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 ...
Hughes took part in the Inuit community’s annual ice fishing ... pulling his grandson in a qamutik, or sled, packed with supplies for a family camping trip. Despite being ill and frail ...
He hitched the remaining dog to the sled and rode off to rejoin his family. The Inuit adapted to one of the sparsest eco-systems on earth and their connection to land and wildlife was intensely ...
The Kitikmeot Heritage Society is working with archaeologists to excavate sod houses near Cambridge Bay – and collect elders' ...
Before the 1950s and 1960s, dog sleds were the only mode of transportation during winter, he said, with no snowmobiles or contact with the south. "Inuit had to have dogs. And if they didn't ...