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Publication mail Contract #40012157 “Before the BB gun all I had was my arm strength and rocks to hunt. A lot of kids do that growing up.” Baker Lake’s Olive Duval hunts ptarmigan with her pink BB gun, page 2 and 6 7 71605 00500 3 A2 Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Kivalliq News www.NNSL.com ᐊᓕᕝ ᑐᕕᐅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᒪᒃᑲᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒐᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᑯᓗᒃ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᓕᒃ ᐳᑉᓚᓕᖕᒥᒃᐊᖑᓇᓱᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓘᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᖕᓄᑦ

By Cody Punter ᖁᑭᐅᑎ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᖢᖓ. ᐊᑖᑕᒐ 18-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒃ ᐊᓕᕝ ᑐᕕᐅ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ Northern News Services ᐅᖃᐅᑎᑉᓗᒍ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᖁᙱᒥᐊᖅᖢᒍ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᒡᒎᖅ ᑕᐃᒻᓇ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᖅ.” ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᑉᓚᓕᖕᒧᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᓱᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ 18-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐊᓕᕝ ᑯᕕᐅ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᖓ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕆᐊᖅᑐᖁᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᕕᐅᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐳᑉᓚᓕᒃ ᓴᙱᔪᐊᓘᙱᑦᑐᒃᓴᐅᔫᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᑕᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ. ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖓ ᐳᑉᓚᓅᑦᑐᖅ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ. ᐅᑉᓗᑕᒫᖅᑲᔭᖅ ᓯᓚᑦᑕᐅᔭᕌᖓᑦ, ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖓ ᑕᑯᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᕕᐅ ᑎᕐᓕᐊᖅᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᑕᕈᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᐅᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᒃᓴᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ. ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᓕᕆᓕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓚᐅᙱᑕᖏᑦ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᒪᒃᑲᐅᔪᖅ ᓱᓇᓂᒡᓖ? ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᓂᒃ. “ᖁᒡᕕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓂᙵᐅᒪᓂᖃᖃᑦᑕᕋᒪ,” “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᓛᑦᑎᐊᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐊᑑᑎᖃᙱᓐᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᑉᓗᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᕋᓕ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᑐᒡᓕᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. “ᐃᖅᑯᒃᓱᒋᐊᖃᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᒃᑯᑦ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᓂ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᒍ ᖁᖓᓯᓂᒃᑯᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᑕᕐᓗᒋᑦ.” ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ. ᐊᕿᒡᒌᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᒐᔪᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᖅᖢᓂ “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᓴᕆᐊᙱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᓯᐅᑎᑐᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑐᕕᐅᒧᑦ ᐃᒃᖠᖕᓇᖅᑑᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᑎᓂᐅᖕᒪᒡᒎᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅᓯᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓕᕋᒥ 13-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᕕᐅ. “ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖁᑭᐅᖅᑖᖅᑳᕐᓇᖓ ᒥᓪᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅᓯᐅᕈᒪᒃᑲᐅᒐᒥ ᒥᑦᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᖢᒋᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑐᐸᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᖅᖢᑎᒃ.” “ᐱᑕᖅᓯᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ. ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᕿᓚᒥᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐳᓪᓚᓅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᓕᕋᓗᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᖓᓯᒐᓱᖃᑦᑕᕋᒪ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐊᖁᑦᑐᓐᓇᙱᓐᓇᒪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐊᑯᓂ ᐃᒐᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᕿᒡᒌᑦ. ᓇᒧᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᐱᓱᓗᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ.” “ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᒐᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐃᒐᑉᑕ ᐃᓗᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᕕᐅ, ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒪᒪᕈᓘᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑐᒡᓕᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ Facebook-ᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑕ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᒍᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᒐᓇᓱᒃᐸᒃᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᕿᒡᒌᑦ. ᐊᕿᒡᒋᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ Stir Fry- ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐸᓂᓂ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖓᓗ ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᖅ ᖅᖢᓂᒋᑦ, ᐃᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒐᑉᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᒥᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᑭᑎᑦᑎᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᑯᓗᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ. ᐃᒐᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒐᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᒪᒪᕆᓂᖅᐹᕆᑉᓗᓂᒋᑦ. “ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᑉᓗᖓ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐃᒐᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔭᖏᑦ Montreal Steak Spice-ᓕᖅᖢᓂᒋᑦ, bacon- “ᒫᓐᓇᓕ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖓ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᒍ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᙱᓪᓗᓂ ᓕᖅᖢᒋᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒐᒋᐊᖅᑳᕐᓇᒋᑦ. ᐱᓱᓗᕋᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᓯᔭᖅᖢᓂ.” “ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᒪᒪᕆᔭᕋ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᐅᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᕆᒪᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐸᓂᓂ ᐊᐅᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᓕᕆᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒋᒐᒥᐅᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕿᑖᖅᑎᒋᕙᒃᖢᒍ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᒪᒃᑲᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᓂᒃ ᒥᓪᓗᖅᖢᒋᑦ, ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ “ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᖠᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᙳᐊᖅᑖᖅᖢᓂᒎᖅ ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᓕᕆᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᐳᐃᒍᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕕᓂᑉᑕ “ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᖕᒪᑦ ᓱᒋᐅᑎᑖᕆᓯᒪᔭᒃᑯᑦ – ᓱᒋᐅᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᖢᖓ,” ᐃᓅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᐊᓗᒃ.” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔭᕋ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᒃᑯᑦ.” ᑕᐃᒪᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᓇᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᓱᒋᐅᑎᑖᖓ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᑐᕕᐅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒐᓱᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᑐᕕᐅᒥᒃ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᖑᓱᖕᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖓ. ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂᒃ “ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᐸᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᒃᐸᑦ ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᐱᑕᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓂᒃ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᑎᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸᑦ. “ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ Facebook–ᑯᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᑦᑎᐊᓲᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᒃᐸᑦ Baker Lake’s Olive Duval with her pink BB gun. photo courtesy of Karen ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒐᒥ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᙱᑕᕋᒎᖅ ᐳᑉᓚᓅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᒃᐸᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ.” Duval

rNs/OsCh8i3j5 tu1Z5 rNs/OsCh8i3j5 tu1Z5 www.NNSL.com Kivalliq News Wednesday, May 5, 2021 A3 Did we get it wrong? Kivalliq News is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mistakes fact file and run corrections. If you spot an error in Kivalliq News, call (867) 645-3223 and ask to speak to the editor, or email [email protected]. We'll get a correction or clarification Nunavut covid-19 situation as of may 4 in as soon as we can. Ulukhaktokí±ØÍ≤ÒáíÔÄ? ï·∆¿Í´ ≤áflúòî ÖÚÊéÔÒπØflî Ç≤úõ¿Ö≤ú Ö±Ø ÖéÍ≤ú Active cases: 85 áîéÖ≤Í´ú. íØêØ Äƒù‚ ÖÚÊéÔÒπØ≤Ò Ä¿íÒπÕ‰ÖÔÍ≤Í´ú Confirmed cases: 535 Confirmed cases by community í±ØÒíÇÀ≤ú Ö±Ø ÜÒïùÖÒπ¿Í≤Ò. íò∏≤Ê›î í±ØÒπØÀ´ú ï·∆¿Ò ≤áfl≤, ÇÔ¬∆¬éî Çflˆ (867) 645-3223 Ö±Ø Recovered cases: 446 : 132 (83 active, 49 recovered) ÇÔÍ›ùÀجü ÜÒïúªÄ«, Ç„·√∏≥î Ô‰íÇÕúòîKugaaruk ééËͬéî Total persons followed: 8,656 : 6 (2 active, 4 recovered) Çflˆ [email protected]. ÜÒïùÖ˪∏≤ÖÒíflî Ç„·√∏≥î Current persons followed: 437 Rankin Inlet: 21 (0 active, 21 recovered) ∂¬∂ĉÖͬüGameti áÀ∏∂ÒπêÖÊçí. Completed tests in Nunavut: 12,667 : 339 (338 recovered) Behchoko Deaths: 4 Whale Cove: 23 (all recovered) Sambaa K’e Around Vaccine doses given: 28,062 (15,734 first : 2 (all recovered) Kivalliq doses) with Cody Punter Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health

Hamlet Days celebrated

