A dowry is given so that a girl can hold her head high among others and not be looked down upon. Without it, in the groom’s family — especially from the mother-in-law or sisters-in-law — there’s a lot ...

The idea behind the camping trips is to ensure that inuit traditions will survive, even if the ice does not. Owen Willie, 18, hunts snow geese on his family’s remote camp in the Canadian Arctic.