Venturing through the ice can be a dangerous task as the Earth warms. A new mobile app could help members of the Inuit indigenous community to navigate the effects of climate change. Named after the ...

SIKU project members (left to right) Kristen Kownak, Lucassie Arragutainaq, Joel Heath, and Impact Challenge selection committee member Stephen Cornish. (Arctic Eider Society) A Canadian NGO working ...

The Inuit are famous for their ability to survive extreme conditions, having inhabited the Arctic for millennia. But as the ice recedes, this hard-earned knowledge is being lost. About 1,600 people ...

An Inuit family in 1942 in Kinngait (then Cape Dorset), Nunavut. Traditionally, elders or parents named the children, often after blood relatives, revered leaders or hunters, or exceptional people.

Inuit are hoping to use the alphabet to help keep their far-flung people together. Canada’s national Inuit organization recently decided on a standard way to write their language that could be ...

Inuit languages declined in Nunavut in the 15 years between 2001 and 2016, according to a Statistics Canada report released on Tuesday, which was Nunavut Day. Fewer Nunavummiut are reporting that they ...

The ancestors of Inuits in North America brought their own dogs with them when they migrated from Alaska and Siberia, introducing sledging to the Arctic region. Archaeologists believe these dogs ...

Tanya Tagaq's music isn't for everyone, but that's not the point. Tagaq is an Inuit throat singer, keeper of an ancient art form, who has brought the traditional sound screeching onto the ...

We talk a lot on The Salt about the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in nuts, olive oil, fish, fruits and vegetables. Scientists believe it's one of the world's healthiest patterns of eating, and can ...