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.
ᐅᑉᓗᒥᑦ, ᐊᖏᔪᖅᖄᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᔭᔅᑎ ᑐᕉᑑ, ᐊᖏᔪᖅᖄᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐃᕇᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᓇᑖᓐ ᐅᐱᐊᑦ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᑦ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᒃᑯᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ, ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ-ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐊᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᑐᕚ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᐅᒥᑦ.
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.
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.
