In recent years, Greenlanders like her have been embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions, including drum dancing and Inuit tattoos. For some, it’s a way to proudly reclaim their ancestral roots.

Image: DepositPhotos Wan chengpeng We were especially interested in testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words for snow. This notorious claim has long been distorted and exaggerated.

During colonial rule, Denmark enforced assimilation policies, unofficially banning the Inuit language, forced sterilisations and removing children from their families to be placed in Danish homes.

This trio of Greenlanders, and their hungry, howling sled dogs, were following a tradition — ice fishing in a glacier fjord — that members of the Inuit community have been doing for eons.

Its population is mostly Inuit, though it's been part of the Danish kingdom for hundreds of years. There are Scandinavian influences, but Inuit traditions remain strong. US Vice President JD Vance ...

While many celebrated the federal government's renewal of the Inuit Child First Initiative, some still worry that a vital program for kids in Nunavut is at risk of shutting down. Earlier this ...

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For thousands of years, Inuit communities have relied on and cared for Pikialasorsuaq, a unique polynya spanning the waters between Canada and Greenland. Glaciers are disappearing faster than ever.

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