Inuit: Home
Find print and online resources to begin learning more about the Inuit.
Tanya Tagaq concert at the Kennedy Centre
Tungijuq: Trailer
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"A thought-provoking meditation on the seal-hunt and what it means to the traditional way of life for Inuit."
Qaumajuq at Winnipeg Art Gallery
UVANGA: Trailer
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"A Montréal woman and her 14-year-old son travel to the High Arctic so he can meet his late father's Inuit family for the first time."
Okpilik
Summary: "Mary Kudlak talks to us about fishing in Okpilik Lake near Ulukhaktok"
Meet the Inuit historian who helped find the Franklin shipwreck
The Canadian Press.
"Inuit historian Louie Kamookak says he’s been hearing stories of the Franklin Expedition since he was a child. Kamookak’s work helped searchers find the wreck of the HMS Erebus, the flagship of the Franklin Expedition of 1845."
Geography and Demographics
- Inuit RegionsSource: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Summary: interactive map. "There are four Inuit regions in Canada, collectively known as Inuit Nunangat. The term “Inuit Nunangat” is a Canadian Inuit term that includes land, water, and ice. Inuit consider the land, water, and ice, of our homeland to be integral to our culture and our way of life."
Art
- Inuit Art FoundationSummary: "As the only national organization dedicated to supporting Inuit artists working in all media and geographic areas, the Inuit Art Foundation has sought to empower and support Inuit artists’ self-expression and self determination, while increasing the public's access to and awareness of artists’ work for more than 31 years."
- Inuit Art QuarterlySummary: print publication and online content published by the Inuit Art Foundation
- Inuit Art Quarterly ProfilesSummary: "The Inuit Art Quarterly Profiles is your definitive online resource to learn more about Inuit artists, working in all media."
Languages and Dialects
- InuktitutSource: The Canadian Encyclopedia. author: Richard Compton
- Inuktut writing systemsSource: Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
- Inuktut TusaalangaSource: produced by the Pirurvik Centre
Summary:"Learn Inukutut now: on-line, anytime and free! Pirurvik offers our award-winning website, Tusaalanga.ca featuring lessons, dialogues and vocabulary to take you from beginner to intermediate Inuktut. Tusaalanga features thousands of soundfiles to help you learn Inuktut quickly and easily." - Pirurvik CentreSummary: "Since 2004, Pirurvik has developed and delivered training programs that respond to the needs and aspirations of Nunavummiut. We focus on building essential skills that provide students with a deeper appreciation of Inuit knowledge and a stronger sense of Inuit identity."
Canadian policies and actions
- The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Volume 2. Canada's Residential Schools: The Inuit and Northern ExperienceDownload a PDF of this volume of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
- Canada’s Relationship with Inuit: A History of Policy and Program Development2006. Prepared for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Managed and edited by Erik Anderson
Prepared by Public History Inc.,
Principal author Sarah Bonesteel
- Qikiqtani Truth Commission Thematic Reports and Special Studies 1950–1975 Analysis of the RCMP Sled Dog ReportAn Inuit response and analysis to the 2006 RCMP report about the mass culling of Inuit sled dogs in the 1950s-1970s.
- Final report - RCMP review of allegations concerning Inuit sled dogs2006. ""The purpose of this report is to present the findings concerning allegations that the RCMP is responsible for a mass culling of Inuit sled dogs in Nunavik and Nunavut between 1950 and 1970, which is alleged to have been carried out at the direction of the Government, or on the RCMP’s own initiative."