ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ ᐊᖕᒋᔪᖅ ᑕᒫᓐ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥ. © Elizabeth Kolb, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
ᓂᕿᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᓂᕆᑉᑲᒑ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ
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.”
“ᐊᐃᑦᑐᒑ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑭᒋᐅᓐᓂᕐᓗ ᐋᓰᓐ ᕿᐊᔪᐊᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑑᑦᓗ ᐃᓚᑦᑲ ᐊᖕᒍᓂᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦ. ᓂᕿ ᐱᒫᒡᓇᐃᑎᓐ, ᑖᒻᓇ ᓂᕿ ᐃᓅᓯᐊ ᑕᒫᓐ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᒍᐃᑦ.
ᓴᕙᒃᑐᐊᑦ ᒪᓪᕈᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᒥ, ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᐅᔪᐊᖅ ᓂᕿ ᐃᒡᓗᒧᓐ ᑕᒫᓐ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓈᓂ (ISR). ᐊᖕᒪᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐅᐱᓐᕋᒃᓴᖅ 2021ᒥ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐊᓐᓂᐊᕈᓐ ᕿᓱᐊᕿᔮ ᒥᒃᓕᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᒋᒑ ᑖᒻᓇ ᑭᓗᐊᓂ ᓂᕿ ᓂᐅᕝᕚᕕᒃ, ᑖᒻᓇ ᓂᕿ ᓯᕕᑐᔪᒥᒃ ᑮᓗ ᑕᑯᔮ 60,000 ᐸᐅᓐᓯ ᓂᕿ ᖃᐃᑖ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᓱᓗ ᐊᑮᑦᑐᖅ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥ ᓂᕿ ᑭᒋᐅᓐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᒧᓐ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᒃ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓄᕕᒃ, ᐊᒃᓚᕕᒃ, ᐃᑳᕼᐅᒃ, ᐸᐅᓚᑐᒃ, ᐅᓗᒃᕼᐊᒃᑐᒃ, ᑐᒃᑐᔮᖅᑑᕐᓗ. ᓱᓕ ᖁᓐᖕᒋᑦ ᓄᑖᖅ ᒪᒃᐱᕌᕐᒥ ᓂᕿᒥ, ᓂᕿ ᑭᒋᐅᓐᓂᖅ ᑖᒻᓇ ᑐᒃᑐᕙᒃ, ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ, ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅ, ᐅᑲᓕᖅ, ᐊᕿᔾᒋᖅ, ᒐᖕᒍᖅ, ᐊᓈᒃᖠᕐᓗ ᐊᓯᐊᐃᑦᓗ. “ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐃᓱᒪ ᒪᓪᕈᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒃᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᓂᕿ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒃᑐᐊᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᓂᕿ ᐃᓄᒧᓐ ᓱᓕ ᐊᐅᓚᕐᓇᐃᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᒍᓂᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᓂᕿᒥᖅ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᒍᐃᑦ, ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᕋᐃᓴᓐ Community Economic Development (ICEDO), ᓴᕙᒃᑐᐊᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦᒥ. ᐊᓱᓗ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒃᑐᐊᖅ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎ, ᒍᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ, ᒥᑭᔪᖅ ᒪᓂᒃ ᐱᒪᒑ ᓴᕚᒃᒥ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᒥ. “ᐃᓴᒃᑐᐊᖅ ᒪᓂᒃᓗ ᖃᐃᑖ ᐱᒪᒑ ᒪᓂᒃ ᐋᓰᓐ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ. ᐃᓴᒃᑐᐊᑦ ᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᐃᒧᓐ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐱᑦᓯᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᒃᓴᒑ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᓐᓗ, ᓱᓕ ᓇᑯᕈᐊᓪᓚᒃᑐᐊᖅ,” ᒍᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ.
ᒋᐅᐳᑦ ᑐᕌᓱ. ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᕋᐃᓴᓐ ᓴᓇᔮ ᑕᐃᒧᖕᒐᒧᓐ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦᒥ. © Elizabeth Kolb, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
ᐋᓰᓐ, ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎ ᓂᕿ ᓄᓇᒧᓐ ᓯᕗᓐᓂᐅᕈᑎᑦ, ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᓂᕿᓗ, ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᒧᓇᕆ, ᐃᒡᓗᒥ ᐃᓕᑕᖅ.
