada’s northernmost territory, Premier Joe Savikataaq says he wants people in the
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Arctic Canada: Nunavut residents see progress, more work as territory turns 20
Twenty years ago, with northern lights and fireworks lighting up the sky, Nunavut became a territory. In Iqaluit on April
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Who is the person named ‘Eskimo’ buried in a cemetery in Northern Canada?
A few steps off a lane in Yellowknife’s Lakeview Cemetery, in the Northwest Territories, a grave marker with the word
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Blog – Pursuing polar studies from below the Arctic Circle
Last Friday marked the first week of spring, which means that it was also Polar Week! It was also the
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