Planned heritage centre will show Inuit ‘belongings,’ not artifacts

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Planned heritage centre will show Inuit ‘belongings,’ not artifacts – Nunatsiaq News

by ahnationtalk on September 25, 2025125 Views

Sep 25, 2025

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No Inuit “artifacts” will be housed in the planned $150-million Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre, where construction is expected to be completed by 2030.

Instead, organizers say, the centre will display Inuit “belongings.”

Recasting what are regarded as artifacts in southern museums as Inuit belongings is an important distinction for the centre, said Torsten Diesel, project director with Inuit Heritage Trust.