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Inuit Heritage Trust gets funding boost for heritage centre
Funding comes from the governments of Canada and Nunavut, and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated. The executive director of the Inuit Heritage Trust says the funding is an important step toward preserving Inuit history.
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‘If you don’t forgive, you can’t go on': Inuit celebrate relocation apology 90 years later
Nearly a century ago, the Canadian government forced several Inuit families to relocate from Kinngait on Dorset Island to the high Arctic to benefit Canada’s sovereignty. CBC’s Juanita Taylor shows how the community fought for an apology...
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Nunavut fisheries regulations are getting an update. What's changing?
Nunavut's fisheries regulations are being reviewed and updated. The update will be the first since Nunavut became its own territory.
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Federal government apologizes for Dundas Harbour relocations
The apology took place in Arctic Bay Thursday almost a century after families from Kinngait were moved. The CBC's Eli Qaqqasiq-Taqtu was in Arctic Bay for the apology and has the details.
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The North is not for sale, say the territory's premiers
Canada's northern premiers have a message for American President Donald Trump: the Arctic is not for sale. The three premiers spoke about this Thursday on CBC's The Current. TJ Dhir has that story.
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Community radio in northern Labrador gets a lift from CBCNL
When Labrador’s longtime community broadcaster asked CBCNL for some training, our team was glad to jump onboard. Last week, Rhivu Rashid, Adam Walsh, Amy Joy, and Zach Goudie visited OKâlaKatiget Society in Nain. Though they went there...
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New national media association for Indigenous journalists launches
Indigenous Media Association of Canada co-founder Eden Fineday says there was a need for a national body to represent the voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis storytellers.
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New coming-of-age feature film shoots in Iqaluit
They held auditions for Inuit roles on Friday and Saturday in Iqaluit. We spoke with filmmaker Vinnie Karetak about the project.
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Proposed copyright changes could net Inuit artists more money
Visual artists could soon get royalties when their work is resold with new propsoed changes from the federal government. Inuit in particular could stand to benefit from that. Samuel Wat explains.
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Too much mining? New report says Nunavut need more support for traditional Inuit practices
A new report says Nunavut's economy is too focused on mining, and more support is needed for traditional Inuit practices like hunting and art. TJ Dhir explains.
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Canada Post strike leaving communities in the North stranded
Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, tells Power & Politics that without Canada Post services there is ‘no way of moving goods and services through our communities in a timely and expedient fashion.’ Obed says the ITK is...
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Advanced polls close in Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated election
Monday was the only day of advance voting in this year's presidential election for NTI. TJ Dhir spoke to voters in Iqaluit about why they voted.
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Northern advocates call for better support for Inuit sent to southern jails
This comes after a 24-year-old man from Taloyoak, Nunavut, was shot and killed by Winnipeg police. Samuel Wat has the story.
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Federal government to sign first-ever modern treaty with Métis
CBC News has learned the federal government will sign its first-ever modern treaty with a Métis government on Saturday, to formally recognize the Manitoba Métis Federation as the government of the Red River Métis.
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Nunavut man fatally shot by Winnipeg police
24-year-old Jordan Charlie, who was shot and killed during an altercation with police in Winnipeg earlier this week, was failed by a system that doesn’t adequately support Inuit in the south, say those who knew him. Samuel Wat has the...
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Canada’s 1st Inuit-owned Arctic university moves closer to reality
Canada’s first Inuit-owned university in the Arctic, to focus on Inuit life and culture, is moving closer to reality with the release of an academic mission and the pursuit of funding.
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Canadian government apologizes to Inuit in Nunavik for mass killing of sled dogs
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree has formally apologized to Inuit in Nunavik for the federal government's role in the mass killing of sled dogs in the region in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Federal government apologizes for past slaughter of Inuit sled dogs
The federal government has apologized to Inuit communities in Nunavik for the mass slaughter of their sled dogs by RCMP officers in the 1950s and 1960s. It’s also offering $45 million in compensation.
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Gerri Sharpe on Inuit tattoos
When Gerri Sharpe was a little girl, she asked an Inuit elder about kakiniit, and learned that it had long been banned.
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New director general takes over Pilimmaksaivik
It’s a federal office that works to help support Inuit employment. It offers services like pre-employment training and assistance for Inuit applying to jobs.
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Inside the new Montreal exhibition celebrating Inuit art
Uummaqutik: essence of life at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) features works from 70 Inuit artists. Over the next five years, it will present a rotation of about 120 works.
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Canadian government to apologize for slaughtering Nunavik sled-dogs
It's estimated more than 1000 sled dogs were killed by police officers without consideration of their importance to their Inuit families. Gary Anandasangaree says the apology will take place in Nunavik later this month.
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Nunavut government takes fight against Inuktut language lawsuit to Supreme Court of Canada
Battling a lawsuit from Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated over a failure to provide education in Inuktut, the Nunavut government is now appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada to get it dismissed.
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New toonie designed by Inuit artists unveiled in Ottawa
The design, meant to celebrate Northern culture, waterways and Inuit land, was unveiled at a Royal Canadian Mint ceremony on Nov. 5, 2024. The CBC’s Sandra Abma was there.