ᑖᒻᓇ “ᐊᖕᒋᔪᒃ ᓴᕚᑦ” ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ, ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᐃᓚᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ, ᓴᓇᓱᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑯᓐᕋᓂ ᓯᑦᑎᒻᐱᕇ 2023ᒥ—ᓴᕙᒃᑏᑦᓗ ᐊᕝᒍᒑ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅ 50 ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᖁᓐᖕᒋᑦ. “ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᖁᓐᖕᒋᑦ ᖃᐃᑖ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓈᓂ ᒪᓕᕈᑕᒃᓴᖅ ᓂᕿᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᒥᕐᓗ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓚᓂᒃ, ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᓴᕙᒃᑏ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᕇᓴᓐ ᐃᓄᕕᒃᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᓴᕙᒃᑏᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ. “ᖃᕐᕆᓯᒑᐃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦᒥ, ᓇᒃᑎᑖᓗ, ᐊᐅᒃ ᒪᕿᑉᑲᒑ ᐅᓄᐊᒥ. ᐊᕝᒍᒑ ᒥᒥᖅ, ᐊᕝᖁᐃᔪᐊᖅ ᓂᕿᕕᐊᓗᒃ, ᐅᔅᕼᐅᓇᓕᒃᓗ, ᑐᓕᒫᕐᓗ. ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᒑ ᑕᒫᓐ ᓂᕐᔪᑦᒧᓐ ᐋᓰᓐ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᒧᓐ.”
2020-ᒥ, ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᑐᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑭᓱᓕᒫᓂᑦ, ᓈᑕᓐ ᐆᐱᑦ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐊᒥᓱᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ, ᕿᓂᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓚᕕᓴᐅᑎᒃᓴᒥ. ᓂᕈᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ 18−ᓂ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ−70-ᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓐᓇᕆᓛᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᕼᐋᑭᒧᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᑦᑕᓂᑦ 1955−ᒥ. ᐆᐱᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᕼᐋᑭᒧᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᑦᑕᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐊᒃᑲᖓᑕ ᓂᐅᕕᐅᑎᖕᒪᒍ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓇᐃᓐ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᒻᒥ. ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᑮᓇᖏᓐᓂ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᑎᕆᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖕᒋᓐᓄᑦ. ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᓕᖅᐳᖅ 100,000−ᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᑦᑕᓂᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓕ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᕙᒃᐸᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᒃᑳᖓᒥᒋᑦ.
ᐱᙳᐊᖃᒥᐅᑦᓱᓂ, ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᑦᑎᓱᓂᓗ ᐱᙳᐊᓂᕆᓛᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂ, ᓴᓪᓗᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐊᐃᓴᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᒍᓐᓇᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᓴᕐᓂᔮᓕᐊᕆᖅᑲᒥᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᓰᑦᑎᒻᐱᕇ 2023ᒥᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᒻᒥᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑐᓴᕐᓂᔮᒐᖅᑕᓕᒃ 1960ᓂᑦ 1990ᓄᑦ ᐃᙱᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐱᒻᒧᑦ.
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᒋᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᖅᕕᒡᔪᐊᖃᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓗ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒍᑎᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᐹᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒍᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓂᒃ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᕐᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐄᔭᒐᖅᑖᕈᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᔨᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᑐᖖᒐᕝᕕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ.
Kuuvik is the northernmost major river of the west coast of Nunavik, Québec. Several islands are at its mouth, including Aqiggituut which means abundant with ptarmigans. Inuit knew of the abundance of seals and whales in this area, making it an ideal place for Inuit families to winter.
ᑳᑐᕆᓐ ᑕᒃᐹᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 15ᓂᒃ, ᑎᒍᓯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᒃᑲᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑐᓂᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ ᖁᓕᐅᖏᒐᖅᑐᓪᓗᐊᒐᓚᓐᓄᑦ: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇ, ᐃᓪᓗᕐᔪᐊᑦ. ᓱᓕ ᐸᐸᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᒥᓂᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᓕᕋᐃᒐᒥᒋᓪᓗ ᒫᓐᓇ, ᑕᑯᖃᒃᑕᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᕐᒥᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᖃᑦᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑐᓂ.
ᓄᓄ ᕕᐱᕆ 20, 2018ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒋᐅᖅᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ Waddington’s Auction House ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᑐᕌᓐᑐ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᔫᒥ. ᐊᒥᓱᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯ-ᒪᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖓᓂᒃ ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᐅᑉ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖓ “ᐅᑉᐱᔾᔪᐊᖅ”ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᔪᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ $216,000ᓄᑦ.
ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᒻᒪᕆᑦᑑᑉ ᐅᑉᐱᔪᐊᖓᑕ. ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᒍ-ᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᓕᖅᑐᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᐅᕙᑦᑐᒥ — ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ.
ᓂᐊᓕ ᐋᕆ ᐊᒃᖥᕕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᕐᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᖖᖓᓂ 1959-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓯᒪᔫᓪᓗᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᖅᑖᕐᐸᒃᓱᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᐅᕙᒃᓱᓂ. ᓂᐊᓕ ᑕᒫᓃᖃᑎᒋᕙᕋ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᕕᒋᓂᐊᕐᒪᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᒪᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᓱᕈᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᒥᓂᒃᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᓂᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒋᓯᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓄᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᓪᓚᕆᒃᐳᖅ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᕆᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕋ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓴᕈᓐᓇᓕᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᖏᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖖᒋᑕᓐᓂᒃ ᓱᓕ.
ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᖅᑲᐃᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᕈᕕᐅᒃ.” ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔭᐅᕗᖓ ᓂᐱᒧᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᒋᐊᖁᔨᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᕐᒥ ᐳᓛᕆᐊᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒧᑦ. ᑕᑯᕗᖓ ᖃᖅᑲᐸᐅᔭᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᕙᓗᓕᒫᕐᓂ, ᐊᐳᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᑉ ᐃᒪᕕᖓᑕ ᓯᓈᓂ. ᖃᖅᑲᐅᑉ ᑐᙵᕕᐊᓂ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᙳᐊᕐᒥᒃ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᒥᓂ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ.
LIKE MOST OF MY UPBRINGING, it was a challenge for me to place myself in spaces I was not invited. Speaking from when I was not particularly aware of my own presence, I would feel that sometimes my mere existence was welcomed. It was the way someone would look at me with frowned eyebrows, glances or the movement in their lips. The unspoken awkward silence, the idea that perhaps not saying anything is the only way of saying something. There are often no words required to know if you are welcomed or not.
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.
