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“I’m so glad you’re here,” the pretty Inuit girl behind the desk at the Kuujjuaq Inn greeted us. “Now I can stop worrying.” Her greeting shouldn’t have surprised me, since I’ve ...
Cold weather got you down? "Masterpieces of Canadian Inuit Sculpture" at the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank will warm your heart. The 46 carved stone sculptures depicting ...
In the Inuit language, tusarnitut means “sounds that please the ear.” It’s a fitting title for a new exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts focused on the power of songs and music in ...
In a study published this week in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, researchers analyzed the part of Inuit genome that affects body fat distribution.(They looked at the genome of nearly ...
For the past three years, Holwell, 47, has helped run a sea ice monitoring program for the Inuit. Unlike other climate data efforts, this one is completely focused on the needs of the local community.
The narwhal with its unique, spiraling tusk has inspired legends in Inuit society and fascinated people across cultures for centuries. On Aug. 3, a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...