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Oct 30, 2020 · In Canada, Inuit make their home along the country’s entire northern coast, from Alaska’s border to Labrador. Together these homelands are named Inuit Nunangat—“the lands, waters, and ice of Inuit.” Learn more in this introductory primer on Inuit regional land-claim agreements. By Aaron Spitzer | October 30, 2020.
Today, four regions make up Inuit Nunangat: the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (northern Northwest Territories), Nunavut, Nunavik (northern Quebec) and Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador). It includes 53 communities and encompasses roughly 35 per cent of Canada’s land mass and 50 per cent of its coastline.
3 days ago · Inuit, any member of a group of peoples who, with the closely related Unangan/Unangas/Unangax (Aleuts), constitute the chief element in the Indigenous population of the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and the United States and live in part of Chukotka (in the Far East region of Russia).
Mar 29, 2024 · Now, with Nunavut’s devolution official, and Canada handing over ownership of Crown lands and natural resources to the territorial government, what will Our Land look like? The relationship of Nuna (the land) and uummajuit (animals) is integral to Inuit well-being.
- Chris Brackley
- Who Are Arctic Indigenous Peoples?
- Geography and Traditional Territory
- Society
- Traditional Life
- Culture
- Religion and Spirituality
- The Inuit Language
- European Contact and Colonization
- Political Organizations
- Contemporary Life
Indigenous peoples in Canada, both historical and contemporary, have inhabited six cultural areas that, unlike provinces and territories, do not have strict boundaries, and instead refer to areas in more general terms. The Arctic is one of these cultural areas. The others include the Plains, Plateau, Subarctic, Northwest Coast and Eastern Woodlands...
Inuit Nunangat is comprised of four regions: Inuvialuit (in the northern parts of the Northwest Territories and Yukon), Nunavut, Nunavik (in northern Québec) and Nunatsiavut(in northern Labrador.) These arctic regions are characterized by long daylight hours in summer with moderate temperatures. Winters are long and cold, and at more northerly loca...
Historically, Inuit communities contained 100 –1,000 members. These regional bands were the most important social and political unit. Band members often congregated for short periods during the winter months, when people gathered in sealingor hunting camps. Several regional bands made up the larger Inuit groups. Marriages occurred within these larg...
Food and Economy Most Inuit groups based their economy on sea-mammal hunting, particularly seals. In summer and fall, many groups hunted caribou or moved to favoured coastal locations to hunt and fish a variety of game species. Fishing and food gathering (for bird eggs, shellfish and berries) were important seasonal activities, as were hunts for po...
As in many Indigenous cultures, the drum is a sacred cultural item among the Inuit. Made by stretching an animal-skin membrane across a wooden hoop, drums served as traditional musical instruments. Among Western Arctic Inuit, several sitting drummers usually accompanied one or several dancers; whereas in the Central and Eastern Arctic, the drummer ...
Prior to contact with Europeans, Inuit religious leaders were shamans, who underwent lengthy and arduous training. Shamans were intermediaries between the Inuit and the various spiritual forces that influenced activities. Inuit life required strict adherence to various prohibitions and rules of conduct, so the role of the shaman was usually to dete...
Inuit in Canada traditionally speak Inuktitut, of which there are many different dialects. (See Indigenous Languages in Canada.) However, because of improved travel opportunities and the development of Inuit-language radio and TV programming, language differences are diminishing. (See Communications in the North and Indigenous People: Communication...
Evidence exists of Norse settlement in the Arctic in the 14th century. (See Norse Voyages.) However, the first sustained contact with outsiders occurred between Moravian missionaries and Labrador Inuit in the late 18th century. (See Moravian Missions in Labrador.) At a few other locations in the Arctic, the Inuit and Europeans established fleeting ...
In the early 1970s, a national organization, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (now known as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami), was established to protect Inuit cultural and individual rights. The organization created several agencies in response to expressed needs. An Inuit Language Commission, for example, was formed to seek the best means of ensuring the inc...
Significantly altered by the long-lasting effects of colonization, many northern communities face significant socio-economic challenges, such as overcrowding, food scarcity, chronic health issues and high rates of youth suicide. (See Social Conditions of Indigenous Peoples and Economic Conditions of Indigenous Peoples.) A 2006 survey found that in ...
Jun 8, 2010 · In 2021, approximately 69 per cent of all Inuit in Canada lived in Inuit Nunangat, with 44 per cent living in Nunavut, followed by Nunavik (in northern Québec), the western arctic (Northwest Territories and Yukon), known as Inuvialuit, and Nunatsiavut (located along the northern coast of Labrador).
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Apr 27, 2020 · The regions are: Inuvialuit (NWT and Yukon); Nunavik (Northern Quebec); Nunatsiavut (Labrador); and Nunavut. Fifty-three communities are located within these regions, and collectively the land is known as Inuit Nunangat, or "the place where Inuit live" in their Inuktitut language.
