Image: DepositPhotos Wan chengpeng We were especially interested in testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words for snow. This notorious claim has long been distorted and exaggerated.

Editor's Note: This story from our archives uses the dated term "Eskimo" to collectively refer to far-northern indigenous peoples: "Inupiat and the Yupiks of Alaska, the Canadian Inuit and Inuvialuit, ...

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 opening of the new museum is an opportune time to broaden the scope of the collection to include works by a range of northern Indigenous photographers. In addition, the museum seeks to diversify ...

As ice melts, the Inuit strive to keep their culture alive Amid a warming climate and disappearing traditional knowledge, Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic are grappling to adapt.

Humbled by centuries of fatal colonial expeditions, Canada’s military is learning Arctic survival strategies from the austere area’s only inhabitants.

The government of Canada on Saturday apologized to the Inuit of northern Quebec for the mass killing of sled dogs in the 1950s and 1960s, which devastated communities by depriving them of the ...

The more Asiatic-featured Thule Inuit, meanwhile, utilized advanced toggling harpoons, insulated fur clothing, as well as kayaks and larger umiak boats built with stretched animal skins.

Looking at Inuit myths through modern eyes, McDermott, who has carefully annotated this volume, writes that one finds that while “they are entertaining and give the reader a glimpse into the ...

Unsettled Inuit scientists adapt as climate change threatens sea life and food security For Inuit, home is where the harvest is. But rapidly changing ice conditions in the North are threatening ...

That’s a sea change from minimum Inuit labour benchmarks in the range of 30 per cent for tenders issued by the Nunavut Housing Corporation, although the requirement varies depending on the ...

The long-forgotten Inuit survivors of Catholic abuses In the remote Canadian city of Iqaluit, survivors confront – and forgive – an abusive church legacy.