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Sunday, 21 September 2008 |
By Rodney Dagan
 The art of the Inuit, Native Americans of Canada and Alaska, reflects their deep connection the earth and sea. The Inuit have the traditional Native American deep reverence for the earth and nature and are among the world's oldest line of true "environmentalists". The Inuit are also pragmatists: they generally have not been taking man-made global warming or "Big Oil" alarmism seriously.
The Inuit philosophy is that change is constant in nature, and they feel they have benefited by leasing their land to companies such as Exxon-Mobile. What this all comes down to is that the art of the Inuit is deeply reflective of their traditional environmentalism and their pragmatism, out of which comes their very earthy and shaman-based spirituality.
The Kitikmeot Region in the Central Arctic is one of three regions in Nunavut which is Canada's newest territory and which is where some of the most highly prized Inuit art is made and can be found. There are nearly 5000 people living in the Kitikmeot region, and they are organized in seven hamlets: Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Kugaaruk, |
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