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Indigenous publishers preserve stories in print as book sales rise
Indigenous, Features Melanie Ritchot 2024-07-11 Indigenous, Features Melanie Ritchot 2024-07-11

Indigenous publishers preserve stories in print as book sales rise

Globe and Mail

With a mission to ensure the visibility and preservation of the Inuktitut language, Inhabit Books in Toronto fosters Indigenous storytelling and cultural continuity.

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Increased demand for Indigenous-led architecture means challenging the norms of a colonial industry
Indigenous, Features, Design Melanie Ritchot 2024-05-16 Indigenous, Features, Design Melanie Ritchot 2024-05-16

Increased demand for Indigenous-led architecture means challenging the norms of a colonial industry

The Globe and Mail

Seven ravens lined up along a clerestory of the Naskapi Women’s Shelter, sunlight filling the space below while the new building was inspected.

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The Inkmaker
Features, Art, Design Melanie Ritchot 2024-01-11 Features, Art, Design Melanie Ritchot 2024-01-11

The Inkmaker

Block Magazine

One afternoon in August, the task at hand was to carbonize a peach pit. Other days, it’s foraging for black walnuts or rust somewhere in Toronto.

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Solid Grounding
Indigenous, Features, Environment Melanie Ritchot 2022-05-25 Indigenous, Features, Environment Melanie Ritchot 2022-05-25

Solid Grounding

Alternatives Journal

How IQ – or Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, meaning traditional knowledge – is contributing to a more holistic conservation model with the Aviqtuuq IPCA in Nunavut.

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Pang print shop in limbo as artists decry lack of funding
Features, Art, Indigenous, News Melanie Ritchot 2022-04-15 Features, Art, Indigenous, News Melanie Ritchot 2022-04-15

Pang print shop in limbo as artists decry lack of funding

Nunatsiaq News

Jolly Atagoyuk, a printmaker from Pangnirtung, opens shallow wooden drawers — one by one — and sifts through dozens of his sketches and prints from years past.

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Iqaluit’s water crisis
Indigenous, Features Melanie Ritchot 2022-03-01 Indigenous, Features Melanie Ritchot 2022-03-01

Iqaluit’s water crisis

Up Here

When the tap water in Nunavut’s capital became unsafe to use, community members swung into action to help those in need.

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Pang’s only B&B owner reflects on 5 years in the biz
Features Melanie Ritchot 2021-09-28 Features Melanie Ritchot 2021-09-28

Pang’s only B&B owner reflects on 5 years in the biz

Nunatsiaq News

In a bright yellow house facing the mountains in Pangnirtung, the hamlet’s only bed and breakfast operator, Markus Wilcke, spends most mornings making omelettes or pancakes for his guests.

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The woven story of an amauti tie
Art, Features Melanie Ritchot 2021-07-09 Art, Features Melanie Ritchot 2021-07-09

The woven story of an amauti tie

Nunatsiaq News

Locals and tourists alike have walked through the doors of Pangnirtung’s Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts for decades to order custom scarves, hats and tapestries.

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Youth recount 150 km dogsled trip to Kimmirut
Features Melanie Ritchot 2021-04-21 Features Melanie Ritchot 2021-04-21

Youth recount 150 km dogsled trip to Kimmirut

Nunatsiaq News

Just his second time dogsledding, 11-year-old Jayko Kilabuk mushed on his own during a 150-kilometre trip from Iqaluit to Kimmirut over spring break.

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