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Budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten Arctic science
#IndigenousPeoples #Inuit #Canada #Arctic #Environment #ClimateChange #Wildlife #ArcticScience #Pollution #Toxins #Mercury #ForeverChemicals #Science #ClimateCrisis #Politics
https://the-14.com/budget-cuts-at-environment-and-climate-change-canada-threaten-arctic-science/

New Kuujjuaq residence helps build up Nunavik’s student population
While many Inuit need to go south to pursue their education, the new Kajusivik residence focuses on families and culture to keep Nunavik students in the region.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavik-school-residence-support-students-9.7116600?cmp=rss

"Wir sind Frauen" ein Beitrag zum Weltfrauentag von Heidinnguaq aus Uummannaq, Grönland. Frauen, die sichtbar stolz auf ihre Inuit-Tradition sind.

https://youtu.be/w7zhwUW845I

#Grönland #weltfrauentag #Inuit

#MasksamongEskimo peoples served a variety of functions. Masks were made out of driftwood, animal skins, bones and feathers. They were #inuit often painted using bright colors. There are archeological miniature maskettes made of walrus ivory, dating from early Paleo-Eskimo,

#Inuit a] (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally),[b

#Inuit religion is the traditional religion of the Inuit people. It is practiced within Inuit communities in parts of Chukotka, Alaska, northern Canada, and

9) Denmark formally apologized for the forced insertion of contraceptive devices in Inuit women and girls in Greenland during the 1960s–70s, a program carried out without consent that devastated families and communities. Reparations have begun, but for many survivors, the scars run deep. A long-overdue step toward accountability and healing.

#Denmark #Greenland #Inuit #IndigenousRights #Reparations #Justice #HumanRights #Colonial #Rorshok #ArcticUpdate

Arctic’s first inhabitants reached Greenland’s High Arctic by sea 4,500 years ago

Archaeological work on the Kitsissut islands in northern Greenland shows Early Paleo-Inuit groups reached offshore environments around 4,500 years ago through planned sea travel. The sites sit far from the mainland within Pikialasorsuaq, a large polynya where open water persists year round between Greenland and Canada...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/02/arctics-first-inhabitants-4500-years-ago/

@archaeology

#archaeology #archaeologynews #Inuit

Arctic’s first inhabitants reached Greenland’s High Arctic by sea 4,500 years ago

Archaeological work on the Kitsissut islands in northern Greenland shows Early Paleo-Inuit groups reached offshore environments around 4,500 years ago through planned sea travel. The sites sit far from the mainland within Pikialasorsuaq, a large polynya where open water persists year round between Greenland and Canada. Reaching the islands requires crossing roughly 50 kilometers of open ocean...

#Inuit skin scrapers, known by terms like sakuuti or pashkuatshikan, are specialized tools used by women to prepare animal hides for clothing and shelter by removing fat, flesh, and hair. T

#Inuit[a] (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally),[b]

Without health insurance in #Alaska: Helicopter transport and appendictomiy cost $60,000–$140,000. The entire cost must be borne by the individual.

It is not unlikely that #Inuit in the USA lack health insurance; a quarter live below the poverty line.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2567901/

In #Greenland, medical care, including transportation, is free.

Ohne Krankenversicherung in Alaska: Hubschraubertransport & Blinddarmentfernung kosten 60.000–140.000 USD. Die gesamten Kosten müssen selbst getragen werden.
Es ist nicht unwahrscheinlich, dass #Inuit in den #USA nicht krankenversichert sind, 1/4 lebt unter der Armutsgrenze.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2567901/

In #Grönland ist die Krankenversorgung incl. Transport kostenfrei.

A charity in #Wales obtains 480 hectares of land for the country's biggest #rewilding initiative to date 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
A #ban on #elephant #rides in Indonesian zoos is groundbreaking protection 🐘
Funding is secured for the first #Inuit-led #university in Canada 🇨🇦

and much more in our new issue 👇
https://squirrel-news.net/news/wales-biggest-rewilding-project-indonesia-bans-elephant-rides-in-zoos-first-inuit-led-university/

18-Feb-2026
Glacial feast: #Seals caught closer to #glaciers had fuller stomachs
#Inuit–researcher collaboration provides the first direct evidence that #Arctic marine predators feed intensively at tidewater glacier fronts

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1116720

#science #ecology