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 (Area which 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.