Found: How Inuit Knowledge Solved the Franklin Mystery
In 2014 & 2016, Parks Canada found the wrecks HMS Erebus & HMS Terror by combining modern technology with Inuit oral history. The location of Erebus directly matched traditional knowledge of Inuit historian Louie Kamookak. #Canada #FranklinExpedition #CanadaIsAwesome #Inuit #IndigenousHistory 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition#Modern_expeditions
"Greenland’s sled dogs, the Qimmit, have been more than loyal companions for many centuries. They’ve been indispensable partners, pulling sleds across the island’s icy terrain and helping Inuit communities survive one of the world’s most inhospitable environments. Now, recent genetic research into these animals is not only unravelling their unique history but also revising portions of Greenland’s history."
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/greenlands-sled-dogs-reveal-inuit-migration/
Yet another Greenlandic mother is stripped of her newborn child in Danish society's ongoing oppression of #Indigenous people.
Good Morning #Canada
I think most Canadians know what an #Inukshuk is, but this post is intended to give you a greater understanding of these iconic piles of rock. An inuksuk, or inukshuk (plural inuksuit) is a type of stone landmark or cairn built and used by Inuit, including Iñupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the North American Arctic. These structures are found in northern Canada, north of the Arctic Circle, which is dominated by the tundra biome and has areas with few natural landmarks. These structures, often resembling human figures, serve various purposes, primarily as navigational aids and markers, but also as symbols of the Arctic landscape and Inuit culture.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Inuit #Sculpture
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuksuk-inukshuk
Nalujuk Night is an up close look at an exhilarating, and sometimes terrifying, #Labrador #Inuit tradition. Every January 6th from the dark of the #Nunatsiavut night, the #Nalujuit appear on the sea ice. They walk on two legs, yet their faces are animalistic, skeletal, and otherworldly. Snow crunches underfoot as they approach their destination: the Inuit community of #Nain.
Despite the frights, Nalujuk Night is a beloved annual event, showing that sometimes it can be fun to be scared. Rarely witnessed outside of Nunatsiavut, this annual event is an exciting chance for Inuit, young and old, to prove their courage and come together as a community to celebrate #culture and #tradition.
#Inuk filmmaker Jennie Williams brings audiences directly into the action in this bone-chilling black and white short #documentary about a winter night like no other.
I was reading a fascinating essay a while back wherein an Inuk woman had two husbands and an ability to heal the sick and injured with the power of her farts. Her name translates as Big Anus. Love it.
Now whenever I fart, I imagine I'm healing someone somewhere. #FartMagic #Polyamory #Inuit #medicine
Nice! Glad this made it back home.
#Inuit #Indigenous #Nunavut
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/100-year-old-loon-dance-hat-returned-to-cambridge-bay-1.7604431
His journey reflects both the resilience of Inuit culture and the complexities of colonial history
Let’s honor his legacy and the deep Indigenous connections to land, exploration, and storytelling. 
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, let us remember Qalaherriaq, an Inughuit hunter & interpreter from Greenland who played a vital role in the 1850 search for the lost Franklin expedition, yet was cruelly abducted back to England and died there
Next up in our time-based media gallery: an installation of Inuk artist asinnajaq's film "Three Thousand," which combines archival footage from the National Film Board of Canada with new footage, sound and animation to focus on resilience and community in Inuit life. Read more: https://georgiamuseum.org/gmoa_blog/asinnajaq-three-thousand-reimagines-the-past-and-future-of-inuit-life/
Heroes for the helpless: A critical discourse analysis of Canadian national print media’s coverage of the food insecurity crisis in Nunavut
Bradley Hiebert
Elaine Power
#FoodInsecurity #Nunavut #Inuit #CanadianMedia #CriticalDiscourseAnalysis #Canada #MediaMarkt
#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat
https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/149
Currently reading an advance copy of Taaqtumi 2, and I'm enjoying it. Inuit horror is some of my very favourite horror. There's a mix of monsters and colonialism, so far. https://amzn.to/44Obezl #Horror #Anthology #Bookstodon #Inuit #SpeculativeFiction
#PrimeMinister #JoeClark was close when he described #Canada as #community of communities. Canada is unique because it #OneCountyManyNations. We are richer and stronger with our #FirstNations #Metis #Inuit and #Quebec Nations providing alternatives to the western capitalist standard, we can create new and more resilient ways of doing things as one Canada.
Greenland Sled Dog DNA Reveals a Story of Human Migration and Ancestry of the Unique Breed
Ancient #DNA reveals origins of #Greenland’s unique dogs
« Qimmit — a type of sled dog kept by #Inuit for nearly 1,000 years — don’t share much DNA with wolves, despite a reputation for having been interbred.
But closer to East Asian dogs such as Samoyeds & Huskies.
Using the dogs’ development as a proxy for people’s movement, the researchers found that Inuit probably settled the island up to 200 years earlier than was previously thought. »
This three-year appointment, with a $50,000 per-annum stipend, is intended for senior #Indigenous scholars, art historians, curators or conservators.
#FirstNations Métis #Inuit #fellowship #art
#Inuit podcast by Siila Watt Cloutier takes us inside the #Arctic meltdown
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/08/news/siila-watt-cloutier-inuit-podcast-arctic-meltdown
