Inuit news, opinion and analysis

This Winnipeg art gallery is a monument to Inuit culture

Qaumajuq is not just an art gallery or a stylish feat of architecture. It’s much more.

Nunavummiut await the treats delivered to Kuujjuaq by May (Isabelle Dubois)

Kuujjuaq pilot Johnny May has flung candy out of his plane on Christmas for 55 years—until now

The flying Santa of Kuujjuaq—brother of Governor General Mary May Simon—is getting down to earth. Or so he says.

Sudlovenick wrote her master’s thesis on Iqaluit’s ringed seals (Patricia Bourque)

Using traditional Inuit knowledge and Western science to study Arctic marine life

Since leaving Nunavut to study marine biology at the University of Guelph, Ph.D. student Enooyaq Sudlovenick has sought to understand more about the life that roams below the Arctic’s ocean surface

The last few blocks in the dome of the qaggiq are carefully placed (Casey Lessard)

How do you build an iglu that stands 20 feet tall? Very carefully.

A master iglu builder shares the secrets of his craft after raising an outsized version of the iconic structure for a community celebration in Iqaluit

Doctor’s hand next to the gigantic wolf track he came across a few years ago; he estimated the wolf itself could be as long as eight feet, head to tail Courtesy of Ron Doctor)

One giant paw-print stirs an age-old debate: how big can a wolf be?

A man in the Northwest Territories spotted giant wolf tracks, 7½ inches long. Anything longer than 5½ inches is Amarok territory—the legendary lupine of Inuit folklore.

How climate change is destroying the Arctic

Natan Obed: While some of the biggest polluting countries continue to turn a blind eye to climate change, Inuit don’t have that privilege.

Inuit schoolchildren speak in English to each other on the playground at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet.Inuit schoolchildren in a Gr. 3 class reading aloud in Inuktitut at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet. (Tonda MacCharles/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Inuktut deserves a place in the Official Languages Act

Ottawa could lead the world by formally recognizing the mother tongue of the Inuit as an official language within Nunavut

Inuktut deserves a place in the Official Languages Act

Ottawa could lead the world by formally recognizing the mother tongue of the Inuit as an official language within Nunavut

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Inuit leader Natan Obed on working with the Liberals—and his vision for the future

ITK’s president talks to Paul Wells about dealing with the Liberals, what angers him about the SNC-Lavalin scandal and his roots from Maine to Nain

Trudeau apologized in Iqaluit. The media missed an opportunity.

Natan Obed: After the PM’s emotional address, reporters cast Inuit aside to ask questions about SNC-Lavalin. This is where reconciliation falls short.

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