ALT Four-panel figure from paper. Caption: Arctic Indigenous peoples are not separable from the physical, ecological, cultural, societal, and spiritual roles they have in their homelands. Inuit continue to live both within and near formal protected areas, as well as have their livelihoods shaped by conservation initiatives and decisions made at all scales of governance. Many of these places have been actively managed and conserved through use for millennia. (A) hunters take their lunch in the small community of Sarfannguit, situated within the 2018 designated Aasivissuit–Nipisat UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland); (B) students line their practice qajait up on the shores of the 2019 designated Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area in Nunavut, Canada, a protected area roughly the size of Iceland that comes with Canadian $54 million dollars in support for Inuit stewardship programs; (C) a young female hunter takes her dogs out on Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Kal