Links  

IHT Projects

Taloyoak: Stories of Thunder and Stone

www.taloyoaknunavut.ca

This educational website resulted from an oral history and archaeology project the community of Taloyoak requested IHT to conduct in the summer of 2004.

IHT Place Names

www.ihti.ca/place-names/pn-agreementform.html

This site links traditional place names knowledge to maps in IHT’s Nunavut Map Series, on Google Earth, and through the Atanaattiaq Map Viewer. A key end goal is to help ensure that traditional names are made official through a process involving the Government of Nunavut’s Geographic Names Policy.

Arctic Bay Online Community Atlas

arcticbayatlas.ca

Contact and Colonization Website

www.inuitcontact.ca/

 

Other Organizations

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

www.tunngavik.com

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.

Full English Version of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement:
http://www.tunngavik.ca/publications/nlca-plain-language/nlca-en.pdf

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/

Located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre is dedicated to preserving the heritage and culture of the Inuit, Inuvialuit, Dene, Metis, and non-aboriginal peoples of the NWT. The Northern Heritage Centre houses the territorial museum, the NWT Archives, and heritage programs which extend beyond the walls of the Centre.

Canadian Museum of Civilization

www.civilization.ca

The Museums Act (1990) establishes the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC) as a national institution responsible for preserving and promoting the heritage of Canada, and contributing to the collective memory and sense of identity of all Canadians.

Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth

www.gov.nu.ca/cley

Nunavut—"our land" in the Inuktitut language—has been home to Inuit for millennia and part of Canada for more than a century. Embracing both traditional knowledge and values and the new opportunities presented by technologies like the Internet, the Government of Nunavut now provides a wide range of services tailored to the unique needs of approximately 29,000 residents.

Nunavut Tourism

www.nunavuttourism.com

Nunavut Tourism has a lot of information about Nunavut for residents of Nunavut, tourists and business travellers.

Kitikmeot Heritage Society

www.kitikmeotheritage.ca

The Kitikmeot Heritage Society preserves, promotes and celebrates the history, culture, language and diversity of the people of the Kitikmeot by: Collecting and archiving the oral histories of the elders; Preserving archaeological sites through oral history and archaeological study; Collecting historical information and archives; Using the information collected to promote and preserve Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut; Developing educational and learning materials; Promoting and celebrating the cultures and traditions of the people.

Canadian Heritage

www.pch.gc.ca

Canadian Heritage is responsible for national policies and programs that promote Canadian content, foster cultural participation, active citizenship and participation in Canada's civic life, and strengthen connections among Canadians.

Parks Canada

www.pc.gc.ca/index_e.asp

Parks Canada deals with all aspects of the National Parks of Canada, National Historic Sites of Canada and National Marine Conservation Areas of Canada.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

www.itk.ca

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), formerly Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, is the national voice of 55,000 Inuit living in 53 communities across the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (Northwest Territories), Nunavut, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), and Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador), land claims regions. Inuit call this vast region Inuit Nunangat.

Founded in 1971 ITK represents and promotes the interests of Inuit on a wide variety of environmental, social, cultural, and political, issues and challenges facing Inuit on the national level. ITK does not deliver or fund programs, rather it is a national advocacy organization.

Aboriginal Canada Portal

www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca

Offers one stop access to information for and about Aboriginal Canadians on topics such as economic development, employment, culture, claims and treaties, news, justice, communities and upcoming events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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