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	Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was founded in 1971 as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (or in English, Inuit Brotherhood).
		The organization represents Inuit living in four regions of Canada: in Labrador, the Nunavik region of Northern Quebec, Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit region of the Northwest Territories.
		The organization also represents the Inuit in matters with the Government of Canada, and advocates publicly on the population's behalf.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inuit_Tapiriit_Kanatami (293 words)

	Inuit - Free net encyclopedia
		The Inuit living in North America have in the past been grouped together with other Native Americans, but they are now thought to have arrived in the Americas entirely separately from other indigenous Americans, long after the disappearance of the Bering land bridge.
		The Inuit looked into the aurora borealis, or northern lights, to find images of their family and friends dancing in the next life, and they relied upon the shaman, while the nearest thing to a central deity was the Old Woman (Sedna), who lived beneath the sea.
		Inuit culture is alive and vibrant today in spite of the negative impact of the Arctic exiles, residential schools, the TB epidemic and exiles, the paternalistic meddling in all their affairs including the current serious concerns regarding the removal of Inuit children from their homes by the CAS.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Inuit (4860 words)

	Inuit Indians - Crystalinks
		Inuit also lived in temporary shelters made from snow in winter (the famous igloo), and during the few months of the year when temperatures were above freezing, they lived in tents made of animal skins and bones.
		The Inuit looked into the aurora borealis, or northern lights, to find images of their family and friends dancing in the next life, and they relied upon the shaman, while the nearest thing to a central deity was the Old Woman, who lived beneath the sea.
		This was a real wake-up call for Inuit, and it stimulated the emergence of a new generation of young Inuit activists in the late 1960s who came forward and pushed for respect for the Inuit and their territories.
	www.crystalinks.com /inuit.html (3494 words)

	Inuit Information Sheet - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The family is the centre of Inuit culture, and co-operation and sharing are basic principles in Inuit society.
		Inuit share the food they have hunted, and everyone does his or her part to help those in need.
		The Labrador Inuit Association is currently negotiating its land claim with Canada and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
	www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /pr/info/info114_e.html (1494 words)

	Canku Ota - July 27, 2002 - Inuit Find Home on the Web
		One of the oldest indigenous peoples, the Inuit, have turned to one of the most modern forms of communication to tell the world about their culture.
		Inuit hunters and their families started crossing the 320-kilometres-wide (200 miles) Bering Land Bridge from Siberia perhaps 30,000 years ago, then wandered slowly across the Polar north, reaching Greenland 50 centuries ago.
		We are the national Inuit organization in Canada, representing the four Inuit regions - Labrador, Nunavik (northern Quebec), Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit region in the Northwest Territories.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues02/Co07272002/CO_07272002_Inuit_Web.htm (609 words)

	Patrick's Weblog: INUIT TAPIRIIT KANATAMI
		ITK is a 30 year old organization originally created for the purpose of settling the Nunavut Land Claims Act with the federal government.
		Since this objective was completed in April 1999, ITK is now charged with its implementation, as well as to promote a number of Inuit specific agendas such as improving living and economic conditions and to act as a liaison between Nunavumiut and the federal government.
		ITK is a political organization that is 100% run and operated by Inuit.
	weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca /mcdermott/archives/2005/09/inuit_tapiriit.php (315 words)

	Inuit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics, singular Inuk / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador, and Greenland.
		Inuit have some specific characteristics which were thought to differentiate them from the East Asians: dolichocephalic (elongated) heads, stout bodies and tan skin.
		Some Inuit looked into the aurora borealis, or northern lights, to find images of their family and friends dancing in the next life, and they relied upon the shaman, while the nearest thing to a central deity was the Old Woman (Sedna), who lived beneath the sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inuit (5114 words)

	Case Study - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
		ITK also concluded an arrangement with Canadian Heritage by which none of the funds allocated for Inuit would be lapsed, and took on the responsibility of apportioning unused funds from two regions in the 2000-2001 year to language programs previously funded under the ALI in other regions.
		ITK agreed that the Inuktitut language should be supported with adequate funding and that communities need the support to initiate their own programs and services.
		ITK staff members suggest that the ALI was successful at building and seeding language programs in Inuit regions, although funding amounts were too low to have a long-term impact.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/em-cr/eval/2003/2003_01/22_e.cfm?nav=0 (757 words)

	Native American People/Tribes-Inuit People Page 2
		But even the Inuit of that time w ere much stronger than those of today, and some large stones are shown on the palm of Miliaqdjuin, in Cumberland Sound, with which the ancient Inuit used to play, throwing them great distances.
		Inuit recognize the importance of maintaining the oral tradition as a part of our culture and way of learning.
		Inuit often travel with them, giving advice about where to go and answering questions about the things they are finding.
	www.snowwowl.com /peopleinuit2.html (2776 words)

