ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂᑐᖄᓗᒃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐱᑐᖄᓗᑐᖃᐅᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓱᓕ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖖᒋᐅᖅᑑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᑲᓪᓚᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑕᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᐊᓕᓂᕐᒥᐅᓂ. ᐃᓄᖏᑦ ᕿᑭᒃᑕᕐᒥᐅᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᕼᐆᕐᓱᓪ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖓᓂᑦ, ᑰᐸᒃᒥᐅᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᑭᓐᔨ ᑰᕌᓗᐊᓂᑦ, ᑭᑦᑎᕐᒐᕆᔭᒥᐅᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᑦᑎᒐᕆᐅᑦᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᑐᕐᓴᓐ ᑰᖓᓂᕐᒥᐅᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᖏᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᔾᔪᓯᖏᓕ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᖖᒋᓐᓇᑦᑎᒍᑦ. ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᕙᖓ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᖖᒋᓐᓇᒃᑯ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᔾᔪᓯᕆᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ.
TENT RINGS, ARTIFACTS AND REMNANTS of rusted barrels can be seen as you travel the islands and shores along the Coronation Gulf of Western Nunavut. Copper Inuit hunters and gatherers have crossed these shores since time immemorial, travelling by seasons, following migrations paths, and charting the land and rivers for food and skins.
2019-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ, ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒃᑭᑦ ᐸᓂᒃᑲ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᑉ−ᒥ ᑐᒃᑐᔮᖅᑐᒧᑦ, ᒪᑭᒪᑎᒐᒃᓴᒥᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᙵᑐᖄᓗᓪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᑕ ᕿᓚᓗᒃᑭᐊᖃᑎᒋᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ. ᐊᓈᓇᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᐅᓛᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᖦᖢᒋᑦ ᐸᓂᒃᑲ, ᐅᑭᐅᓖᑦ 10, 8, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 1, ᕿᓚᓗᒃᑭᐊᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᒪᑭᐊᓐᔨ ᑰᖓᓅᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓚᒻᒪ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᑐᖄᓗᒃ ᓯᕗᕚᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᑭᖑᕚᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᒋᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ.
L ᕐᕉᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑑᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᑰᓕᖅᐳᖓ ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ 50−ᓂᒃ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᖅᖢᖓ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᖢᖓ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕋᓱᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅ – ᓯᒪᙱᑦᑕᒻᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ − ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓇᓗᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᑲᕐᕆᔮᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᓲᖑᓪᓗᓂ. ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ, ᐆᑦᑑᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᖅᑐᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ, ᒪᐅᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᐳᑎᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᓕᒫᖅ ᑕᕐᕆᒃᖢᖓ.
ᔩ ᓂ ᐋᕆᐊᖅ – ᖁᓪᓗᐊᓕᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᕐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᓪᓗᓂ. ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑖᑕᑦᓯᐊᖓ ᓰ .ᑎ. ᕼᐊᐅ ᒪᑦᑖᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᕐᒨᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕ ᓕᐊᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ 1950 −ᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒥᑦᑎᑕᒪᓕᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓂᒋᐊᓅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑑᒃ “ᐱᕈᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᐊᓈᓇᒐ ᕿᓃᓐᓇᐸᓗᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂᒃ.” ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐋᕆᐊᖅ−ᖁᓪᓗᐊᓕᒃ.
Lᒪᕆᔭᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖓ ᓇᑦᑎᕕᓂᖅ ᓇᑦᑎᕕᓂᖅ ᓱᓕ ᐆᓇᕈᔪᒃᑐᑯᓘᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐ – ᑯᓘᓪᓗᓂ, ᐃᒃᖠᖕᓇᑐᑯᓗᒃ. ᒪᒪᖅᑐᖅ. ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᓇᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᑲᐅᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᖁᑭᕋᒃᑯ “ᑳᖅᐸᑯᓗᒃ! − ᖁᑭᖅᑖᓗᒐ.” ᐃᓱᒪᖃᓕᕆᓪᓗᖓᓗ ᓇᑦᑎᐅᑉ ᑎᖑᑯᓗᐊᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓂᕋ ᖃᐅᓯᓕᒻᒪᕆᖦᖢᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᒍ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᓅᒻᒥᒐ – ᓚᓕᕆᓪᓗᖓ ᖁᑭᒻᒪᕆᓐᓂᕐᒥᒐᒃᑯ ᓇᑦᑎᖅ ᐃᔨᖓᑕ ᐃᓪᓗᐊᒍᑦ. ᓂᕆᔪᒪᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᕋᒃᑯ ᐃᔨᖓ.
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᐅᓕᔨᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭ ᐅᓯᒪᒐᑎᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᓕᕐᓚᕗᑦ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕆᕙ ᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐸᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᐃᖏᑕ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃ ᔮᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᙱᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᒍᑦ 1983ᒥ, ᒥᐊᕆ ᕼᐊᓐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᕆᔭᐅᒐᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᓕᖅᑐᒥ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐸᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕ ᐅᓚᐅᖅ ᓯᒪᒐᑎᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᒋᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐅᕝᕙ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐆᑦᑑᑎᐅᕗᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
ᐃ ᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ: ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᒋᔪᒪᓕᕐᒪᒋᑦ ᐊᖅᓴᓕᔮᑦ ᐱᐅᓂᖏᑦ, ᑕᒃᐹᙵᑦ ᓯᓚᒥᑦ ᑎᒡᓕᒃᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᖅᓯᑎᖦᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᓛᐸᑐᐊᕆᐅᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓂᑕᖓᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑖᖅᓯᑳᓪᓚᖕᒪᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᒪᖃᐃᑦᑐᖕᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᖑᑎᑕᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, ᑭᑐᓕᒫᓂᑦ ᓈᓚᒃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ — ᒪᖃᐃᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕐ – ᓂᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ.
ᐊᕼᐃᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᓅᑎᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. 1949−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᓕᒍᐃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓇᑕᐃ ᑕᓯᖓᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ ᐱᖓᓐᓇᖓᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᖕᒥᒃ ᖁᓖᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᓅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᓯᓪᓗᑎᑦ. ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᓯᖁᐊᖅ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓅᑎᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
