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The Original Researchers: Hunters are Scientists Deserving Sustained Support
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2024
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Description:Over the history of Arctic research, Indigenous Peoples have not been equitably included and call for systemic change (Ellam Yua et al. 2022). In Canada, we have seen growing recognition and action toward increasing Indigenous self-determination in research (e.g., ITK 2018; Wilson et al. 2020). One of the most exciting areas of change and action is at the community level, where there is an increase in projects and programs demonstrating new directions in Indigenous science and collaboration (e.g., Simonee et al. 2021; Ljubicic et al. 2022). At the Ittaq Heritage and Research Centre (Ittaq) in Kangiqtugaapik, Nunavut, Canada, our mission is to support Inuit self-determination through the promotion of Inuit knowledge, language, and culture, and building a more Inuit-centered economy (https://ittaq.ca/). Through our core themes of Inuit-led research, culture and heritage, multimedia, and land programming, we advance our mission. Here, we focus on our flagship land program, Angunasuktiit (“hunters”). This program demonstrates how Inuit hunters are, among their many roles, the original researchers of their homelands and deserve to be recognized and supported so they cannot only benefit their communities with critical observations and knowledge, but the wider scientific community as well.
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Rights Information:CC0 Public Domain
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