Inuit art essay

Of the younger generation of contemporary Inuit artists who have developed reputations in the international art world are the late Annie Pootoogook and Shuvinai Ashoona. Collectors and museums have started to pay very high prices for the work of these artists but even more so for the older, more "classic" carvings and prints.

Siberian (or Asiatic) Inuit and the Inuit of western and southwestern Alaska call themselves Yuit. They speak a dialect called Yupik, and their art forms, except during Thule culture , bear few stylistic resemblances to those of the Canadian Arctic.

The Inuit People of Canada The Inuit of Canada are indigenous because they’ve lived around the region for over four thousand years, and they still practice their traditions and customs. In addition, the Inuit people have historical ties to regions in Canada along with historical distinctiveness from the rest of the Canadian population.

The Thule people, whose pre-Thule ancestry can be traced to southwestern Alaska but who had evolved into their new culture type in northern Alaska, were themselves the true ancestors of the contemporary Inuit. In Canada, however, the art forms of these two cultures reflect little of this relationship.