This sense of reverence that the Inuit held for the caribou was also bestowed on the caribou hunters themselves, who would set out with pride, confidence, and the simple knowledge that hunting tuktu ...

Fear fostered ingenuity. The Inuit invented igloos and kayaks. They carved snow goggles from caribou antlers, with narrow slits that allowed them to see while protecting the eyes from dangerous glare.

Caribou, the image itself is utterly romantic, and for thousands of years, it meant survival to the Inuit. By now the stories of caribou disappearing in the Arctic is old news.

In the Inuit language, tusarnitut means “sounds that please the ear.” It’s a fitting title for a new exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts focused on the power of songs and music in ...

Caribou, seal, and beluga have become essential to the Inuit’s nutritional needs, says French’s wife, Pearson, 46, a molecular anthropologist at Penn State specializing in genetics and human ...

Time was spent with the Caribou Inuit, an inland group Rasmussen studied hoping to confirm Steensby’s theory; late in the book Harper asserts that Rasmussen let his own biases color his mistaken ...

"Right now, a lot of people are out of caribou meat," says Percy Ballot Sr., a member of the Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska from Buckland. "Caribou used to migrate and winter in our area.

“Some are designed to double as sleds for when you find yourself on an ice sheet, some are designed specifically for rough water, some for hunting caribou, some for very calm water. The Inuit’s ...

Think the Inuit have it tough, this is all the caribou have to eat in a land like this. Scrubby moss and grass, whatever they can nibble away on. That's a harsh, harsh, tough life for these animals.