Nunavut elder builds traditional sod house, as researchers uncover others from the past
Max Friesen is a professor of archaeology at the University of Toronto. He's been working on sod houses in the Arctic since 1986. He believes sod houses in Inuit Nunangat appeared around 800 years ago ...
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Nunavut elder builds traditional sod house, as researchers uncover others from the past
Max Friesen is a professor of archaeology at the University of Toronto. He's been working on sod houses in the Arctic since 1986. He believes sod houses in Inuit Nunangat appeared around 800 ...
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Tribal Doctors remember traditional healer on Della Keats Day
But in the Northwest Arctic, the day also honors an icon ... combining traditional and Western medicine. She was born in a sod house on the Noatak River in 1907 and learned from anatomy books ...
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A look at the life of a career public servant
Jack Anawak recalls his life from camps in Naujaat to overseeing the formation of Nunavut and his hopes for the future of the territory ...
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Love in a Time of Terror
It is more important now to be in love than to be in power. It is more important to bring E. O. Wilson’s biophilia into our ...
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Archaeologists look to excavate sod houses in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
A sod house — or qammaq — is a dwelling that could keep a family warm all winter long. They go back thousands of years, and locals say unearthing them helps them feel pride in their culture.
Arctic air sweeping south over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota
Arctic air gripping the Plains has broken cold-weather records in North Dakota. The capital city of Bismarck dropped to minus ...