This map shows a sample of our many incredible Inuit artists, with ways to find out more about them online.
You may search by an artist’s name, location or medium if you are familiar with them already, or zoom into a region and discover the artists listed in that area!
Tunnganarniq is an Inuktitut word meaning welcoming and inclusive. Tunnganarniq Live is a welcoming, inclusive and collaborative live TV platform, to give people access and engagement with Inuit art by Inuit artists sharing live TV content.… Read more
Elsie Kaodloak is an Inuvialuk Elder, language speaker, and educator originally from Uluhaktuk NT.
Her parents are Moris and Mabel Nigiyok. She is fluent in Kangiryuarmiutun (the dialect of Innuinaqtun spoken in Ulukhaktok) and can also read and write in Uummarmiutun (the dialect spoken in the delta communities and areas of Inuvik and Aklavik).
The East Three School's Annual Christmas Coffee House in Inuvik featuring The Delta Jubilee Singers, Winston Moses, Trenyce Voudrach, Abe Drennan, Anna Pingo, Darryl Cockney-Goose and Shirley Elias. Merry Christmas from ICS and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. First broadcast on December 21st, 2022.
Host Bambi Amos sits down with Dodie Melagana and Deanna Marie Jacobsen to talk about their efforts to preserve the Inuvialuktun language. First broadcast on December 14th, 2022.
The Great Northern Arts Festival held its Annual Christmas Craft Fair in Inuvik Nov 25-27. Our host Margaret Elias and ICS's Tunnganarniq Show crew was on the scene and spoke with a few of the local Inuvialuit artists at the event! Following this, please enjoy some singing from Ulukhaktok Elders, as well as Inuvialuktun Christmas Carols sung at the Igloo Church in Inuvik.… Read more
Host Margaret Elias welcomes Byron Nicholai to the show, all the way from Alaska. Byron is a Yup'ik artist, creating both traditional drum songs and dancing, and modern hip-hop inspired music. LIVE on November 30th 2022, on the Tunnganarniq Show.
Byron Nicholai is a Yup’ik artist from Alaska. His love for music led him to create, “I Sing. You Dance.”, a Facebook page where he shares songs and drum dancing videos. These songs often contain messages from elders. He released an album that debuted at #2 on the Worldwide genre on iTunes.… Read more
Ronald Nelson Binder Sr is Inuvialuk and Sami from the Beaufort Delta whose family was instrumental in bringing the reindeer herd from Norway to the Inuvialuit region decades ago, when the caribou was scarce.
Host Margaret Noksana Elias welcomes back Wilma Dosedel to the show to finish showing her sewing skills and how some of her sewing patterns work. LIVE on October 5th 2022, on the Tunnganarniq Show.
Host Margaret Noksana Elias welcomes Wilma Dosedel to the show this week. Wilma talks about her long history with sewing, her old patterns and a lot of the clothing she's made. LIVE on September 28th 2022, on the Tunnganarniq Show.