in Baker Lake Sanikiluaq Baker Lake Qaqqaq taking Baker Lake is celebrating its 44th anniversary as a community with the return of Hamlet Days this week. The hamlet offices were closed on Monday to mark the beginning of the week-long celebration, which started two-week sick leave on May 3 and is scheduled to run until May 8. There is a busy schedule of events running through the week from morning until night. Although the week MP from Baker Lake made the announcement is half over, there’s still lots to look forward to. On May 5 there will be a crazy hair contest as well as several days after apologizing for questioning an Inukshuk building competition, and a tea boiling competition. On May 6 there will be a running race, a contest in- the heritage of volving Elders shooting at a target with a hockey stick and radio games, among others. Labrador MP Yvonne On May 7 there will be a virtual dance video compe- tition, an Elders juggling contest and an ice chiselling Jones on social media competition. Finally on May 8 Baker Lake will be hosting tug of war, By Cody Punter a harpoon throwing competition, and piggy back races. Northern News Services Nunavut MP is taking a two-week sick Dates set for leave on the advice of her doctor, several days after she got embroiled in a controversial conflict with a fellow MP on Rankin trout derby social media. Rankin Inlet “I continue to struggle with some personal health problems. Recently, the doctor has suggested some time off to heal,” says The dates have been set for Rankin Inlet’s trout derby. a statement from Qaqqaq released on April 27. “Although The popular competition which gets families out on the it has been a hard decision to make, I feel it is important to land will run on the May long weekend, May 21-24. follow this advice.” First place will take home $10,000, second $8,000 The statement clarified her condition is not related to and third $6,000 with cash prizes awarded to the top COVID-19. The announcement comes several days after Qaqqaq issued eight entries. an apology for claiming that Liberal Labrador MP Yvonne Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq is is taking a two-week sick leave several Due to Covid-19, this year’s derby will be limited to Jones is not Inuk on social media. residents of Rankin Inlet. days after apologizing for questioning the Inuit heritage of Labrador MP Jones went on to defend her Inuit heritage in the House of Yvonne Jones on social media. photo courtesy of Mumilaaq Qaqqaq Registration is $50 per household, which can be trans- Commons, saying she had both Inuk and white parents and ferred via EMT directly to the trout fishing derby com- demanded an apology. mittee. Following the backlash from Jones, Qaqqaq posted a public apology on Twitter. Registration closes at 6 p.m. on May 21. “I want to fully apologize to everyone for my recent com- Measuring of fish will take place between 1:30 p.m. ments on Twitter that personally challenged the identity of and 3:00 p.m. on May 25. Yvonne Jones. The way that I commented was aggressive and disrespectful. I apologize for how I handled the situation,” the Nunavut MP wrote. Softball Bingo In her statement released on April 27, Qaqqaq said she has been honoured to represent Inuit and Nunavummiut as the raises big money member of Parliament for Nunavut. Rankin Inlet “During my leave, my office will remain open and able to Rankin Inlet’s co-ed softball league raised $24,500 help with your needs. I am deeply grateful for the support and during the community’s most recent bingo night. understanding of my family, friends, colleagues, and everyone else. With sincere gratitude, matna. I will see you again soon.” The bingo night was held on May 1 and featured six Qaqqaq has been open with the struggles she has faced since $1,000 games with a jackpot of $15,000. she took office in 2019. Qaqqaq also took several weeks off There were also additional door prizes and cash awards from her job in October and November, also recommended by handed out throughout the night. a doctor, she said. That leave of absence was due to extreme The funds raised will go towards hosting the annual burnout, depression and anxiety. Calm Air Cup tournament, as well as field upgrades and Last month Qaqqaq announced she would run in the next election after the prime minister suggested Canadians could support for local youth baseball. be heading to the polls this fall. A4 Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Kivalliq News www.NNSL.com Pakallak Tyme returns to Rankin after being cancelled last year Mayor says council took the extraordinary measure of not inviting neighbouring communities to reduce risk of Covid-19 transmission By Cody Punter to vote but it unanimously got passed that Northern News Services we would have it.” Council also decided that if another case People may not have been able to see them was discovered while Pakallak Tyme was through their masks but there was lots of running, all events would immediately be smiling faces in Rankin Inlet last weekend as cancelled. the community celebrated its Pakallak Tyme “If there’s any other case in Rankin we’re spring festival. going to shut everything down,” Towtongie It was the first time the five-day event was said on the second day of the festival. hosted after it was cancelled last year due to No other communities invited the threat of COVID-19. One of the harder decisions council had to “It’s important to get your mind off noth- make was not inviting other communities to ing but COVID all the time,” Mayor Harry take part in Pakallak Tyme. Towtongie told Kivalliq News. “Hopefully Normally Rankin welcomes anyone who this will give people a break from the same wants to attend. However, based on the chief old thing.” public health officer’s concerns that travellers This year’s festival was also at risk of being might inadvertently spread COVID-19 in their cancelled after an outbreak of COVID-19 in communities upon return, council took the ex- Iqaluit led to two cases travelling to Rankin. traordinary measure of only allowing Rankin Those two people have been isolated since they residents