Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral roots
The Inuit have survived and thrived for generations in one of most remote, vast and rugged places on Earth, hunting for seals ...
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Cape Dorset Prints
Like these ancient forms of artistic expression, Inuit prints visually narrate nomadic life illustrating the interplay between spirits, animals, and humans. The primary inspiration of Inuit artists ...
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Inuit Culture Comes to Life in Shuvinai Ashoona’s Drawings
Hailing from a family of Inuit artists in Kinngait (formerly Cape ... Ashoona also transforms her community members and fellow artists into animals, both endemic and fictional, blurring the ...
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Kinngait drawings at the McMichael reveal breadth of Inuit art
It juxtaposes a charming 1963 print of a muskox ... Perhaps because the Inuit art well known here in the south often depicts mythic figures and humans transforming into animals, we don’t ...
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Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral roots
Their traditional religion is animist. Inuit believe that “every animal and bird, every stone and every piece of earth, the rain and the snow all have a spirit and a right to be respected ...