Meeka Steen
Tuktuyaaqtuuq, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NT
“Harvesting our country foods has sustained us for generations. My thoughts when I was capturing this photo was how fortunate and blessed we are to be able to continue our cultural traditions, to carry on the knowledge that has been passed on for many generations! Muktuk is a delicacy for the Inuvialuit. Mamaqtuq! (Taste good!)”
Golga Ocar
Southwest Alaska
“This photo is a self-representation of how I define myself in this modern era. I’m still in the process of regaining my Native identity through my research of archived ancestral knowledge. Within my research, I am also exploring the different art formats that my people created hundreds of years ago.”
Ørjan Marakatt Bertelsen
Sápmi, Norway
“[This] is a portrait taken on the mountain in Kåfjord, during filming the documentary film Inger Ellen Baal ‘Eallin.’ It is also the cover picture to the film. The picture [was] taken in her small cabinet, the only remaining asset after the power development in the area that led to her family losing the right to practice reindeer herding in the area, Goulaš, back in the ’70s.”
