Today Northerners are dealing with the dramatic changes brought about by interaction with the South.

This work, titled Change by Kiugak, is of an adult southerner with an Inuit child. The adult figure, in a thinking pose, reflects the introduction of new ideas, which have brought about the dramatic changes.

For many people, creating art has provided a much needed source of income and has proven to be a vehicle for personal expression and cultural affirmation.

This dramatic work of the Crucifixion Scene is an example of religious acculturation. Many Inuit have accepted Christianity in place of traditional beliefs. Some artists, such as Thomassiapik Sivuarapik, have incorporated Christian themes as subject matter.