As permafrost thaws, a generations-old Inuit delicacy faces new risks
By Carl Cardinal Hunters in Igloolik, Nunavut, used to know exactly where to dig. Just beneath the gravel surface, into
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Q&A | Nunavut’s incoming premier wants to bring jobs to Inuit and build more schools
Nunavut’s next premier, John Main, says decentralizing government jobs from Iqaluit, increasing Inuit employment, infrastructure and education are all major
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Inuit sound alarm after UN biodiversity talks: ‘Stop conflating Indigenous Peoples with local communities’
After the inaugural meeting of a new UN biodiversity body in Panama City last week, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)
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Facing rapid Arctic warming, Inuit call for full voice in COP30 climate decisions
With all eyes on the COP30 climate talks in Belém, underway in Brazil this week, the organization representing Inuit internationally
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NYC’s MoMA adds artwork by Nunavut artist Shuvinai Ashoona to collection
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has acquired two drawings by acclaimed Nunavut artist Shuvinai Ashoona, marking
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From MMIWG in U.S. & Canada, to Greenland’s IUD scandal, Inuit women’s summit says ‘no more’
From Canada’s National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, to this year’s Danish and Greenlandic government apologies
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Canadian Inuit leaders call for northern infrastructure focus ahead of federal budget
Inuit leaders are calling on the federal government to make infrastructure in the territories a national priority, saying its key
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NTI releases $135M Inuit-led plan for affordable housing in Nunavut
Igluvut Corporation run by representatives of regional Inuit associations and NTI Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated says they’re making history with a
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Nunavik eyes post-secondary education rooted in Inuit culture and offering Western credentials
Education rooted in Inuit culture — but offering recognized Western credentials and based in the North — are among the
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Denmark’s PM apologizes in person to Greenland women over forced contraception
Denmark’s prime minister apologized in person on Wednesday to women who were victims of a decades-long involuntary birth control campaign,
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Natan Obed elected to 4th term as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president
Obed was first elected ITK president in 2015 Natan Obed will continue as president of Canada’s national Inuit organization, Inuit
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Carney appoints 11 members to Major Project Office’s Indigenous Advisory Council
By Joy SpearChief-Morris First Nations, Inuit and Métis members appointed to 2-year terms Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the members
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Two-way race in Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami presidential election
Two candidates will be on the ballot in September for the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami presidential election. Incumbent Natan Obed will
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Denmark and Greenland apologize for painful legacy of forced Inuit contraception
Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday officially apologized for their roles in the historic mistreatment of Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women,
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Rights must be protected after plastics talks hit stalemate in Geneva: Inuit org
Global talks to end plastic pollution may have broken down in Geneva this month — but Inuit leaders say the
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