Join Moderator Tiffany Ayalik and speakers James Dommek Jr., Byron Nicholai and Julia Ogina for a conversation about the past, present and future of Inuit music with four practicing artists. Alyson Hardwick from the Inuit Art Foundation introduces the event. Topics discussed include: Historic music, songs and storytelling; Inuit language in songs; intergenerational learning and teaching; impacts from colonization; respectfully learning from Elders; and new Inuit music.

The video series "Conversations" brings you into discussions with Indigenous peoples, providing information and insights on important subjects and issues, along with ideas and examples that can help prepare you for making choices about how to act with regard to Indigenous peoples and their heritage.

Our Inuit advisors for the project are:

• Kacey Purruq Qunmiġu Hopson, Indigenous Knowledge Advocate, First Alaskans Institute
• Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Artist
• Taqralik Partridge, Director, Nordic Lab at SAW
• Krista Ulujuk Zawadski, PhD Candidate, Carleton University

This event was made possible through generous support of the Inuit Art Foundation and supporters of the Arctic Studies Center in Alaska. (#arcticstudies)

Contributor: Dawn Biddison

Source: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in Alaska