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Meet Billy Gauthier, an acclaimed artist from northern Canada who participated in a hunger strike last summer to to protest the environmental impacts of a new hydroelectric dam in Labrador.
Read more: Talking Art and Activism With an Accomplished Inuit Carver
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Massive gatherings of the marine mammals can result in stampedes that crush calves. Conservationists are pushing to have the animal protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Read more: Why Changing Pacific Walrus Haulout Habits Are Worrying
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The Saami singer Sofia Jannok from Sweden combines traditional joiking with modern electronic music. Her lyrics, sung in three languages, aim to overturn colonial attitudes and express Indigenous views.
Read more: Songs for Decolonization: A Q&A With Saami Singer Sofia Jannok
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A health survey of Inuit communities in northern Quebec found widespread food insecurity and other problems 13 years ago. A follow-up now underway will see how much things have changed.
Read more: How Are We Now? Inuit Health Survey Returns to Nunavik
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Opening a beer and wine store isn’t an obvious approach to addressing a community’s devastating relationship with drinking. But Iqaluit is taking that step in the hope of reducing consumption of bootlegged hard liquor.
Read more: Nunavut’s Capital Aims to Curb Alcoholism by Liberalizing Access