The Baffin Writer's Project
Looks at a project that encourages Inuit people to begin writing their stories and, in this way, pass on Inuit culture and language to the next generation.
Looks at a project that encourages Inuit people to begin writing their stories and, in this way, pass on Inuit culture and language to the next generation.
Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 3:58.
Guide to accompany film, The Bear Facts. Target audience Grades one to three in the subject areas of History, Social Sciences, First Nations and Humanities.
Chronicles the history of the Inuit people from their origins, in the prehistoric period, through to European contact and the formation of Nunavut. The article also discusses Inuit possibilities for the future.
Brief discussion of artists' right to control reproduction and exhibition of their work and their moral right to the integrity of their creations.