Wearing a parka sewn by her mother, Ashley Hughes spent her 10th birthday camping with friends and family at Ikpikittuarjuk Bay. Hughes took part in the Inuit community’s annual ice fishing ...
(Submitted by Augatnaaq Eccles) For Augatnaaq Eccles sewing parkas is a way of feeling closer to her home in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut while living in Ottawa. But like many Inuit, she says she often ...
It was a showcase of the best of Kivalliq Inuit fashion in Arviat ... The theme of this year's show was amautiit, or traditional parkas that hold a small child or baby in a pouch inside the hood. The ...
Inuit children learn to fish and hunt just like ... The most important piece of clothing is a parka. This is a hooded coat, lined with animal fur to keep the wearer really warm.
Those in the Inuit art scene have questions about how system will work in the north. For Augatnaaq Eccles sewing parkas is a way of feeling closer to her home in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut while living ...