“ᐊᐃᑦᑐᒑ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑭᒋᐅᓐᓂᕐᓗ ᐋᓰᓐ ᕿᐊᔪᐊᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑑᑦᓗ ᐃᓚᑦᑲ ᐊᖕᒍᓂᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦ. ᓂᕿ ᐱᒫᒡᓇᐃᑎᓐ, ᑖᒻᓇ ᓂᕿ ᐃᓅᓯᐊ ᑕᒫᓐ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᒍᐃᑦ. ᑖᒻᓇ ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ, ICEDO ᒪᓕᕈᑕᒃᓴᖅ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᑕᒫᓐ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᓗ ᐱᒋᒑ ᐊᖕᒍᓂᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦᓗ ᓇᓂᕆᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᑯᓐ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᑕᒫᓐ ᓄᓇᒥ. ᐸᑐᕆᓴ ᕌᑦᓱᔅ, ᓱᕋᐅᑕᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᕕᒃ ᐊᖕᒍᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖕᒋ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐱᓕᐅᓐ ᓴᕚᑦ ᒪᓃᑦᓗᒻ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᐊᖕᒋᔪᖅ ᐊᑭᓕᑖ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐃᓴᒃᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓄᕕᒃᒧᓐ. “ᐊᑭᓕᑖ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ, ᐋᓰᓐ ᖃᐃᑖ ᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᑖ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᕌᑦᓱᔅ.
“ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᒻ ᑮᓗ ᒪᓂᕐᓗ ᐋᓰᓐ ᐊᑭᓕᑖ ᓴᕙᒃᑏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪ. ᐋᓰᓐ
ᓱᓕ ᓴᕚᑦ ᒪᓂᒃᓗ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᓗ ᐊᓯᐊᑐᒃᑐᐊᑦ, ᐊᓱᓗ ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓚᑦᑲᓗ. ᑐᓂᔮᓗ ᑮᓗ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓂᕿᒥ,” ᒍᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ.
ᐊᑭᓱᑎᓛᕌ ᓱᓕ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᐃᓄᒻ ᓂᕿᓇᐃᑐᑦ.”
ᐊᒡᓛᓐ ᓂᕿ ᐊᐅᓚᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᔭᕐᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓗ, ᐃᒡᓕᖅᑐᐊᕐᓗ ᓱᕐᕋᐃᑐᕐᓗ, ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᖅ.
ᐋᓰᓐ ᐱᒃᓴᒑ ᓱᕋᐅᑕᑦᓗ ᐅᖅᓱᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓚᑦᑲ ᑕᒫᓐ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖕᒐᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᑎᒋᕚ. ᐅᖃᐅᓰᑦ, ᐃᓄᒻ ᑖᒻᓇ ᓂᕿ ᐃᓱᒪᓇᐃᑐᖅ ᓱᓕ ᐱᒪᒑ ᓇᑰᔪᖅ, ᐅᖅᑭᑐᐊᕐᓗ, ᒪᒻᒪᖅᑐᕐᓗ ᓂᕿ ᐱᓱᒃᑐᐊᑦᓗ ᐃᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᓴᕙᒃᓗ ᓱᕐᕋᐃᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᖅ. ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᐱᒪᒑᓇᐃᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᒧᓐ.
ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᒍᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐹᓪ ᕘᑦᕋᒃ. ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪ ᓂᕿ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᓅᓯᐊ. © Elizabeth Kolb, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
2021-ᒥ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖕᒐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᓯᕕᑐᔪᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᓐᓂᐅᕈᑎᑦ. ᑕᔾᕙᒎᖅ ᓂᕿ ᓯᕕᑐᔪᒥᒃ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓱᕐᕋᐃᑐᖅ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐋᓰᓐ ᐊᔪᑉᓴᖅᑐᐊᖅ, ᐊᑭᑐᔪᖅ ᓱᕋᐅᑕᑦ, ᓯᓚ ᐊᓪᓚᐅᔪᐊᖅ, ᓱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᖅᐸᕐᓗ, ᓇᖕᒋᑎᑦᓯᔪᐊᑦ. ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᔪᐊᑦ ᑖᒻᓇ ᓂᕿ ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᐊᓱᓗ ᐊᕝᕙᒃ ᑕᒫᓐ ᓂᕿ ᐱᒪᔮ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖕᒐᑦᓗ, ᐋᓰᓐ ᓇᑯᕈᐊᓪᓚᒃᑐᐊᑦ ᑕᔾᕙᐃᓇᖅ ᐱᒪᔮ iron, B ᐊᓱᓗ D ᐊᓐᓂᕐᓇᐃᔭᐅᑎᑦ. ᐊᓱᓗ, 85 ᐳᓴᓐᑦ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑭᒥᐊᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥ ᑮᓗ ᐊᖕᒍᓂᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ, ᓇᓂᕆᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦᓗ, ᓱᓕ ᐊᕝᕙᒃ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦᓗ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᐊᑦ. ᑖᒻᓇ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᑭᓯᑦᓯᐅᓐ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓱᒪ ᓂᕿ ᓯᕕᑐᔪᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᓐᓂᐅᕈᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᓂᕿ ᓴᓇᔪᐊᑦ, ᐊᖕᒋᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᐃᓄᒻ ᐃᓅᔪᐊᑦ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓂᕿ ᓴᕙᒃᑎᓗ, ᐃᓚᐅᓗᑎᓐᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᐃᓱᒪ.
