Inuit women rank among the most innovative and skilled craftspeople in the world, and this exhibition shows why. The highlight is a display of three stunning beaded amautiit that have recently been ...

Winter has come and gone, but staff members at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum are still thinking about how to dress warmly. The Museum’s newest exhibit, Threads of Change: Clothing and Identity in ...

The members of Agguaq say they intend to copy the patterns of items that existed hundreds of years ago made from materials Inuit found on the land. (Submitted by Krista Ulujuk Zawadski) A group called ...

As the first, frigid Arctic winds are beginning to wrap wintry tentacles around the Chicago area, they are coming from the frozen north with some surprising tips on how to cope with the cold: Turn ...

A time of darkness -- The search for food -- More than meat -- The shaman -- Inuit storytelling art -- Inuit clothing and jewelry -- Two worlds meet -- The Inuit today Discusses the Inuit Indians, ...

When it’s windy, friction created by the fur causes molecules to collide near the skin in what is called a “boundary layer” of stiller air. This protects the face – the thicker the “boundary layer” is ...

In collaboration with the MMFA, Avataq Cultural Institute, La Guilde, Concordia, and the university’s FOFA Gallery, the Inuit Futures Symposium will be the first major gathering focused solely on ...

A group called Agguaq, made up of artists, designers and seamstresses, is studying ancient Inuit clothing like parkas and amautik patterns — as well as old knife and Ulu designs that are on display in ...