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Inuit and Sámi call for action United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - ICC Chair Okalik Eegeesiak, led the Inuit delegation to the 16th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and spoke on behalf of the Arctic Caucus which consists of the Saami Council, the Sámi Parliaments, Inuit Circumpolar Council, and Arctic Indigenous youth representatives. “The adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples September 13, 2007 by the UN General Assembly was a major achievement to protect and promote the rights of Indigenous peoples. The affirmation of the right to self-determination and rights to lands, territories and resources reflect collective human rights that are of utmost importance to Indigenous peoples throughout the world,” stated Eegeesiak.

The Impact Of The 21st Century On Alaska's Inuit Culture : The Alaskan Inuit , also known as the “Eskimo” are one of the indigenous people from the Arctic regions of Alaska as well as Canada, Denmark, and Russia. The word Inuit actually means “the people” in the Inuktitut language. While the Inuit kept some of ... Deutsch | Nordic-Baltic | Русский | Stigmabase | Egaylity

The Inuit take on the world's greens and animal rightists : TERRY AUDLA, a Canadian Inuit leader, grew up in the remote Arctic town of Resolute Bay, where children used to huddle near the school door during breaks for fear of prowling polar bears. The Inuit , he says, see the animal as a fierce predator, a ... The Economist

Minister Leona Aglukkaq Announces Funding to the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation  - The Government of Canada is providing $447,808 in funding to the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) for the construction of the Inuit Film and Video ...

You Are What You Eat: How Seasons and the Inuit Diet Affect the Microbiome - To determine how the microbiome may be shaped by the seasonal Inuit diet, researchers compare the fecal bacteria of the Inuit to city-dwelling Canadians.

5 interesting facts about the Inuit  - This is "5 interesting facts about the Inuit " by on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. 5 interesting facts about the Inuit from Vicky Creighton on Vimeo .

Canadian Inuit leader Mary Simon presented with High North Hero award in Norway - Over the last four decades she has held senior leadership positions including, president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), the National Inuit Organization, President of Makivik Corporation (a Land Claims Organization for Inuit of Nunavik), President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Canadian ..

Survival of the Inuit in a Harsh and Unforgiving World - The native people of the circumpolar region, the Inuit or Inupiat as they are called in the West, lived in sub-zero temperatures for much the year but ...

Michael Maltzan selected to design Inuit Art and Learning Centre for the ... The award-winning American architect Michael Maltzan has been selected to design the Inuit Art and Learning Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. The Centre will house both the WAG's celebrated collection of contemporary Inuit art, the largest of its ...

The Inuit Sport of Ear Pulling - Neatorama : Occasionally there are interpersonal disputes here at the Neatorama office. This is how we resolve them. It's also the Inuit sport of ear pulling:Ear pulling is a traditional Inuit game in which competitors sit with their legs in front of their bodies ...

Six New Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships to be Affiliated in the  Inuit  Nunangat -  The  Inuit  Nunangat ( Inuit  Settlement Area) has approximately 43% of Canada's coastline. This type of affiliation is a long-honoured tradition in the ...

Inuit to lead Arctic research in new national strategy - A new national Inuit research strategy is aiming to put Inuit -specific research in the hands of its people. The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), an advocacy group representing 65,000 Inuit across the country, is leading the plan and calling for an end to exploitative research that ignores Inuit needs.

Education key to tackling cancer among the Inuit  - The Inuit have a much higher cancer death rate than the general population and one of the highest incidence rates of lung cancer in the world.

Canada: why aren't the Inuit in the arctic regions of northern ... : Canada: why aren't the Inuit in the arctic regions of northern Canada considered First Nations? Aren't they indigenous to that region? Thanks. 31 seconds ago ...

Learn Inuktitut in Montreal, appreciate “the genius of the Inuit language” - During his first session with beginner language-learners, Filotas said he tries to give them a good picture of what he calls “the genius of the Inuit  ...

World Suicide Prevention Day, speaking of the Inuit in Ottawa : By Greg Macdougall Inuit and non- Inuit alike marked World Suicide Prevention Day on Parliament Hill on Sept. 9 with an urgent message to government to take action against the crisis facing Inuit communities, where the suicide rate is 11 times higher ...

Inuit seek full management of Tallurutiup Imanga, Canada's largest protected area - As Canada prepares to establish what will become the largest protected area in the country — Tallurutiup Imanga — the Inuit communities that live nearby are aiming for full Inuit management of the region, which covers the eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage. “What we're envisioning is for Inuit  ...

Demographic variation and change in the Inuit Arctic - Demographic variation and change in the Inuit Arctic ... for contemporary communities of three predominantly Inuit Arctic regions: northern Alaska, ...

Global Warming, Magnetic North Changing: Did Hopi, Inuit Warn Science, Governments?  - For example, in 2010, the Inuit people that live near the North Pole noticed that the pole was shifting. The Inuit near the North Pole have used cloud ...

Inuit Urge Science and Ancient Wisdom Cooperation : But this is not news to the Inuit , the indigenous people of the Arctic, who had a small conference presence but are having to work hard to make their voices heard and get their longstanding knowledge taken into account. The president of the Inuit ...