Arctic

Inuit want seat at Arctic discussions, NTI president says

Arctic policy-makers must know who Inuit are, Kotierk says as Arctic Circle Assembly wraps up

Inuit must be involved whenever the world discusses Arctic issues, says the head of the organization that represents Nunavut’s Inuit. “I get the sense from fellow Inuit that what we want is a seat at these discussions,” Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

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Deep in the southern hemisphere, a qulliq is lit

Gerri Sharpe, president of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, is seen here lighting a qulliq at New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington, the nation’s capital. Sharpe, along with federal Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, is part of a delegation of Canadian Indigenous leaders to the southern Pacific island nation to build relationships with Māori and government leaders. Both countries are working on an arrangement to promote socioeconomic development of Indigenous Peoples and communities, an emailed statement from Pauktuutit said. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Heke/Pauktuutit)

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ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ: ‘ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓂᑦ ᑐᓵᔭᐅᔪᖕᓇᖅᓯᒐᑦᑕ’ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᕆᔭᖓᑕ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ

ᐃᓕᑕᕐᓇᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᖖᒋᖅᑎ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᑕ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᐃᑦ ᑐᓵᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖖᒋᐅᖅᑑᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᑎᑕᒍᓯᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