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Announcing the 2015 Smithsonian Arctic Spring Festival!

Use this link to learn more! http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/arcticspringfestival/

The Ottawa Inuit Childrens Centre has expanded it's Website with this additional site featuring an introduction to Inuit culture. The site is primarily target to help school age children but anyone can benefit from what can be learned.

It's been a great year for climate protection in the Arctic!

“Do you know how long it takes to make an igloo?” Curator Judith Varney Burch knows from personal experience. Read on to learn more about igloos, Inuit art and her burning passion for the cold north.

Enjoy a video of the incredible northern lights over Iqaluit!

Sadly one of the biggest stories coming out of Nunavut this week has been concerned with the decline of indigenous languages in the region. Across the territory levels of indigenous speakers have fallen as low as 20%! In this article from Nunatsiaqonline the Kitikmeot Inuit Association outline how THEY plan to tackle the problem.

This article reports on a recent workshop in Nunavut that combines instruction on sewing and painting with opportunities to share experiences and heal through collective self-expression.

Winter is coming...so why not buy Native? As cold weather approaches, countless fashion icons will be wearing Native American inspired clothing. But instead of buying these mass-produced, appropriated designs, take a look at this Inuit clothing company called Nunavik Creations. Located just southeast of Nunavut in northern Québec, this business was founded by the Makivik Corporation, "to expand economic opportunities and produce products that reflect the culture, crafts, and traditions of Inuit to the outside world." They not only provide full-time employment to workshop staff, but they also purchase hand crafted art and clothing from the local Inuit community.

This company sells beautiful sealskin coats, mittens, and hats, as well as other traditional Inuit designs. Although they are incorporated with modern materials and methods to keep up with the market, these handmade goods are based in deep-rooted Inuit tradition.

"We remain our high quality standards our ancestors passed down to us, but have adapted to the world of social changes, environmental change, and political changes that surround us today."

A beautiful tapestry from Baker Lake, Nunavut. This work is part of the Culture on Cloth exhibit at the Vapriikki Museum Centre.

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Nunavut's Culture on Cloth exhibit showcases the artwork of generations of Inuit women, rendering the stories and natural world of the Arctic in dazzling colors and textures.

Chris Kalluk's video takes viewers into life in Nunavut."One man’s walk in the Canadian North can now be enjoyed by people worldwide"

"The parka, it is said, was made for Qingailisaq, a shaman, after meeting a group of ijiqqat (humanlike supernatural beings). The parka's elaborate design, with contrasting white and dark caribou fur, resembles that of the garments worn by these ijiqqat. In one account of the meeting, the hands represent the shaman being attacked by the ijiqqat. In another account, the shaman mistakes the ijiqqat for caribou and kills one of them, who on death transforms into a human woman. Here, the human figure represents the dead baby of this ijiqqat-woman, who had been pregnant." -The British Museum, "Clothing in the Arctic" exhibit

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Definitely worthy of greater attention, take a look at Iqqaumavara: "The IQQAUMAVARA project (which means I remember in Inuktitut) began after the 2009 release of the documentary feature Martha of the North. The film, which I directed and co-wrote with Martha Flaherty, tells the story of her family’s forced relocation from Inukjuak to Grise Fiord in the Extreme Arctic." -- Marquise Lepage

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Inuit carved figures (20th century):

Top: Caribou; antler (Canada, Nunavut, Pelly Bay; 1954)

Second row: Seagull with fish, Inuki; ivory (Canada, Baffin Island, Nunavut; ca. 1951)

Third row left: Seal; ivory (United States, Alaska; 20th century)

Third row right: Seal; Walrus ivory (Canada, Baffin Island, Nunavut; 18th-19th century)

Fourth row: Seal; Caribou antler and ink (Canada, Baffin Island, Nunavut; ca. 1952)

Fifth row left: Walrus, Annawakalook; ivory and ink (Canada, Baffin Island, Nunavut; ca. 1950)

Fifth row right: Wolf; antler (Canada, Nunavut, Pelly Bay; 1954)

Bottom: Bear, Marion Wenaka; ivory (United States, Alaska; 20th century)

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