to participate this year. landed and so far there has been no sign of “We really regret not having other com- community spread. munities come in to see us. Like Whale Cove When council submitted its plans to go and Arviat, they’ve been hard hit too,” said ahead with Pakallak Tyme to the chief public Towtongie. health officer, his office responded by warn- “Council feels really bad about that but we ing the community not to go ahead with it. had to do this.” Contestants in Rankin Inlet’s Fear Factor competition take part in a challenge where they have to drink raw However, in the end the final decision rested Organizers also made the tough decision to eggs during the community’s Pakallak Tyme. screen capture via Facebook with Rankin’s council. cancel most large indoor events like square “He’s not bullying us, he’s giving us the dances and feasts. There were also some new races. “It’s that time of year when there are kids chance to run our own thing,” said Towtongie. events this year, including a version of the “People have been practising and working playing on Williamson Lake all the time every Based on that fact the two people who tested once-popular television show Fear Factor. on their equipment for the past few years so day. That night when we heard there was positive are in isolation, council made the In the event, which was broadcast online we had to do our best to try to have races,” COVID, there was nobody out there. It’s hard decision to go ahead with the festival. via Facebook, eight contestants had to fight said Towtongie. to believe, it was almost automatic. This is “We decided to go ahead and do it and their way through a series of obstacle courses, Towtongie said the community has done how much the community is following the follow all the COVID protocols we’ve follow- which involved having to consume a glass of such a good job of following COVID-19 pro- COVID rules,” he said. ing for almost a year and a half now,” said raw eggs among other things. tocols throughout the pandemic that they “We should be commending the people on Towtongie. “Council made a tough decision And of course there were the snowmobile deserve to have something to celebrate. that.” www.NNSL.com Kivalliq News Wednesday, May 5, 2021 A5

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Publishing Office: Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1 Phone: (867) 873-4031 Fax: (867) 873-8507 Email: [email protected] Despite stepping into a controversy of her own Website: www.nunavutnews.com ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨ: ᑯᑎ ᐸᓐᑐᕐ making, the MP still has what it takes to be a fierce ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᓕᕆᔨ: ᒪᐃᑯ ᓛᐃᓐᕼᐊᓐ Box 657, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0C 0G0 ᐅᖃᓘᑎᖓ: (867) 645-3223 ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 645-3225 advocate for Nunavummiut ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ: (855) 447-2584 ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: [email protected] ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: www.nunavutnews.com Northern News Services By admonishing Jones, she also waded into an cross-territory tour to document the abhorrent ᓇᓂᓯᔨᐅᔪᖅ (1934-2018): Mumilaq Qaqqaq’s first ever speech in the issue that has been a landmine among Indige- conditions of Nunavut’s public housing. De- J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason House of Commons drew a standing ovation. nous Canadians in recent years: blood quantum. spite the emotional toll that trip took on her, ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑎᔨ When she was interviewed about the reception One need only to Google the names of Joseph Qaqqaq returned to work after taking time off ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑎᔨᓪᓚᕆᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ: Bruce Valpy – [email protected] to her speech, which touched on Nunavut’s high Boyden and Michelle Latimer to see the back- for her mental health and finished the report. ᑲᒪᔨ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ: ᑯᕆᒃ ᒋᐅᐳᑦ suicide rates among other things, Qaqqaq was lash against people trying to profit off spurious How did the Liberals respond to the reve- Craig Gilbert – [email protected] quick to emphasize she didn’t want attention claims to Indigenous heritage. lations in Qaqqaq’s report? ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᐃᕆᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ focused on herself but on the issues. When it comes to the world of politics, the By offering a paltry $25 million toward hous- ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨ: ᑎᐅᕆ ᑖᐱᓐ – [email protected] “Everybody was talking about how coura- Inuit nation which Jones claims to be a part of ing in Nunavut in the 2021 budget. Northern ᑲᓕᒃᑳᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᓯ ᐅᕗᖓ geous I am and how brave. But that’s not the has itself been at the centre of controversy. The Affairs Minister Dan Vandal can try and su- ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ: (867) 873-4031 point. This isn’t about me. This is about ev- neighbouring Innu Nation refuses to recognize garcoat these breadcrumbs but $25 million is ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 873-8507 erybody in my territory. I’m trying to relay a Jones’ NunatuKavut, which only barely a drop in the bucket when ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒃ: Box 2820, began identifying itself as a distinct there are currently 3,545 families ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ X1A 2R1 message —: we’ve been asking for help for so ᐅᖃᓘᑎᖓᑦ: (867) 873-4031 long and where is it?” southern Labrador Inuit group in in need of housing in the territory. ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 873-8507 The speech in question was given in 2017 — 2010, after previously claiming its It’s no wonder Qaqqaq is fed up. ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: [email protected] two years before she would become elected as membership was Metis. No matter how outspoken she is ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: www.nnsl.com Nunavut’s MP — when she was selected as one ITK has also refused recognize on behalf of Inuit, the Liberals of 338 young women from across Canada to the legitimacy of NunatuKavut’s continue to ignore their plight. speak about her vision for the nation as part of claim to Inuit heritage, even after Indeed, the Trudeau government Parliament’s Daughters of the Vote program. the federal government approved has made it clear that Indigenous Contents copyright. Printed in the North by Canarctic Despite her lack of experience, Qaqqaq’s its status in 2018. voices are only welcome in his Graphics Limited. No photos, stories, advertisements or passion for improving the lives of Inuit and There isn’t enough space here to government when they conform graphics may be reproduced in any form, in whole or in speaking truth to power propelled her to victory dig into Labrador’s complicated to his agenda. Look no further part, without the written approval of the publisher. in the 2019 federal election with 41 per of the land claims debacle and its linger- than Jody Wilson-Raybould, Subscriptions vote, as she defeated former Conservative cabi- ing legal challenges. whose term as Canada’s first In- One year mail $70 net minister Leona Aglukkaq and the Liberal’s Suffice to say, even though Qa- CODY digenous attorney general was Online (entire content) $50/year Megan Pizzo-Lyall. qqaq may have weighed in on the PUNTER cut short when she tried to ex- Send us your comments Even before she was elected, it was clear that issue in a clumsy and inappropri- pose Trudeau’s meddling in the You can email us at [email protected]; mail to Qaqqaq cares deeply about her constituents and ate way, Inuit and other Canadian SNC-Lavalin scandal. Box 2820, Yellowknife X1A 2R1; or drop your letter off the injustices they face. A year and half into First Nations are currently engaged Inuit or not, as the parliamen- at our office at 5108-50th Street. her first term, Qaqqaq has been open about the in very real and ongoing debate over who has tary secretary to Vandal, Jones is complicit in All letters submitted must be signed with a return emotional toll her job has taken on her. the right to claim Indigenous heritage. this indifference, just as Aglukkaq was under address and daytime telephone number so that we Last October, just one year after being elect- But what of Qaqqaq’s post-apology fate? Stephen Harper. can confirm it came from you. ed, Qaqqaq said she would have to take time Of the Facebook comments on the Nunavut While she made a mistake by unloading on Not all letters will necessarily be published. Prefer- ence is given to short letters of broad interest or con- off because of extreme burnout, depression News story announcing Qaqqaq’s recent medi- Jones on social media, Qaqqaq is anything but cern. We particularly encourage new contributors as and anxiety. Although she returned to work cal leave, most are compassionate and support- naive, as Jones claimed in her rebuke. we attempt to publish a cross-section of public in January with a renewed sense of purpose ive, wishing her well and hoping she comes back Rather, the fact that she does not trust the opinion. and plans to run in the next election, she is feeling stronger and prepared to keep fighting Liberals shows she is wiser than most. And Letters of more than 200 words, open letters and currently in the midst of another brief leave of for Nunavummiut. her refusal to back down from speaking out those published elsewhere are seldom used. We reserve the right to edit for length or taste and to elim- absence on the advice of her doctor, following However, there is also a contingent of people against a system that is stacked against Inuit inate inaccurate or libelous statements. an incident in which she called out Liberal MP that are calling for her resignation. For the most and First Nations who are simply asking for We may also choose to use a letter Yvonne Jones for not willing to publicly share part their argument seems to be that because she their basic human rights to be acknowledged, as the basis for a story. the roots of her Inuit heritage. has had to take time off for her mental health, shows she is willing to stand up not just for There is no way to justify the way Qaqqaq Qaqqaq is too young and not fit for the job. her constituents but all Indigenous Canadians. We acknowledge Nous recon- called out Jones. As Qaqqaq admitted in her With all due respect, their anger is misdi- Qaqqaq may have slipped up by getting the financial support naissons l'appui of the Government of financier du gouver- apology, she was aggressive in her accusations, rected. Since stepping into office Qaqqaq has personal with Jones but one need only look Canada. nement du Canada. which were repeated over and over in the course been a fierce advocate for Nunavummiut. In at her actions to see who is really fighting for of a 30-minute video she posted to Twitter. her first year Qaqqaq undertook an ambitious Canada’s Inuit. A6 Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Kivalliq News www.NNSL.com ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖃᑎᖃᕈᒫᖅᑐᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᒥᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ

