The Texas Tech Museum has a temporary exhibit on Contemporary Inuit Art http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/exhsch11.html. It is very interesting, but a little sad. The Canadian Government "settled" the Inuit from their nomadic way of life. However, they later made a fairly generous treaty or pact with them, but it is based on the Inuit not being nomads.
The good news is that the Inuit art contributed to their transition to a more settled way of life. And, their contemporary art still reflects traditional values.
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