Pt 1: In the North & in Every Major City

Ulaakkuut everybody! Join Kate and Teacher for part one of two, of In the North & in Every Major City. Part one is taking us back up to Nunavut with Katie May Anawak Dunford! Just to get us started Inuit Nunangat are the traditional and current homelands of Inuit people, made up of 53 communities across four regions - the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (northern Northwest Territories), Nunavut, Nunavik (northern Quebec) and Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador). Fun fact: the northern coast makes up 50% of Canada’s coastline!?! Inuit live across the circumpolar region in countries including Alaska (USA), Chukotka (Russia), Greenland and of course - the country currently known as Canada. Inuit in Canada are the largest non-crown landowners in the country thanks to land claim agreements finalized in 1993 that resulted in the establishment of Nunavut as a third territory. These agreements were a long time coming and many Inuit fought hard throughout the 70’s and 80’s for the return of their land and to protect their rights to hunt, fish and trap. Join us in welcoming Katie May to the show!