The traditional diet of Greenland natives — the Inuit — is held up as an example of how high levels of omega-3 fatty acids can counterbalance the bad health effects of a high-fat diet, but a new study ...

The Inuit culture had a distinct justice system, where elders would show love and respect to the accused after an incident. People believed their actions had consequences outside ...

The U.S. military was not the first to impact the lives of the Inuit. From the age of polar exploration comes the story of Minik, a young Inuit (or Eskimo) boy from northwesternGreenland. In 1897, the ...

In the late 1940s and early 1950s when Inuit art was introduced to southern Canada's art scene, the federal government established a trademark to protect artists' work from copycats. That trademark, ...

Traditional and contemporary music is a vibrant part of Inuit society. Inuit visual artists often portray traditional drummers, singers, and dancers in their works, highlighting the ways such ...

One hundred years ago this summer, Robert J. Flaherty presented “Nanook of the North” to the public in New York. In the documentary genre, this extraordinary portrayal of an Inuit (at that time called ...

Yesterday, we heard part of the story of Minik, a young Inuit (which we know better as Eskimo) from northwesternGreenland. In 1897, the American explorer Robert Peary brought Minik, his father and ...