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How an Inuk artist drew on Arctic Indigenous culture to design a Twitter emoji

Aija Komangapik created a Twitter symbol of an Inuk in snow goggles for Indigenous History Month.

By Melody Schreiber July 1, 2020
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For the third year in a row, an Indigenous artist illustrated the Twitter emoji for Indigenous History Month in Canada. This year, that artist was Iqaluit-born Aija Komangapik.

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