An Inuit mother and daughter on the tundra of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada in late spring. I don’t know either of their names, but Inuit culture, as many others, takes naming very seriously, and we can imagine the love and consideration offered the naming of this child. "We don't give names to people for the sake of naming them. We give them a name that we totally respect," is how Nunavut educator Millie Kuliktana put it.
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