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Film project with Innu youth at Kamestastin, Labrador (in the news).

Stephen Loring's long-standing research relationships with the Tshikapisk Foundation (an Innu experiential educational initiative) centered at the Tshikapisk facility at Kamestastin (Lake Mistastin on many maps of Labrador) is referenced in an article on an outreach project (partnering with Saint Mary's University in Halifax) that ran a film program for Innu youth last spring.

For the complete news account see: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Science/1232640.html

And to see the videos made by the Innu students see: www.kamestastin.com

 
Early morning at Kamestastin.

 

 

Hank Rich, Kirby Mistenepeo, Prote Poker and Sebastian Piwas part of the Innu Guardians Program at Kamestastin
 
Franziska von Rosen (film teacher) with Antonia Jacobish, Nympha Byrne and Sebastien Rich filming at Kamestastin.

Arctic Studies Website

For detailed information regarding the Arctic Studies Center at the National Museum of Natural History please see our website at: http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/

There you will find information about the researchers, staff, and research activity of the center, as well as online exhibits and news. 

Enjoy

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Welcome to Magnetic North, a blog by Arctic and Subarctic researchers at the Smithsonian Institution. The purpose of this blog is to inform the public concerning research in the Arctic and Subarctic, with a focus on issues affecting circumpolar communities, both past and present, and the ecosystems they inhabit. This will include archaeological, anthropological, ecological, and climatological research.  Much of the content of the blog will be provided by members of the NMNH Arctic Studies Center and its Research Associates and Collaborators, although guest bloggers will also be invited to discuss current issues and their research in the Arctic. Current news from the Arctic and announcements of research, outreach events, and professional conferences will also be an ongoing portion of this blog. The overarching goal will be outreach by a community of researchers who work in the north, in order to educate the general public about the importance of the Arctic and Subarctic to our understanding of humanity’s past and the future of our planet.