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In recent years, Greenlanders like her have been embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions, including drum dancing and Inuit tattoos. For some, it’s a way to proudly reclaim their ancestral roots.
While a national organization seeks to track cases of forced sterilization of Indigenous peoples across Canada, Inuit women in the North say the practice hasn't ended. Karyn Couperthwaite ...
March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day.  And with a federal election now underway in Canada, the country's national Inuit organization is urging political parties to prioritize TB elimination, warning ...
Susan Aglukark will be in Nanaimo for a show at the Port Theatre on April 3 as part of a cross-country tour where she will ...
OTTAWA - The head of Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in to save a program that helps fund services for Inuit kids. In a letter sent to Trudeau ...
NUUK, Greenland — Sitting on the pelt of a polar bear hunted by her family, Aviaja Rakel Sanimuinaq says she's proud to be part of a movement of Greenlanders reclaiming their Inuit traditions ...
The extension of the Inuit Child First Initiative came as a “relief” to Taya Tootoo, the Arctic Children and Youth Foundation executive director, who 10 days ago warned of a “humanitarian ...
Inuit artist Susan Aglukark will be coming to the Esplanade on March 25, celebrating the anniversary of the album that changed it all. The 1995 album This Child was a “a stunning blend of folk ...
Translated into her Inuit language, singer Elisapie uses them to convey the hopes and trauma of Canada's Indigenous people. "It's funny – it's an album of covers but it's my most personal album ...
While a national organization seeks to track cases of forced sterilization of Indigenous peoples across Canada, Inuit women in the North say the practice hasn’t ended. Karen Couperthwaite ...