A public event will celebrate the launch of Ice Geographies: The Colonial Policies of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic, by assistant professor Jen Rose Smith (American Indian Studies). The June 6 on-campus event will feature discussion of the book with four UW scholars: Shannon Cram (Interdisciplinary Arts, UW Bothell), Radhika Govindrajan (Anthropology), Dian Million

Internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq returned to the University of Washington in early February. Although her feature performance was cancelled due to inclement weather, she held a book reading for her novel, Split Tooth, which was longlisted for Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize. Recordings of Tagaq performing are available on the event page, and

with Pita Aatami, President, Makivik Corporation Nunavik, Québec 7:30 PM, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Kane Hall, Room 210 University of Washington, Seattle Free and Open to the Public Reception to Follow In 2007, Pita Aatami, on behalf of the Inuit of Nunavik, signed an agreement for the creation of the Nunavik Regional Government with the