Arctic Winter Games

The Arctic Winter Games is an international biennial celebration of circumpolar sports and Indigenous culture. The event was established in 1969 with the first games held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The idea to "provide a forum where athletes from the circumpolar North could compete on their own terms, on their own turf" came from Cal Miller, an advisor with the Yukon team at the 1967 Canada Winter Games.
The event includes tradition indigenous sport and other team and individual sports such as skiing, gymnastics and hockey.
==Participants (regions)==
*Alaska
*Greenland
*Northern Alberta (usually defined as the area north of Edmonton)
*Northwest Territories
*Nunavik, Quebec (traditionally defined Northern Inuit region of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region inwhich comprises northern third of Quebec)
*Nunavut
*Sami people (northern regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Kola Peninsula, Russia)
*Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
*Yukon
==Hockey at the Games==
Ice hockey has been a part of the games since 1970. Playing classifications have included (up through 2010 AWG):
*Senior Male (1970-1976, 1984-1994)
*Open Female (1986, 1990-1996)
*Junior Female (1998-present)
*Midget Male (1970-present)
*Bantam Male (1972, 1978-present)
*Peewee Male (1982-2004)
===Champions===
*1970: NWT (senior), NWT (midget)
*1972: Yukon (senior), NWT (midget), Yukon (bantam)
*1974: Alaska (senior), Alaska (junior)
*1976: NWT (senior), NWT (junior)
*1978: Alaska , NWT , Yukon (midget), NWT , Yukon , Alaska (bantam)
*1980: Alaska , Yukon , NWT (midget), Alaska , Yukon , NWT (bantam)
*1982: Yukon (midget), Yukon (peewee)
*1984: NWT (senior), NWT (midget), NWT (peewee)
*1986: SF: Yukon-Alaska 9-8 2OT, F: NWT-Yukon 10:1 (senior), SF: Alaska-Yukon 6:1, F: NWT-Alaska 8:6 (midget), SF: Alaska-NWT 5:3, F: Yukon-Alaska 6:5 (peewee), SF: Alaska-NWT 11:0, F: Yukon-Alaska 13:7 (women's)
*1988: Gold: NWT-Alaska 5:3, Bronze: won by Yukon (senior), Gold: Northern Alberta-Alaska 3:1, Bronze: Yukon-NWT 8:4 (midget), SF: Yukon-NWT 6:3, Gold: Alaska-Yukon 8:4 (peewee)
*1990: Alaska (senior), Yukon (midget), NWT (peewee), Yukon (women's)
*1992: Yukon (senior), Alaska (midget), ?NWT? (bantam), NWT (women's)
*1994: NWT (senior), Northern Alberta (midget), Northern Alberta (bantam), Yukon (women's)
*1996: Alaska (midget), Alaska (bantam), Alaska (peewee), Alaska (women's)
*1998: Gold: Northern Alberta-NWT 9:1 (midget), Gold: Northern Alberta-NWT 8:1 (bantam), Gold: NWT (peewee), Gold: Northern Alberta-Yukon 7:1, Bronze: NWT (junior female)
*2000: Northern Alberta (midget), Northern Alberta (bantam), Yukon (peewee), Northern Alberta (junior female)
*2002: NWT (midget), Northern Alberta (bantam), NWT (peewee), Northern Alberta (junior female)
*2004: Gold: Northern Alberta-NWT 7:3 (midget), Gold: Northern Alberta-NWT 11:1 (bantam), Gold: Northern Alberta-Yukon 12:1 (peewee), Gold: Northern Alberta-NWT 4:1 (junior female) 
*2006: Yukon , NWT , Alaska (midget), Northern Alberta , Alaska , Yukon (bantam), Northern Alberta , Alaska , NWT (junior female) 
*2008: Alaska (midget), Northern Alberta (bantam), Alaska (junior female)
*2010: Alaska (midget), NWT (bantam), Northern Alberta (junior female)
*2012: Yukon (midget), Northern Alberta (bantam), Northern Alberta (junior female)
*2014: Alaska (midget), Alaska (bantam), Alaska (junior female)
*2016: Northern Alberta (bantam), NWT (junior female)
*2018: NWT (midget), NWT (bantam), Alaska (junior female)
==Host cities==
Host cities have mostly been in Canada and the United States and on a couple of occasions Greenland.Past Games
Year	Host City 	Country
1970	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 	Canada
1972	Whitehorse, Yukon 	Canada
1974	Anchorage, Alaska 	United States
1976	Schefferville, Quebec 	Canada
1978	Hay River/Pine Point, Northwest Territories 	Canada
1980	Whitehorse, Yukon 	Canada
1982	Fairbanks, Alaska 	United States
1984	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 	Canada
1986	Whitehorse, Yukon 	Canada
1988	Fairbanks, Alaska 	United States
1990	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 	Canada
1992	Whitehorse, Yukon 	Canada
1994	Slave Lake, Alberta 	Canada
1996	Chugiak/Eagle River, Alaska 	United States
1998	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 	Canada
2000	Whitehorse, Yukon 	Canada
2002	Nuuk 	Greenland
2002	Iqaluit Nunavut 	Canada
2004	Wood Buffalo, Alberta 	Canada
2006	Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska 	United States
2008	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 	Canada
2010	Grande Prairie 	Canada
2012	Whitehorse, Yukon 	Canada
2014	Fairbanks 	United States
2016	Nuuk 	Greenland
2018	Hay River/Fort Smith, Northwest Territories 	Canada
2020	Whitehorse, Yukon (Cancelled due to corona virus outbreak) 	Canada
2023	Wood BuffaloTime to Shine 	Canada
2024	Matanuska-Susitna BoroughArctic Winter Games 2024 to be hosted in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska	United States
2026	Yamal-Nenets 	Russia
2028	Northwest Territories 	Canada
2030	Nunavut 	Canada
2032	Yukon 	Canada
==References==
Category:International competitions