Our Work
Inuit Night 2026
Alaskan Inuit Arctic Strategy
Alaskan Inuit are proud to present our Strategy, asserting a bold and unified vision for the Arctic We Want. This vision is defined and governed by Inuit and founded in our cultural values, lived nexperiences, and Indigenous Knowledge.
Indigenous Knowledge Focus Group: Advancing Indigenous Knowledge from Theory to Practice
Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is pleased to release the Indigenous Knowledge Focus Group Advancing Indigenous Knowledge from Theory to Practice Report. The focus group brought together Indigenous Knowledge Holders, ICC leadership and staff from across Inuit Nunaat (Alaska, Canada, Greenland) for three days in Anchorage, Alaska, with a goal of moving Indigenous Knowledge from theory to practice. The discussions highlighted three overarching themes: Inuit self-determination in research and monitoring, Indigenous data sovereignty, and co-production of knowledge.
Circumpolar Inuit Protocols For Equitable and Ethical Engagement
These protocols reflect the combined efforts of Inuit across Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Chukotka. Much of the information has been adapted from materials previously developed by the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Inuit communities, organizations and governments. ICC is grateful to all those who have provided decades of input, guidance and knowledge and to everyone who provided their time, direction, information, first-hand accounts and knowledge to develop these Protocols.
Projects
Inuit Arctic Policy
Over the years, the Inuit Arctic Policy has become the main document for development on many issues in the Arctic and has contributed significantly in numerous ways as the Arctic has changed profoundly since the beginning of this work. Arctic states and others are invited to join with Inuit in the ongoing challenge of building and carrying out a common Arctic vision that is clearly supportive of the Arctic environment and beneficial to humankind. This is the third edition of the Inuit Arctic Policy.
Press Releases
2026
- Alaskan Inuit Leaders Release Bold Arctic Strategy: “A Statement to the World for the Arctic We Want” | April 2026
- Inuit Circumpolar Council Advance Precautionary Governance Through National Delegations at Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement Negotiations | February 2026
- A CHANGING WORLD ORDER REQUIRES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO STAND FIRM | February 2026
- Alaskan Inuit Stand United in Support of Greenland | January 2026
2025
- Historic Milestone: ICC’s Permanent Consultative Status Endorsed by the IMO | December 2025
- ICC Participates in Historic First Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity Subsidiary Body on Article 8j | November 2025
- ICC Advances Indigenous-Led Mercury Monitoring and Collaboration at Minamata Convention COP-6 | November 2025
- From the Arctic to the Amazon: Inuit call on states to accelerate climate commitments at UNFCCC COP30 | November 2025
- Inuit Women’s Summit Concludes with a Historic Declaration | October 2025 Inuit Women’s Summit Declaration
- Inuit Circumpolar Council will Convene the First Inuit Women’s Summit in Sisimiut, Kalaallit Nunaat | October 2025
- Iqaluit to Host Inuit Circumpolar Council’s 2026 General Assembly | October 2025
- The rights of Indigenous Peoples must be recognized in the Global Plastics Treaty | August 2025
- Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Alaska Leadership Assert Self-Determi
nation in Arctic Decision-making | March 2025 - Advancing Indigenous Knowledge from Theory to Practice: ICC Holds Focus Group with Inuit from Across Inuit Nunaat | March 2025
- A peaceful Arctic through mutually respectful cooperation | January 2025
I AM INUIT is an ICC-Alaska project that seeks to connect the world with Alaskan Inuit (Inupiat, Yup’ik, Cup’ik and St. Lawrence Island Yupik) and the Arctic, through common humanity.
