ABSTRACT
The Indigenous peoples believe that the land and the environment are one in nature with the people. Western research is more of a fact-finding approach, whereas to Indigenous researchers, it is key to preserve and include cultural and traditional knowledge. Indigenous research has only scratched the surface of the Earth, with more and more events taking place among Indigenous peoples. The community project was a part of a global project led by Dr. Harriet Kuhnlein, Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems for Health focusing on traditional foods. From 2005 to 2010, Looee Okalik had the pleasure of being the advisor of health promotions on Baffin Island, an island across from Greenland in the Circumpolar Arctic Project led by Dr. Grace Egeland of McGill University, Centre for Indigenous Peoples Nutrition and Environment. Education about Inuit is most needed within our nation; therefore, direct education from Indigenous researchers is valuable, accountable, and increasing at a gradual pace.
