The federal government says it will offer financial compensation to Inuit in Nunavik for the devastation caused by the mass slaughter of their sled dogs decades ago. More than 1,000 of the dogs ...

Description: Founded in 1980, Avataq Cultural Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the language and culture of Inuit in Nunavik (Northern Quebec). The ...

In Kangiqsujuaq, a Nunavik village in Northern Quebec, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree also announced $45 million in compensation for Inuit in the region. "The dog ...

"Inuit need to have to have their own governance in order to be able to make changes and positive changes to their life … to be able to make laws." 'Significant changes' to policing in Nunavik ...

OTTAWA — The federal government will apologize to Inuit in Nunavik for the killing of sled dogs between the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. A sled dog is seen chained up outside a home in Inukjuak, ...

Acknowledging and addressing past wrongs is key to advancing reconciliation and renewing the Inuit-Crown relationship. Today, the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations delivered an official apology ...

with many holding signs denouncing police brutality against Inuit in the Far North and others reading, "Justice for the twins." Joshua Papigatuk, 26, was killed when Nunavik police opened fire on Nov.

Inuit had to have dogs' Anandasangaree met with Nunavik elders to hear their testimony about the dog slaughter ahead of the formal apology. Speaking to CBC after the ceremony, he said he had heard ...

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree has formally apologized to Inuit in Nunavik for the federal government's role in the mass killing of sled dogs in the region in the 1950s and ...

Getting the Canadian government to apologize for its role in the mass killing of Nunavik sled dogs has been a 25-year-long mission for Pita Aatami, the president of Makivvik Corporation, which ...