Participants
- Alaska (host contingent)
- Greenland
- Northwest Territories
- Nunavik Quebec (traditionally defined Northern Inuit region of the Nord-du-Québec administrative region in Quebec)
- Nunavut
- Northern Alberta
- Russia (because only the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug participated they were referred to as team Russia, competing under the Russian flag)
- Sami (Sami peoples of Norway, Sweden, and Finland collectively)
- Yukon Territory
The 2008 Arctic Winter Games were held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
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“A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.”
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)