By Cody Punter “ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐃᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᖏᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᓐᓄᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᓚᐃ. Northern News Services ᐱᓕᕆᑉᓗᑎᒃ.” ᓵᓚᒃᓴᒐᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᒪᐃᔭ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ, ᒥᖅᓱᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥᒃ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓂᒃ 7-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᓕᖅᖢᓂ, ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐳᐊᓗᓕᐅᕋᒥ ᓴᓪᓕᓂ ᓴᒃᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᒥᒍᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᕈᓯᓕᐅᕋᒥᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᓴᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ diamond-ᖑᐊᓂᒃ. ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ. ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓗᒃᑖᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᐊᓘᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔪᑦ ᓴᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᓂᒃ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᖄᓕᐊᖑᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᑎᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕆᔭᒥᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ “ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕈᔪᒃᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑐᓂᒃ “ᑕᒪᕐᓂᒃ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᑕᐅᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᖓ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑖᑉᑯᓇᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᒋᑦ 38 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ. ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᓕᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖕᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᒥᒐᓐ ᑲᓚᐃ, ᓴᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖅᑕᐅᖅ, ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᙵ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᐃᑦᓂ. ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ -19, ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔨᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖃᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓕᐅᓂ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ, ᑐᒡᓕᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕈᑎᒋᔭᒥᒍᑦ. ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂᒃ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᖑᕙᒃᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᓪᓕᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᐅᑭᐅᖑᔪᖅ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᖓ “ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒋᐊᖃᓕᕋᑉᑕ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ–19-ᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ. ᐃᕐᒧᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓕᒍᖅ, ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕈᒪᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᔾᔪᑎᕙᒃᖢᑕ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᓴᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᑎᖃᑕᐅᖏᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ, ᓇᑦᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑑᒃ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᓂᑦᑕᐃᓕᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᓕᖕᒥᒃ. ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᑉ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᒎᓘᑖᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᒥᒍᑦ. ᐊᓂᑦᑕᐃᓕᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᒃᑯᑦ, ᑲᓚᐃ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑎᙳᕈᒪᑉᓗᓂ. “ᑐᒡᓕᐊᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑲᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᕿᐊᕐᕚᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᐅᓯᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓗᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ. “ᐊᓂᒐ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑭᐱᓯᑉᓗᓂ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖏᑦ. ᐊᒥᓱᕐᓚᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᙳᖅᑎᖦᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕋᓱᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᖓ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᓕᓴ ᐅᐃᑦᓂ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔩᑦ. “ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᐊᔾᔨᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᔪᓐᓇᙱᓐᓇᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖏᓐᓇᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᓪᓕᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᓂᐊᓕᖅᖢᖓ.” ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᑯᑦ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ The girl with the pink BB gun gets back to hunting ᕿᓯᖕᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᓯᐅᔭᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ. ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᒥᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. Baker Lake’s Olive Duval has a passion for hunting and cooking “ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᓴᓇᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᕈᑎᒥᒃ. ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᓯᖕᒥᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᕿᓯᐅᔭᕐᒥᒃ ptarmigan; she’s back at it after having the RCMP called on her ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᖅᖢᑎᒃ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᐃᑦᓂ. ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᐅᑉᓗᓂᒃ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ By Cody Punter ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᒍ Northern News Services ᐊᓕᓚᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓴᓂᓗᒃᑖᖓᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᖓᑕ. Eighteen-year-old Olive Duval’s pink BB gun may not pack “ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᙵ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᑉᓗᕈᒥᑕᕐᓇᒥᓘᓐᓃᑦ a huge punch, but it gets the job done. ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. On most days when the weather is good, the Baker Lake hunter can be seen stalking her favourite prey on the outskirts of town. Her target of choice? Ptarmigan. “It is fun to use but it’s not the most effective,” Duval told Kivalliq News. “I’ve got a be sharp shooter and hit the head or the neck.” Ptarmigan is not usually the first menu item that comes to mind when thinking about country food. But for Duval it is a delicacy that she has been hunting since she was 13. “Before the BB gun all I had was my arm strength and rocks to hunt,” she said. “A lot of kids do that growing up.” She may have only had a gun for a short time but she has been cooking ptarmigan for herself ever since she could kill them. “The first time I tried them I baked them in the oven and they were pretty good,” she said. Over the years she has experimented with new ways to cook the bird. She has made ptarmigan stir fries, roasts and even cooked them on the open fire, which is one of her favourite methods. Another is to marinate ptarmigan with Montreal steak spice, then cover it with bacon and add vegetables before baking it in the oven. “I like it that way,” she said. An unfortunate run-in with RCMP Although she enjoyed harvesting ptarmigan with rocks, Duval said getting the BB gun has made her love hunting even more. “It’s my first weapon – any kind of weapon I’ve owned,” she said. “I’m really adjusting to this one gun and learning to use it.” Unfortunately her first weapon also ended up drawing some unwanted attention from a qallunaat teacher who tried to tell Duval that it was illegal to hunt with a BB gun near town. Eighteen-year-old Olive Duval shows off a recently harvested catch of “The first thing she said to me when she saw me was I couldn’t ptarmigan that she shot with her pink BB gun last month. photo cour- use my BB Gun in town. But the next day I went out hunting. tesy of Karen Duval I told my dad. He told me not to care about what she says because she’s just that kind of person.” Despite the caution Duval takes, after RCMP were called But it didn’t end there. RCMP were called to investigate Duval a second time her mother, Karen Duval, ended up making a and her gun twice that week. Duval said she was always aware Facebook post on Baker Lake’s community page to inform that her gun might raises eyebrows in town. Nonetheless the the public about her daughter and her pink BB gun. encounter with RCMP left her upset. “I had to step in as her mother,” she said. “Now she’s free “It did bring me to tears but that’s how my anger comes to do what she enjoys without anyone thinking she’s a person out,” she said. walking around with a gun.” The bright side of the story is that after RCMP were called Her mother added that she is proud to see her daughter our a second time, the police told her she was free to use her BB hunting and putting food on the table. gun to hunt ptarmigan in town. “She chose on her own and I support her way of thriving,” “That was really surprising too. The teacher said it was she said. “Our young people are so stuck in the cyber world against the law and the law turned around and told me it was that they forgot there are still people who lived the way our OK,” Duval said. ancestors have for centuries.” Duval said she usually likes to hunt near the airport early in Aside from the teacher who tried to discourage her, Olive the morning before most people are awake. Duval said the community has been largely supportive of her “I try not to shoot it in town. I try to be away from people,” hunting. she said. “I don’t even know how to drive. I just walk myself “If a lady goes out hunting and she posts her catch on Face- everywhere.” book, people are equally supportive whether it’s a girl or a man.” www.NNSL.com Kivalliq News Wednesday, May 5, 2021 A7 Kivalliq students to represent Nunavut at Skills Canada competition Five teenagers from across the region will be competing virtually after winning their respective divisions at territorials last week By Cody Punter ᓴᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᒪᐃᔭ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐳᐊᓗᓕᐊᕕᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᒃᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ Northern News Services ᖃᐅᕈᓯᓕᐊᕕᓂᕐᒥᓂᒡᓗ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᕈᑕ ᐊᖑᑎᐊᓗᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᑎᑉᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᔪᙱᑕᒥᓂᒃ (ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨ), ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒦᑦᑐᖅ, ᒫᒃᓰᓐ ᑲᓪᓚᒃ, ᓕᐅᓂ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ, A group of Kivalliq students will be moving on to represent ᐱᒡᔪᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᒪᐃᔭ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ, ᑲᓐᑎᔅ ᓴᕕᐊᕐᔪᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓕᓴ ᐅᐃᑦᓂ Nunavut at the national Skills Canada competitions after (ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨ). awards for the territorial finals were handed out last week. Five students representing the communities of Coral Har- bour, Rankin Inlet and Whale Cove won first place in their division during the territorial’s virtual competition. A total of 38 students registered throughout the territory but for various reasons, including Covid-19, a number of students were not able to complete the competition. Most years the competitions are judged in person. However, this year’s events were held entirely virtually due to Covid-19 restrictions. Whale Cove and will be well represented Sakku School’s team for Skills Canada Nunavut are supervisor Rhoda at the national competition with two students from each Angootealu, left, Maxine Kadlak, Leonie Netser, Miyah Pudlat, Candace community taking home gold in their respective categories. Saviakjuk, and supervisor Alyssa Whitney. photo courtesy of Alyssa “On Tuesday we gathered all the kids and parents. So there Whitney was kind of large crowd to celebrate,” said Alyssa Whitney, one of two Skills Canada supervisors for Coral Harbour’s Northern Fashion northern fashion program. 1. Miyah Pudlat – Coral Harbour Northern fashion and photography Coral Harbour’s Miyah Pudlat shows off the matching mitts and head- 2. Leonie Netser – Coral Harbour For Skills Canada’s Northern fashion competition, each band that won her a gold medal in Skills Canada Nunavuts territorial 3. Mary Angoo – Whale Cove student was provided with a piece of seal skin and a piece of competition. photo courtesy of Alyssa Whitney Hairstyling leather that was divided equally between all participants. On the 1. Kelsey Sheetoga – Whale Cove day the competition started they were given their assignment. “It was hard. I don’t edit photos so the last one was hard,” Photography “Their task was to create the mitts and a headband. They Kalai said. 1. Meagan Kalai – Coral Harbour had to use seal skin or leather but the rest was up to them,” More than just medals 2. Mila Kipanik – Iqaluit said Whitney. Pudlat was one four girls from Coral’s Sakku School who information courtesy of Skills Canada Nunavut The girls had five days to complete the challenge, from the took part in the Skills Canada challenge. They are all enrolled original concept being drawn on paper until the product was in the school’s technology studies program, which includes a finished. northern fashion component. “All of their time was spent on this. They even stayed over “All of our girls this year that took part were in one of those lunch break just to get it all done,” she said. “It was showing classes. That’s how we recruited them and that’s where they up first thing in the morning and until they left at the end of learned skills,” said Whitney. the day that’s what they were working on.” Leonie Netser, who won a silver medal in northern fashion, Miyah Pudlat, who has been sewing since she was in Grade 7, said the competition brought the four girls in the program ended up winning with matching pair of mitts and headband closer together. adorned with diamond-shaped designs. She said the week “We were strangers to each other until we had to work was challenging but that she was excited by the opportunity together and encourage each other to finish,” she said. to compete nationally. Even though she didn’t take home first place, Netser said “It’s kind of hard but I like it because I’ve seen people sew she wants to continue post-secondary studies at Arctic College nice things and I want to learn,” said Pudlat. so she can become a seamstress. Megan Kalai, also of Coral Harbour, will be representing “I lost my brother to suicide last year. It was hard to start Nunavut in the photography division. For her challenge she in school but I’m glad I did and I’m graduating this year.” was given six hours to complete four separate tasks. First she Skills Canada categories with Kivalliq winners had to photograph a mystery item, which ended up being a Baking glass cup, followed by a photo of her choice and an image that 1. Evelyn Gee – Rankin Inlet conveyed a feeling of isolation. For her image of isolation, 2. Kuutsiq Osmond – Rankin Inlet Kalai chose to photograph four local throat singers dressed 3. Lena Chown – Iqaluit in amautiit and wearing face-masks. Job Demo She then had to use Photoshop to make a single photograph 1. Barry Enuapik – Whale Cove out of four different images. 2. Zoe Elverum – A8 Wednesday, May 5, 2021 Kivalliq News www.NNSL.com