World Dec 10 Denmark to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over forced contraception By Associated Press
World Sep 09 Hundreds of Greenlandic women and girls were forcibly given contraception between 1960 and 1991, report says More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities in cases that date back to the 1960s. By Associated Press
World Mar 25 Greenlanders unite to fend off U.S. as Trump seeks control of the island Greenlanders are increasingly worried that their homeland, a self-governing region of Denmark, has become a pawn in the competition between the U.S., Russia and China as global warming opens up access to the Arctic. By Danica Kirka, Associated Press
Science Dec 26 As polar bear attacks increase in warming Arctic, Inuits and scientists search for solutions With sea ice reduced, polar bear attacks are rising. Concerned Inuit communities want to increase hunting quotas, but researchers are testing new technologies they hope will reduce these often deadly confrontations. By Gloria Dickie, Yale Environment 360
Nation Aug 18 Most residents of eroding Alaska village vote to relocate Unofficial ballot returns show a majority of voters in one of Alaska's most eroded communities want to move to safer ground from their tiny island home. By Associated Press
Nov 23 Why Native poets, and their languages, are so often misunderstood By Corinne Segal Alaskan Native poet Joan Naviyuk Kane writes in Inupiaq, one of the languages spoken by the Native Alaskan people. Many of her poems are inspired by the sound or feel of one word; then, she "build[s] the poem, either through… Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Polar Bears Struggle to Survive as Arctic Climate Changes As climate change threatens polar bears' survival, laws put in place to protect the bears are impacting the Inuit people who have long hunted them. ITN's ITV news reports on the plight of both polar bears and Native people in… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Alaskan Village Copes With Real-life Impacts of Global Climate Change In Shishmaref, Alaska -- a 600-person village 20 miles south of the Arctic Circle -- residents are feeling the effects of climate change: earlier sea ice melts and increasing storm surges. Tom Bearden reports on how the residents are coping. Continue watching