Chewing the fat with Dene elder, raconteur and renaissance man, Joe Mackenzie
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo by Hannah Eden/Up Here
Russia has a rich, vibrant array of indigenous cultures. But those people don't have it so well.
Written by Samia Madwar
Russia's Arctic is a diverse place, with 41 documented indigenous groups. Photo copyright B&C Alexander/Arcticphoto
How brushing up on your deutsch lessons might help you get by in Northern Labrador
Written by Daniel Campbell
A Moravian missionary meets with Inuit in the mid-1700s outside of Nain, Labrador. Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-35-1
Canada's post-WWII military drives across its Arctic. It probably won't try that again.
Written by Daniel Campbell
An "Penguin" snowmobile/tank falls through the ice. NWT Archives/Henry Busse/N-1979-052-2141
Greenland's former prime minister Aleqa Hammond is the loudest, most insistent voice calling for Greeland's independence.
Written by Samia Madwar
Aleqa Hammond, former prime minister of Greenland. Photo by Ellen Emmerntze Jervell/The Wall Street Journal
A hockey player reflects on his short—but triumphant—stint with one of Yellowknife's old mining company teams.
Written by Herb Mathisen
A hockey player reflects on his short—but triumphant—stint with one of Yellowknife's old mining company teams.
Caught between global powers, Canada's North in wartime was a place of incredible feats, ravaging disease and irreversible change.
Written by Tim Edwards
Alaska Highway, 1942. The first vehicle to traverse the Alaska Highway was a U.S. Army jeep. Library Oof Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSH/OWI Collection, LC-USW 33-000941-ZC
How Norway and Nunavut give indigenous people a say in the justice system
Written by Samia Madwar
This carving, of Judge J.H. Sissons’ first trial in the NWT, depicts an early interaction between Canada’s legal system and the Inuit. An Inuk, Kaotok, stands before Sissons to answer a charge that he murdered his father on the sea ice. Part of the Sissons/Morrow Collection. © Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories
Without luck, determination and Darrel Nasogaluak, the Mackenzie Delta Inuvialuit may have lost their qajaq forever.
Written by Daniel Campbell
Photo by Nathalie Heiberg-Harrison
