The Government of Canada is committed to supporting First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in building strong and healthy communities across the country.

In recent years, the term Eskimo has been described as derogatory by some native communities as they argue that it ignores ...

The Inuit in the north were the last of the aboriginal peoples to arrive in North America, coming by sea from Siberia around 2,000 BC, long after the land bridge had disappeared. They settled in a ...

Native Alaskans are divided into three broad groups: the Aleuts, the Inuit, and the many different Indian tribes. The Aleuts, who call themselves Unangan, lived in the Aleutian Islands off the ...

Amid a warming climate and disappearing traditional knowledge, Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic are grappling to adapt. When sea ice ages, the salt sinks into the ocean, leaving fresh ...

While the term Inuit is preferred to Eskimo by many in Canada, the term is retained here because (a) it properly refers to any Eskimo group, not only the Inuit; and (b) its use is widespread in Native ...

An Inuit elder noted that for winter, tents would be double-tented from the frame ... However, many came and lived in the tent town on the "native" side of town that lacked waste and water services, ...

A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark’s Parliament was told to leave the podium because she intended to speak only in ...

Native American stories are as varied as the trees on the Earth and yet have many common themes, whether told by the Inuit of Alaska or the Seminole of Florida. Traditional Native stories are ...

Feb. 8, the Eiteljorg will present the annual Leon Jett Memorial Lecture, featuring artist Monica Rickert-Bolter, who is of ...