	Health Department
		ITK’s Health Department is committed to working with the 4 Inuit Land Claim organizations, Pauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association and the National Inuit Youth Council to monitor and advocate to Federal Governments that national policy and program decisions which impact Inuit health must meaningfully engage Inuit, and be responsive to Inuit health priorities and issues.
		The ITK Health Department receives direction and input from the National Inuit Committee on Health on all national health matters.
		ITK’s Health Department has currently 11 fulltime staff positions which are: Director of Health; two (2) Senior Policy Advisor; one (1) Policy Advisor; one (1) Health Technical Advisor; one (1) Senior Project Coordinator; three (3) Project Coordinators, one (1) Health Coordinator; and an Administrative Assistant.
	www.itk.ca /health/index.php (924 words)

	Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK): Canada's National Inuit Organization
		Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is the national Inuit organization in Canada, representing four Inuit regions – Nunatsiavut (Labrador), Nunavik (northern Quebec), Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories.
		Nunavik mayors demand change in beluga system: “When the Inuit are told not to exercise their hunting rights, it is an awkward situation.” Nunavik mayors want changes to the region’s beluga management plan because they say its restrictive quotas are destroying the Inuit way of life.
		But their final report on the killing of Inuit sled dogs in 1950s and 1960s also says they did it to protect public health and safety, not as part of a shadowy plot to wipe out Inuit culture in the Eastern Arctic.
	www.itk.ca (362 words)

	National Inuit Organization and Environment Canada Cooperate to Address Northern Environmental Issues - Environment ...
		ITK has expertise in addressing environmental issues such as contaminants, climate change, and the sustainable use of resources.
		These are issues which not only affect the state of the northern environment, but also that of northern communities, which are strongly dependent on the environment for their social, cultural, and economic well-being.
		ITK is a national organization representing the interests of Inuit across Canada.
	www.mb.ec.gc.ca /info/news/cc00s98.en.html (324 words)

	National News
		MÈtis National Council President ClÈment Chartier, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Jose Kusugak and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine have been invited to present to the provincial and territorial leaders prior to the Council of the Federation meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON.
		Jose Kusugak, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami said, "the Aboriginal Health Care Crisis manifests itself differently in the Inuit communities in the Arctic – the largest geographic region of Canada.
		The national leaders of the MÈtis National Council, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Assembly of First Nations will meet with Premiers and Territorial leaders from 3-5 pm, Wednesday, July 28 at the Pillar And Post Inn (Secord Room), 48 John Street, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario.
	metiscascadia0.tripod.com /id6.html (540 words)

	Facts about Inuit Suicide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is the national Inuit association representing all Inuit in Canada.
		ITK is partnering with the NIYC and regional Inuit organizations in the development of a National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy and the Inuit-specific, Inuusiqatsiarniq Strategy.
		In August 2005, the Labrador Inuit Association created a new position, a Community Healing Coordinator, to pull together all the agencies and service groups who are working on various ways to resolve the continued problem of suicides in Nunatsiavut.
	www.naho.ca /inuit/english/FactsaboutInuitSuicide.php (1035 words)

	CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: New Inuit leader takes helm as international spotlight shines on Arctic
		Now freshly elected as the top political voice for Canada's Inuit, Simon gazed down at her left foot as she described what passed for health care when she was young.
		Simon, now 58 and the new president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami - "Inuit are united in Canada" - never got surgery for damaged tendons.
		He was referring to a recent report Simon gave in Alaska on Inuit successes and disappointments in the last four years.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/2006/07/30/pf-1710540.html (751 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Ethnicity: The Americas: Indigenous: Inuit
		A sample of the Inuit art collection that was donated to the Institute by the Department of Indian Affairs and the North, Canada.
		Cape Dorset Inuit Art and Inuit Cultural Perspectives - Links the graphic work of some of the famous artists from the community of Cape Dorset with the memories, myths and legends of elders from the community of Igloolik.
		Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) - International organization representing approximately 150,000 Inuit living in the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Chukotka, Russia.
	dmoz.org /Society/Ethnicity/The_Americas/Indigenous/Inuit (672 words)

	Adaptation, evolution and control - An Inuit Education: Honouring a past, creating a future - CBC Archives
		It's 1969 and opinion is still divided among the Inuit population.
		Traditional Inuit skills included hunting, meat and pelt preparation, sewing, building igloos and navigating on land and water.
		Children going through the federal school system would have been away from their families and divorced from their traditional upbringing for the first time in the history of their culture.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-69-529-2667/life_society/inuit_education/clip4 (349 words)

