International Inuit Day

Since 2006, the International Inuit Day has been celebrated every November 7. The initiator of this holiday was the Inuit Arctic Council, which represents the interests of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic living in the USA, Canada, Greenland and Russia. The first council meeting was held in 1977 in Alaska. The purpose of its creation was to unify the few Inuit peoples and promote their rights at the international level.

The celebration coincides with the birthday of American politician Eben Hopson, who was the representative of the Alaskan ethnic peoples in the Senate from 1959 to 1967 and served as the first mayor of Barrow. Hopson also defended Inuit rights in court against the US Commerce Secretary’s orders to control indigenous whaling for food.

  • Currently, the Inuit Polar Council, with the support of other international organizations, organizes activities to support the rights of the ethnic peoples of the North, who still defend the right to their own land, language and religion.

International Inuit Day
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