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Inuit artists boycott Indigenous Music Awards over cultural appropriation concerns

Lenard Monkman, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 14:28
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A group of Inuit artists are pulling their support from the Indigenous Music Awards over concerns that a First Nations

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Culture Culture (Norway) General News Norway 

Norway sends song with Sami joik to Eurovision Song Contest

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 11, 2019 at 12:21 — Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 12:31
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KEiiNO, a Norwegian-Sami group mixing pop, electronica, dance and joik, was crowned as winner of the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix

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Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture General News 

Canada mourns death of legendary Inuk singer Charlie Panigoniak

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 16:17
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Legendary singer-songwriter Charlie Panigoniak has died. Panigoniak, who was born near Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, was a household name in the

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Culture Culture (Finland) Finland General News 

Finland hosts first Nordic visual song contest

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 15:28
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Danish sign language performer Lea Hyldstrup was named the winner of the Nordics’ first visual song contest for the deaf,

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Inuit language month kicks off in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 4, 2019 at 10:42 — Last Updated: Monday, February 4, 2019 at 10:43
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February is Inuit language month in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, and this year, the event will spotlight traditional

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

U.N. Year of Indigenous Languages: Spotlight Nunavut

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 09:34 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 14:12
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The United Nations has designated 2019 as the Year of Indigenous Languages. The goal is to to make people more

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General News 

Canadian Inuit rock band Northern Haze returns with first album in 33 years

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 09:18
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The ground-breaking rockers from Igloolik, Nunavut are back. It’s been 33 years since Northern Haze recorded their first indigenous-language rock

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Finnish religious group shuns youth arts program due to convictions

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 13:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 14:04
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Pupils in northern Finland are choosing not to attend cultural performances that they find disturbing on religious grounds. The events

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Culture Culture (USA) General USA 

Indian Agent, the Alaska band reclaiming Indigenous voices

Tamara Ikenberg, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, September 4, 2017 at 08:30
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In the 1800s, the U.S. government hired non-indigenous people known as Indian agents to interact with and work to assimilate

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General 

Canada – U.K. Arctic music & policy show looks to build bridges

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2017 at 20:46 — Last Updated: Friday, February 24, 2017 at 21:04
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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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Sea ice data was discussed at the Arctic Circle meeting in Iceland this weekend.(Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Blog: A Russian icebreaker and an italian pianist float into the Arcic…

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 19:58
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From floating piano concerts to new icebreakers launching, a lot is going on in the Arctic lately. On June 16, Russia

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Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq is shown in a handout photo. Tagaq claimed the $30,000 Polaris Music Prize on Monday night, then used her acceptance speech to support the wearing and eating of seal - and lob an expletive at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. (The Canadian Press)
Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General 

Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq wins Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize

Wojtek Gwiazda, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 18:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 18:46
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Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq was awarded Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize Monday night (September 22) for her album Animism besting

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Inuk artist Tanya Tagaq blends traditional Inuit throat singing with eclectic, contemporary, electronic music. (Tanya Tagaq)
Canada Culture Culture (Canada) Special Features 

Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq on reclaiming Nanook of the North

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 27, 2014 at 12:09 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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By Holly Gordon, CBC Music Tanya Tagaq doesn’t mince words. Asked about her impressions of Nanook of the North, a

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Alianait Arts Festvial 2010. (Ed Maruyama / Alianait Arts Festvial)
Blog Culture Culture (Canada) Photo Galleries 

Canadian festival welcomes artists from across the North

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 08:35 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 16:38
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Musicians, singers and other performers from all across the North have descended on the Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit this

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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