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Using The Inuit Perspective to Successfully Lead a School

Guest author: April A. Strickland Looking for an adventure five years ago, I travelled to a small Inuit community in Nunavut. I quickly discovered...

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Eskimo Identification Tags Replaced Traditional Names

In Inuit tradition, a child is not considered to be a complete person until they receive an atiq or “soul name,” usually given at birth. The...

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Indigenous Peoples Terminology: Guidelines for Usage

We’ve talked about the definition of Indigenous Peoples and the constitutional significance of Indigenous or Aboriginal. In this article, we drill...

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Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Turns Twenty - 10 Fast Facts

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Inuit People of the World

Inuit children, Belcher Islands (Nunavut) 1927. Photo: Lachlan T. Burwash / Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds / Library and...

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The Inuit Dog and My Adventure Outside Whitehorse, Yukon.

Earlier this week I delivered a pre-conference Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® training session at the 3rd annual Yukon First Nations...

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3 Mistakes People Make When Working With the Inuit

The Inuit were identified as one of Canada's three distinct Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution Act of 1982 and as such Inuit have their own...