I AM INUIT wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of these organizations:
Alaska Dispatch News
The Alaska Humanities Forum
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Kawerak, Incorporated
Maniilaq Association
NANA Regional Corporation
The Oak Foundation
Declarations & Resolutions
“Inuit Circumpolar Council 2022 Ilulissat Declaration” Passed during the 2022 Hybrid Gathering
“Utqiagvik Declaration” Passed at the 2018 General Assembly in Utqiagvik, Alaska
“Kitigaaryuit Declaration” Passed at the 2014 General Assembly in Inuvik, Canada
“Nuuk Declaration” Passed at the 2010 General Assembly in Nuuk, Greenland
“Utqiagvik Declaration” Passed at the 2006 General Assembly in Barrow, Alaska
“Declaration on Resource Development Principles in Inuit Nunaat” Passed at the Inuit Leaders Summit on Resource Development, Ottawa, Canada, February 2011
“Moscow Declaration” Passed at the Arctic Leaders Summit, April 2010
“Inuit Declaration on Arctic Sovereignty” Adopted by the Inuit Circumpolar Council, April 2009
“Inuit Circumpolar Council Executive Council Resolution 16-01” A Resolution of Support for Eskimo Walrus Commission’s Opposition of Including Walrus, Mammoth, and Mastodon Ivory in African Elephant Ivory Ban Laws in the United States
Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous Knowledge Focus Group Advancing Indigenous Knowledge from Theory to Practice Report October 2025 Categorization is Political: Using Grounded Theory in the Creation of Controlled Vocabularies March 2022
Equitable and Ethical Engagement Workshop Series Workshop Report 2021
The Role of Providing – Inuit Management Practices: Youth, Elder, Active Hunters and Gatherers Workshop Report 2019
A Framework for Co-Production of Knowledge in the Context of Arctic Research November 2021
Ethical and Equitable Engagement Syntheses Report September 2021
Institutional Adaptation for an equitable role of Indigenous Knowledge in decision-making – Rovaniemi, Finland. October 2018
Indigenous Knowledge and Arctic Assessments – Presentation Provided at The 2017 International Conference on Arctic Science: Bringing Knowledge to Action (AMAP) – April 2017
Coastal Monitoring Indigenous Knowledge Holders Meeting Report – February 2017
Indigenous Knowledge and Monitoring: Applying a Food Security Lens and Co-production Of Knowledge Approach March 2016
ICC’s Paper on the Application of Indigenous Knowledge within the Arctic Council
Community Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic: A Review for the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks
Speeches
“Inuit Arnartaasa Ataatsimeersuarnerat” Sara Olsvig, ICC Chair, Inuit Women’s Summit, October 2025 “A Need to Focus on Indigenous Priorities” James Stotts, ICC Alaska President, Arctic Council Ministerial, May 2021
“Arctic Change – What’s Next?” James Stotts, ICC Alaska President, Arctic Council Ministerial, May 2019
“Indigenous Peoples, Biodiversity and their Interrelated Nature” Dalee Sambo Dorough, ICC Chair, Arctic Biodiversity Congress, October 2018
“Remarks of Incoming Chair” Dalee Sambo Dorough, 13th General Assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, July 20, 2018.
“Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting” Okalik Eegeesiak, ICC Chair, Arctic Council Ministerial, May 2017
“Food Security (The Happy Criminal Life)” Jim Stotts, ICC Chair, Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Convention, October 2009
“Global Climate Change (There’s a War Going On)” Jim Stotts, ICC Chair, COP15 – Inuit and Arctic Indigenous People’s Day, December 2009
“Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas” Jim Stotts, ICC Chair, Arctic Leaders Summit, April 2010
“Responding to Emerging Challenges in the Arctic” Jim Stotts, ICC Chair, Arctic Council Deputy Ministers Meeting, May 2010
“Offshore Oil and Gas Development (We Need a Time Out)” Jim Stotts, ICC Chair, Arctic Environmental Ministers Meeting, June 2010
“The New Arctic (The Next 30 Years)” Jim Stotts, ICC Chair, ICC General Assembly, June 2010
“Arctic Caucus Statement: Economic and Social Development” Aqqaluk Lynge, ICC Chair, 10th United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, May 2011
“Issues Relating to the Local Inhabitants and Indigenous Communities” Aqqaluk Lynge, ICC Greenland President, Ministerial Summit of Arctic Oceans, May 2008
Address to the Northern Waters Task Force Jim Stotts, ICC Alaska President, December 2010
Address to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Jim Stotts, ICC Alaska President, June 2011
“Conditions for an Arctic Imperative (The Inuit Perspective)” Jim Stotts, ICC Alaska President, Arctic Imperative Summit, June 2011
“Responsible Resource Development” Marie Greene, ICC General Assembly, June 2010
Empowerment of Inuit and Balance Carolina Behe, 11th Arctic Frontiers Conference, January 2017