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By Darrell Greer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kivalliq News International Inuit Day is marked on the calendar to be celebrated annually on Nov. 7. Known in some circles as International Circumpolar Inuit Day, it invites people to explore Inuit culture through their art, stories and histories. Noel Kaludjak, of Rankin Inlet, said the truth is that there\u2019s people out there who don\u2019t think much of Inuit culture. He said to them, Inuit are little more than uneducated people with little to offer their country, or society in general. \u201cWe\u2019re seen as not going to war or taking part in protecting Canada,\u201d said Kaludjak. \u201cThey like our art, in most cases, and, of course, the land that we live on because it has lots of minerals, oil and stuff. \u201cThey like… <\/p>\n

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By Darrell Greer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Kivalliq News International Inuit Day is marked on the calendar to be celebrated annually on Nov. 7. Known in some circles as International Circumpolar Inuit Day, it invites people to explore Inuit culture through their art, stories and histories. Noel Kaludjak, of Rankin Inlet, said the truth is that there\u2019s people out there who don\u2019t think much of Inuit culture. He said to them, Inuit are little more than uneducated people with little to offer their country, or society in general. \u201cWe\u2019re seen as not going to war or taking part in protecting Canada,\u201d said Kaludjak. \u201cThey like our art, in most cases, and, of course, the land that we live on because it has lots of minerals, oil and stuff. \u201cThey like... <\/p>\n

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