Contemporary and traditional Inuit music from Canada’s Arctic region can be found in Inuit Inngiusingit: A Collection of Inuit Choral Music. This collection includes Susan Aglukark’s Inuit pop classics, Paul K. Irksuk’s Inuit folk music, traditional Inuit a-ja-ja songs, and throat songs. But did you know that the first text on Inuit choral music was […]
Nunavut is Canada’s biggest and most northern territory. The Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act granted this area to the Inuit for autonomous administration and legally split it from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999. But did you know people living in Nunavut do not know other languages? Around 5.8% of
The Inuit, also known as the Smith Sound Inuit, are Greenlandic Inuits who were historically known as Arctic Highlanders. They are the northernmost group of Inuit and the northernmost people in North America, living in Greenland. They were previously known as Polar Eskimos. Inuit make up approximately 1% of Greenland’s population. The Inuit of northwest
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