In the late 1960s, the owner of these Inuit carvings was a dental officer on Baffin Island in the Arctic, travelling from settlement to settlement and providing dental care.

Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue.On Saturday night, I had Indian food at a mosque ...

Contemporary Inuit art usually is dated to 1948, when Toronto artist James Houston visited the eastern Arctic and returned to Montreal with a few samples of small carvings in stone and ivory.

A 69-year-old man has been fined $50,000 in Vermont for attempting to sneak nine carvings made from sperm whale teeth and walrus tusk across the Canadian border.

But Arctic Art Central is Cape Dorset, where the world's most sought-after Inuit carvings and prints are produced. Many artists are also subsistence hunters who carve to earn cash for fuel ...

The film "Legend of the Raven" explores the rich cultural heritage of the Eskimos, focusing on their legends and artistry, particularly through carvings. It tells the story of a man and his son ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A California man has been fined $50,000 in Vermont for illegally importing carvings made from sperm whale teeth and walrus tusk across the U.S.-Canadian border, federal ...

Authorities say a California man pleaded guilty this week to trying to illegally import walrus and whale ivory carvings over the border into Vermont.

Three valuable Inuit carvings were stolen from Madrona Gallery in Victoria, B.C., in a break-in Monday morning, says the gallery’s director.

Federal prosecutors say a California man has been fined $50,000 in Vermont for smuggling carvings made from sperm whale teeth and walrus tusk across the U.S.-Canadian border.

Three valuable Inuit carvings were stolen from Madrona Gallery in a break-in Monday morning, says the gallery’s director. Someone broke into the gallery around 7:45 a.m. through Trounce Alley and ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A California man has been fined $50,000 in Vermont for illegally importing carvings made from sperm whale teeth and walrus tusk across the U.S.-Canadian border, federal ...