You need to have patience.” He was talking about his fellow Inuit hunters, but could have easily been addressing my fading ...

Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list brings local traditions to the world’s attention. How well does it protect them?

Viking Age Norse people seeking walrus ivory in the High Arctic may have encountered Indigenous North Americans hundreds of ...

In Canada, each Inuit village has a yearly quota of polar bears that its residents can hunt as part of their traditional culture. Defense kills such as this one come out of the quota of the ...

Andu Schiodt Pikilak has dark dashes on her forehead descending into a deep “V” like geese flying in formation, an Inuit tattoo she sees as a rebirth for both her and Greenlandic culture.

He and colleagues tested two types of traditional Norwegian boats ... with iron-tipped lances for walrus hunting. The more Asiatic-featured Thule Inuit, meanwhile, utilized advanced toggling ...

Premieres Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Aaju Peter is a renowned Inuit lawyer and activist who defends the human rights of Indigenous peoples. She's a fierce protector of her ...

“It’s a way of introducing young readers to Inuit culture,” Tagaq says ... by working with and hunting animals.” Tagaq also hopes It Bears Repeating will help children learn to express ...

She noted that while these are part of the culture, sometimes the ... The demonizing of Inuit ways of living — the throat singing, hunting, language — “created shame,” Niap said.

hunting methods and local beliefs. The practice, primarily for women, is "an amuletic form of tattooing", says Jacobsen. "The tattoos had a job to do." The biggest taboos in Inuit culture were ...