Effects on narwhal must be clarified before expanding iron ore mine in Arctic Canada
The Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation wants to expand production at its iron ore mine on northern Baffin Island, in Canada’s
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Video game adapted to promote youth mental health for Inuit in Canada
Young people in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut helped adapt a video game designed to help users cope with depression
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Anchorage, Alaska school district to allow for Indigenous attire at graduation
Kenneth Huffer always knew his family was Native American. But the blond-haired, blue-eyed Chugiak High School senior says the first
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Indigenous leaders at UN meeting push for decade dedicated to language revitalization
Indigenous leaders are calling for the UN’s year of Indigenous languages to be expanded to a decade in speeches at
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Canadian eastern Arctic: Inuit organization accuses Nunavut’s education system of ‘cultural genocide’
An Inuit organization in charge of overseeing the implementation of the Nunavut Agreement that created Canada’s newest Arctic territory 20
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Whirlwind year for Inuk model from Arctic Canada after being discovered on Instagram
A year ago, Willow Allen never gave modelling a thought. But now, she’s just returned from a three-month professional modelling
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‘It’s the worst way to lose a daughter,’ says father of 14-year-old murder victim in Arctic Quebec
Jobie Epoo’s voice cracks when he talks about his daughter, Bethany Nastapoka Epoo. “When she was a little baby, before
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Tuberculosis: Inuk man identifies mother’s burial site in southern Canada, 61 years later
Jack Anawak has waited more than 60 years to know where his mother is buried. Anawak, a well-known figure in
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How tourism is bringing new life to a Sami community in Arctic Finland
In Inari, mining companies are not welcome and the quickly growing tourism industry is run by local developers. Sustainable solutions
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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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Minister downplays environmental impact of planned mine in Arctic Norway
Dumping of tailings into the Repparfjord on Norway’s Barents Sea coast will not be problematic in such a way that
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Musician and children’s TV host Riit from Canada’s eastern Arctic recognized for her work
Nunavut-based musician and Inuktitut-language TV host Rita Claire Mike-Murphy is being recognized for her work by the Youth Media Alliance.
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Indigenous village in northwestern Canada to declare climate change emergency
The chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Yukon, northwestern Canada says his community’s traditional way of life is
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Relying on short-term doctors may harm health care in Canada’s eastern Arctic
Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, suffers from a shortage of permanent or long-term doctors and nurses and if the territory
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National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls set to present final report in June
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) is set to present its final report June
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