By Sean Ridgeley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Telegram Nunatukavut Community Council President Todd Russell was beaming after Nunatukavut artist Charlene Rumbolt\u2019s piece was unveiled at Confederation Building on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, where it will remain indefinitely. Russell said celebrating Indigenous art like this \u2014 many Indigenous artworks line the room \u2014 represents one more step in repairing a relationship that\u2019s been fraught with conflict and strife in the past. \u201cIt completes the circle of the Indigenous peoples that occupied these lands and continue to, and so it\u2019s a good day, a great day,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m smiling.\u201d After pointing to the use of sealskin in the piece as particularly meaningful to his people and their families, he expressed it is about much more than a single piece of… <\/p>\n
By Sean Ridgeley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Telegram Nunatukavut Community Council President Todd Russell was beaming after Nunatukavut artist Charlene Rumbolt\u2019s piece was unveiled at Confederation Building on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, where it will remain indefinitely. Russell said celebrating Indigenous art like this \u2014 many Indigenous artworks line the room \u2014 represents one more step in repairing a relationship that\u2019s been fraught with conflict and strife in the past. \u201cIt completes the circle of the Indigenous peoples that occupied these lands and continue to, and so it\u2019s a good day, a great day,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m smiling.\u201d After pointing to the use of sealskin in the piece as particularly meaningful to his people and their families, he expressed it is about much more than a single piece of... <\/p>\n