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Inuit knowledge and climate change / Zacharias Kunuk and Dr. Ian Mauro.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Yupik languages
- Subjects (All):
- Indigenous peoples--Canada, Northern--Social conditions.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Climatic changes--Effect of human beings on--Canada, Northern.
- Climatic changes.
- Traditional ecological knowledge--Canada, Northern.
- Traditional ecological knowledge.
- Inuit--Canada.
- Inuit.
- Climatic changes--Canada, Northern.
- Canada, Northern--Environmental conditions.
- Canada, Northern.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Documentary film.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (54 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Eugene, Oregon] : Heritage Broadcasting Service, [2010]
- Language Note:
- In Yupik with English subtitles.
- Inuktitut with English subtitles
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Nunavut-based director Zacharias Kunuk and researcher and filmmaker Dr. Ian Mauro teamed up with Inuit communities to document their experience and knowledge regarding climate change. This documentary, the world’s first Inuktitut-language film on this topic, takes the viewer “on the land,” together with Inuit elders and hunters, exploring the social and ecological impacts of a warming Arctic. This film helps viewers appreciate Inuit culture and insight regarding environmental change and Indigenous adaptations. Exploring centuries of Inuit knowledge and allowing the viewer to learn about climate change first-hand from Arctic residents themselves, it displays Inuit expertise regarding their land and its wildlife and makes clear that climate change is a human-rights issue affecting this ingenious Indigenous culture. It tells stories about Arctic melting and the Inuit belief that both human and animal intelligence are key to adaptability and survival in a warming world.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on June 23, 2025).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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