With the collapse of the fur trade during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Inuit families throughout the Canadian Arctic had to abandon their nomadic traditions, more to towns, and learn ...

Her face is tucked under a solid wave inside a whalebone. She is Sedna, the sea goddess who lives in the cold waters of the Arctic, where she is feared and revered by hunters and those traveling on ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents “Arctic Journeys/ Ancient Memories: The Sculpture of Abraham Anghik Ruben,” an exhibition that explores parallels between the ancient ...

Norse and Inuit traditions come together in Abraham Anghik Ruben’s sculptures. Memories: An Ancient Past, 2010. Photo by Daniel Dabrowski, American Indian Museum The harsh conditions of the polar ...

A collection of Inuit carvings has been donated to the Missouri Southern State University art department by the family of Mel Mosher, a former faculty member. The collection includes nearly 20 pieces ...

The 1950s and ‘60s were a time of major change for the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic. “People were more and more moving from their nomadic camp lifestyles into communities,” explains Maija Lutz, the ...

A University of California, Davis, alumni couple has loaned a collection of artworks by aboriginal people of the Arctic for an exhibition at the university. “Listening to the Stone: Original Inuit Art ...

2006-06-18 04:00:00 PDT Cape Dorset, Nunavut-- It's a sunny spring day, and some of Canada's best artists are sending up smoke signals all over a tiny town at the southwestern end of Baffin Island.