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Inuit language celebration underway in Nunavut, Canada</h1></div></div></div>Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic<br>February 25, 2014</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">
An Inuit Language celebration is now underway in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">
The annual event is held to promote and encourage the use of the Inuit language across the territory.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">
“Our language reflects the essence of who we are," Languages Commissioner Sandra Inutiq said in a news release. “It is important we continue to learn it, use it and to remind ourselves of the importance of our language by celebrating it.”</p>
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This year, the two-week celebration runs through Friday.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;color:rgb(18,18,18)">
Access full article below: </p><div><a href="http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140225/inuit-language-celebration-underway-nunavut-canada">http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140225/inuit-language-celebration-underway-nunavut-canada</a><br>
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