Join us September 15, 2021, for a live virtual talk “Music within Inuit Culture and Language” featuring James Dommek Jr., Byron Nicholai and Julia Ogina and moderated by Tiffany Ayalik. The conversation will discuss the importance of featuring Indigenous language in music, as well as songs, words, and sounds that exist within Inuit culture.
To join by phone, please call: (Webinar ID: 876 4023 3855 / Passcode: 288989)
U.S.: +1 301 715 8592; +1 312 626 6799; +1 646 876 9923; +1 346 248 7799; +1 408 638 0968; +1 669 900 6833; +1 253 215 8782
Canada: +1 778 907 2071; +1 204 272 7920; +1 438 809 7799; +1 587 328 1099; +1 647 374 4685; +1 647 558 0588
Conversations is a series of six live webinars across 2021 bringing together Canadian and Alaska Inuit for moderated discussions with audience participation, providing information and insights on subjects important to Indigenous communities. The events are recorded on Zoom, and the edited videos are posted on the IAF website and on the SASC-AK YouTube channel and Smithsonian Learning Lab site. We invite you to share the Learning Lab link, which will provide additional information about the moderator, speakers and subject. The Inuit advisors for the series are: Kacey Purruq Qunmiġu Hopson, Indigenous Knowledge Advocate, First Alaskans Institute; Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Artist; Taqralik Partridge, Director, Nordic Lab at SAW; and Krista Ulujuk Zawadski, PhD Candidate, Carleton University.