ᐃᓚᓂᒃ, ᐊᒃᓚᕕᒃᒥᐅᑦᒥ, ᐃᓅᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᖕᒍᓂᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦ, ᓇᓂᕆᐊᖅᑐᐊᑦᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᕿ. ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᕐᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐊᕝᒍᒑ ᐊᖕᒋᔪᖅ ᓂᕐᔪᑦ ᖃᓴᒋᔮ. ᓴᕙᒃᑏᑦ ᐊᖕᒋᔪᖅ ᓂᕐᔪᓐ ᓴᕙᒃᑐᐊᑦ, ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᑐᒃᑐᕙᒃ, ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ, ᖁᓐᖕᒋᑦᓗ, ᓴᕙᒃᑐᐊᑦ ᑮᓗ 800 ᐋᓰᓐ 900 ᐸᐅᓐᔅ ᓂᕿᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᓴᓇᓱᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑯᓐᕋᓂ, ᐃᓚᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ.
ICEDO ᕿᕿᑦᓰᕕᒃ ᑕᒫᓐ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᑐᒡᕙᐃᔪᐊᖅ ᓂᕿ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔮ ᑐᔪᒑ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ.
“ᓯᕕᑐᔪᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅ ᑕᐃᒫᒑ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᒃᒥᒃ ᑐᒃᑐᕙᒃ,” ᐃᓚᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ. “ᐃᓄᒋᐊᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᕕᐊᓗᒃ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐋᓰᓐ ᐅᒃᐸᓐ ᓴᕙᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᑕᐃᒧᖕᒐᒧᓐ. ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᒃᐸᓐ, ᑕᓕᖅ, ᓇᕝᒍᕐᓗ ᒥᑭᔪᕐᒥᖅ ᐃᓄᒻ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᒪᒻᒪᖅᑐᕐᓗ.”
ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐊᖕᒪᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᓯᕗᐊᓂ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᕇᓴᓐ ᐱᓕᐅᓐ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ, ᐋᒐᔅᓯ 2021ᒥ. ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᐊᑦ ᒪᑲᓐᓯ ᑎᐊᓪᑕ 1930ᒥ, ᑖᒻᓇ ᑲᓇᑕ ᒐᕙᒪ ᑲᐃᑖ ᓂᕐᔪᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥ ᐋᓰᓐ ᑖᒻᓇ ᑐᒃᑐ ᐃᓄᑭᑦᑐᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᑯᓐ, ᖁᓐᖕᒋᑦᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓱᒪ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᓗ ᒪᒻᒪᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕿ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒧᓐ. ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵ ᐊᖕᒋᔪᖅ—ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ ᖃᖕᒪ 6,000 ᐊᖕᒋᔪᑦ 2,500, 2021ᒥ—ICEDO ᐱᓱᒃᑐᐊᖅ ᕕᐊᑐᕋᓪᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐊᖕᒋᔪᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᙵ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ 500 ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥ, ᐋᓰᓐ ᑮᓗ.
“ᓇᑰᔪᖅ ᓴᕚᒃ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓚᓂᒃ, ᓱᓕ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᒃ ᐃᓄᒻ ᓴᕙᒃᑏᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦᒥ. “ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎ ᐃᓄᒻ, ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐱᒪᒑ ᓂᕐᔪᑦ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᐊᓱᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎ ᐃᓄᒧᓐ.”
ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᓇᑰᔪᖅ, ᐊᓱᓗ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪ. ᐊᒡᓛᓐ ᑕᔾᕙᖕᒐᑦᓯᐊᖅ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᒃᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ. “ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᓱᓕ ᑭᐅᔪᐊᑦ ᑕᒫᓐ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓴᕙᒃᑐᐊᑦ ᐊᓱᓗ ᐱᓱᒃᑐᐊᑦ. “ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᑯᓐ ᓴᕙᒃᑐᐊᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᒍᐃᑦ.
ᓴᑲᑦ ᑲᓱᒃ. ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᒃ ᓴᕙᒃᑏᑦ. © Elizabeth Kolb, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
“ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᓱᓕ ᑭᐅᔪᐊᑦ ᑕᒫᓐ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᓴᕙᒃᑐᐊᑦ ᐊᓱᓗ ᐱᓱᒃᑐᐊᑦ.
“ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᑯᓐ ᓴᕙᒃᑐᐊᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᒍᐃᑦ. ᐋᓰᓐ ᓴᕙᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᑦ-ᓴᓇᓱᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑯᓐᕋᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓂᕿᒥ ᓴᕙᒃᑏᑦ, ᐃᓚᐅᓗᑎᓐ ᑕᒫᓐ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ. ᓱᓕ, ᐃᓗᕐᕆᔮ ᓂᕿ ᐅᖅᑭᑐᐊᖅ ᐱᑦᖁᔭᖅ ᓱᕐᕋᐃᑐᖅ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᑖᒻᓇ ᓄᓐᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒥ, ᐊᓱᓗ ᐱᒪᒑ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐱᑦᖁᔭᑦ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᖃᐃᑖ ᓂᕿᒥᖅ. ᐊᓐᓂᐊᕈᓐ ᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᖕᒋᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐃᓴᒃᑐᐊᖅ. ᓱᓕ ᓴᕚᑦ, ᒍᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ICEDO ᐊᖕᒋᔪᖅ ᑮᓗ ᑐᓂᔮ ᓱᕋᐅᑕᑦ, ᐋᓰᓐ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ. ᖃᖕᒪ ᐱᑦᖁᔭᖅ, ᑕᒫᓐ ᖃᓂᑦᕿᒑ ᓂᕿ ᑐᓂᓇᐃᑐᑦ ᐊᒡᓛᓐ ᒪᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ. “ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᐊᑭᓱᑎᓛᕌ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᓴᕙᖅᑐᐊᑦ, ᐊᒡᓛᓐ ᓂᕐᔪᓇᐃᑐᖅ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᒍᐃᑦ, ᐊᓱᓗ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᓯᑕᒪᑭᐱᐊᖅ ᐳᓴᓐᑦ ᑕᒫᓐ ᓂᕿ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓂᕿᒥ ᐊᑮᑦᑐᖅ.
ᓴᑲᑦ ᑲᓱᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑖᒪᔅ ᑐᕌᓱ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᓇᑦᑎᑐ ᐃᖃᓗᒃ ᓵᓐᑎ ᓯᑑᒍᑦᒨᖅᑐ. © Elizabeth Kolb, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
ᑲᐃᓇᖅᑐᐊᖅ ᓴᕚᑦ ᑐᓂᔮ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᖁᓐᖕᒋᖅ. ᐋᓰᓐ, ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓴᕚᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓱᒪ ᓂᕿ ᓯᕕᑐᔪᒥᒃᓗ ᐊᖕᒋᔪᖅ ᑕᒫᓐ ᓄᓇᒥ ᓂᕿ ᒪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓈᓂ.
“ᓱᓕ ᓴᕚᑦ ᒪᓂᒃᓗ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᓗ ᐊᓯᐊᑐᒃᑐᐊᑦ, ᐊᓱᓗ ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓚᑦᑲᓗ. ᑐᓂᔮᓗ ᑮᓗ ᑲᑎᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᒻ ᓂᕿᒥ,” ᒍᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐊᖅ. “ᑕᒫᓐ ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᑕᑉᖁᐊ ᐃᓚᑦᑲ ᐊᖕᒍᓐ, ᓱᓕ ᓯᑕᒪᑭᐱᐊᖅ ᐊᓈᓇᒃ ᐃᖕᒋᑦᑐᐊᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᓯᐊᑐᒃᑐᐊᑦ. ᑕᒪᐃᑕ ᐃᓚᐅᓗᑎᓐ.”
