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Arctic Cyber Anthropology - Research project "Inuit in Cyberspace" by Neil Blair Christensen, Dept. of Eskimology, University of Copenhagen. It has a substantial amount of annotated and categorized links (400+) for the circumpolar Arctic.

Avataq Cultural Institute - Non-profit organisation created by the Inuit of Nunavik (Labrador peninsula) to protect and promote their traditional culture. The programmes include archaeology, oral history, place names, genealogy, etc. The site also present 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 Art Foundation - A non-profit organization owned and controlled by Canadian Inuit (Eskimo) artists, by providing professional development opportunities for artists and promoting Inuit art worldwide. Contains information on the Inuit Art Quarterly magazine, the Inuit Artists' Shop in Ottawa and the Inuit Artists' College.

Inuit Business Directory - A national directory maintained by the Pan Arctic Inuit Logistics Corporation, listing only Inuit-run businesses in Canada.

Inuit Tapirisat of Canada - Information about ITC's role in political, cultural and economic development of the Inuit of Canada. In-depth description of their history, culture, territory. Includes maps and visuals.

Inuktitut-The Language of the Inuit People - Maintained by the Leo Ussak Elementary School in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada. Includes lessons on names of communities of Baffin Island and how to write in syllabics.

Inupiaq Studies Curriculum - Example of integration of Inuit issues in the school, in Alaska (Inupiaq: North Alaskan Inuit)

Inupiaq [Inupiat] - Alaska Native Cultural Profile - Preceding early European impact Inupiaq communities extended from the Norton Sound, south to the Canadian border. Numerous district dialects of Inupiaq were associated with a particular territory or community. Some Inupiaq people remained close to established communities while others were mobile.

Iñupiaq Cultural Resources - Information on the North Alaskan Inuit or Inupiaq people, maintained by the Alaska Native Knowledge Network (ANKN).

Kitikmeot Inuit Association - The KIA focuses directly on the social, cultural, political and overall public economic issues of benefit to the area's Inuit people.

Native Broadcasting - The story of native broadcasting in northern Canada, drawn from extensive interviews conducted by Elaine Shorty, during her Ross Charles Awards internship at Cancom.

North - Landscape of the Imagination - A history of the Canadian North and its influences on the Arts of its residents and outsiders, from the pre-contact period up to the modern era. Compiled by the National Library of Canada, with extensive lists for suggested reading.

Nunacom Font Information - Nunacom is a 7-bit font designed for reading Inuktitut syllabic web pages for both Windows and Mac computers. Site has a keyboard layout and character combination chart for accurate placement of diacritics, and installation instructions for the TrueType font, which may be downloaded for free.

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. - Goal is to give Inuit control of their destiny as well as strengthen unity, promote culture, language and values.

Place names in Inuktitut - Original Inuit forms of places in Greenland (now official in Inuktitut) and Canada (in Nunavut and else), from the site GeoNative.

Qikiqtani Inuit Association - A non-profit organization, representing the Inuit of Baffin Island, Canada.

Satuumavik School - Serving the Inuit community in Kangiqsualujjuaq, in the Nunavik region of Northern Québec. School projects and events, and a profile of community life created by the grades 4 and 5 classes.

School Tools - Inuit - Information for school children about the Inuit people, provided by the Government of the Northwest Territories.

The Arctic String Figure Project - A collection of well-illustrated detailed instructions on how to make string figures, based on original descriptions of traditional figures collected by researchers in the Arctic. Of particular interest is a series of 100 figures collected by Diamond Jenness, in 1924.

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