Art education majors in The Principles of Teaching Art developed and taught an art lesson entitled the Arctic North, for 3/4^th grade students at a local charter school.

Students explored the environment, culture, and art of the indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, the United States, and Russia. Students created wall hangings based on the textiles created by the indigenous peoples and illustrated their artworks with their stories of learning about the artic north. The Inuit have both a physical and a spiritual relationship with the environment, and this relationship is embodied in their traditional practices of hunting and seasonal migration and in the ways in which they make use of all aspects of their environment, including all of its life forms. In Inuit society, animals hold a central role: not only do they share the land on which the Inuit live and serve as the traditional food source; they are also present in every sphere of Inuit culture, including religion, healing, and art. Arctic Adventures: Tales from the Lives of Inuit Artists is a book of stories retold by the author Raquel Rivera on the lives of native artists Pudlo Pudlat, Jessie Oonark, Kenojuak Ashevak and Lazarusie Ishulutuk and offers young readers a glimpse into this rich, remote culture, past and present.

Northwest Coast weaving can be seen in the Chilkat Dancing Blankets or Robes
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit5.html
http://icor.ottawainuitchildrens.com/