	Woodchuck Cafe - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
		The Inuit, often called Eskimos, are an indigenous people with strong historical ties to the environment.
		By spending a little time on the ITK website, you'll find not only a 5000-year history of the Inuit, but resources on how pollution effects food webs and an introduction to land claims.
		Parts of the ITK site can load slowly and navigation can be tricky, but the information is well worth the hunt.
	www.greenworks.tv /woodchuckcafe/archives/review_inuit.asp (124 words)

	Partnerships in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region - Focusing on the Arctic - Catalyzing Change in Canada - Climate ...
		It built on the earlier work of IISD's Inuit Observations on Climate Change project and tied in with the work of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's Regional Contaminant Coordinators.
		IISD and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami share a mandate to promote sustainable development through research, communication and engagement.
		Principles of equity, transparency and cooperation and an explicit recognition of the importance of Inuit culture and the value of traditional knowledge guide both organizations.
	www.iisd.org /climate/arctic/partnership.asp (366 words)

	Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog International
		The Inuit Heritage Trust is an Inuit organization established by and for the Inuit of Nunavut.
		Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is the national Inuit organization in Canada, representing four Inuit regions - Nunatsiavut (Labrador), Nunavik (northern Quebec), Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit region in the Northwest Territories.
		NTI is responsible for advancing and protecting Inuit interests in the creation of the Nunavut Territory in 1999 by assuring that the terms of the Nunavut Political Accord are lived up to.
	homepage.mac.com /puggiq/V8N1/V8,N1Resources.html (1115 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Inuit meet to forge language ties
		The General Assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference is held every four years - this year's gathering is in the far north of the Canadian province of Quebec.
		They used to be known as Eskimos but that word is a native American term meaning "eater of raw meat" and the Inuit unsurprisingly prefer to use their proper name.
		This conference is not seeking an Inuit nation but it is trying to find a way of fostering a renewed sense of identity - bringing the Inuit in from the cold.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/world/americas/2189657.stm (330 words)

	Inuit Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This national Inuit association represents the 45,000 Inuit who live in four Arctic regions.
		This national group represents Inuit youth under the age of 30.
		The non-government organization was established to improve and maintain the health of the circumpolar people in Canada, and to promote and support the efforts of all circumpolar peoples in the attainment of better health.
	www.naho.ca /inuit/english/links.php (240 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Canadian Government Neglecting Arctic Climate Change, Say Inuit Leaders
		The ITK is the national Canadian Inuit organisation, representing over 45,000 Inuit in four major Canadian regions.
		Canada's Inuit aren't greeting each other in the time-honoured way because Arctic residents are less and less hunting, fishing and sharing food the way they used to, said Polar bear hunter Jerry Arquiq.
		The 45,000 Canadian Inuit live in fifty three scattered Arctic communities in Nunatsiavut (Labrador); Nunavik (Quebec); Nunavut; and the Inuvialuit settlement region of the North West Territories.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-10-20/47230.html (1020 words)

	Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		AND WHEREAS the Inuit of Canada have contrib uted significantly to Canada’s history, identity, national unity and sovereignty in the Arctic;
		3) The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, through an Inuit working group, and the Inuit Relations Secretariat will work closely together to support the Parties in their efforts to develop and negotiate the Government of Canada-Inuit Action Plan, in its implementation and in the preparation of annual reports of the joint steering committee.
		This Accord may be terminated with the consent of one or both of the Minister and the President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.
	www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /nr/prs/m-a2005/02665itk_e.html (1514 words)

	Simonjay's Blog: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
		This is the official website for the National Inuit Organization in Canada.
		The website provides good background information about the Inuit history, cultural origins, and land claims affecting Inuit of Canada today; however, it doesn’t provide much information about other relevant topics on the website such as Communications, Environment, and Health.
		The link to publications was also a huge disappointment as there were only a few documents contained on the National Inuit Organization of Canada’s official website, most of which were annual reports dating back to 1999.
	weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca /etec521/2006/students/moretons/2006/10/inuit_tapiriit_kanatami.html (162 words)

	CBI :: Inuit Dialogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In May 2004, CBI was hired by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), to facilitate a gathering of Canadian Inuit leaders.
		The briefing was provided by Dr. Robert Corell of Harvard University and the World Meteorological Institute, Chair of the ACIA, with the assistance of Dr. Gordon McBean, of the University of Western Ontario, Chair of Canadian Foundation for Atmospheric and Climate Science and a lead author in the ACIA.
		Representatives of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, an Inuit organization, and ICC also spoke of their climate change-related activities.
	www.cbuilding.org /projects/inuit/index.html (325 words)

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