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Aerial photograph of archaeology features

Inuit Heritage Trust, Inc.

Representing Nunavut Inuit Interests in Cultural Heritage

Photograph of Elder

We Believe

Inuit have the right to control, maintain, and access Inuit culture and heritage 

Inukshuk

What We Do

Inuit Heritage Trust is dedicated to the preservation, enrichment and protection of Inuit cultural heritage and identity embodied in Nunavut’s archaeology sites, ethnographic materials, and traditional place names

IHT's Traditional Place Names Map

Roles & Responsibilities

IHT's role and responsibilities in the governance of Nunavut's cultural heritage is outlined in the 1993 Nunavut Agreement. 

Frozen Arctic landscape

Traditional Place Names

Qarmat near Mittimatalik

Archaeology

Inuit amauti or tulilli with beading, some made from caribou incisors

Collections

inside reconstruction of a traditional qarmaq/sod house

Special Projects

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