The Avataq Cultural Institute is Nunavik's official organization for the preservation and promotion of the Inuktitut language and Inuit culture. [1] [2] Avataq has departments that deal with ethnography and art, as well as a library, archive and language programs. [2]
Avataq receives its mandate from the biennial Inuit Elders Conference. [3] The Institute was formed at the first Inuit Elders Conference with the goal of protecting Inuit culture. It began operating on November 1, 1980. [4] [5] Its head office is in Inukjuak [6] [3] and it also operates an office in Montreal, Quebec. [7]
In 1984 Avataq supported a place-name survey of elders in 12 Inuit communities in the Quebec Arctic. [8] [9]
In 2018 Avataq worked with Dartmouth College to return bones that had been excavated from Inuit gravesites in 1967 by one of the college's anthropologists. [10] [11]
The Institute formed an alliance with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2018 to promote Inuit art and culture. [12]
The Avataq Cultural Institute is Nunavik's official organization for the preservation and promotion of the Inuktitut language and Inuit culture. [1] [2] Avataq has departments that deal with ethnography and art, as well as a library, archive and language programs. [2]
Avataq receives its mandate from the biennial Inuit Elders Conference. [3] The Institute was formed at the first Inuit Elders Conference with the goal of protecting Inuit culture. It began operating on November 1, 1980. [4] [5] Its head office is in Inukjuak [6] [3] and it also operates an office in Montreal, Quebec. [7]
In 1984 Avataq supported a place-name survey of elders in 12 Inuit communities in the Quebec Arctic. [8] [9]
In 2018 Avataq worked with Dartmouth College to return bones that had been excavated from Inuit gravesites in 1967 by one of the college's anthropologists. [10] [11]
The Institute formed an alliance with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2018 to promote Inuit art and culture. [12]