(Pam Campbell/Facebook) Volunteers made the ornaments with plastic and canvas, as well as ones with sealskin — 19 of them, said Wolfrey — to represent Inuit women. "We thought it would be ...

To survive the harsh weathers of the Arctic, Inuit use seal skin to make parkas, kamiks and mittens. Patterns, shapes and embellishment of the clothing also serve as a marker of social identity.

(Emily Ridlington/CBC) A spokeswoman for the Canadian arm of the Humane Society International is clarifying the group's position on the Inuit seal hunt, as a protest against TV star Ellen ...

The Inuit said the trade ban on seal skin would threaten their way of life Scottish kilt makers who have been prevented from making sealskin sporrans due to an EU trade ban have been handed a ...

Earlier this month, several organizations, including Canada’s national Inuit organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, went to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to appeal the EU seal ban.

Inuit hunters from Greenland have been protesting in the Danish capital Copenhagen over the decision by a major department store to stop selling seal products. The Inuit are afraid that the ban ...

Since the 1960s, animal-rights activists have proclaimed that Canada’s seal hunt is barbaric, unethical, and unsustainable, without knowing how drastically these notions affect Inuit communities ...

EU law authorizes the marketing of seal products resulting only from hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit communities for subsistence. The General Court of the European Union ruled Thursday that ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians should wear sealskin to celebrate the country's birthday on July 1, an Inuit leader said on Friday, in defiance of a European movement to ban the import of Canadian ...