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Serving Nunavik Inuit SERVING NUNAVIK INUIT Makivik’s 40th Gala Nunavik Research Centre receives Northern Science Award Swimming in Kangiqsualujjuaq 117 Makivik Corporation Makivik is the ethnic organization mandated to represent and promote the interests of Nunavik. Its membership is composed of the Inuit beneficiaries of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA). Makivik’s responsibility is to ensure the proper implementation of the political, social, and cultural benefits of the Agreement, and to manage and invest the monetary compensation so as to enable the Inuit to become an integral part of the Northern economy. Taqralik Taqralik is published by Makivik Corporation and distributed free of charge to Inuit beneficiaries of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of Makivik Corporation or its Executive. We welcome letters to the editor and submissions of articles, artwork or photographs. Email [email protected] or call 1-800-361-7052 for submissions or for more information. Makivik Corporation Executives Charlie Watt Sr., President Andy Moorhouse, Vice President, Economic Development Adamie Delisle Alaku, Vice President, Environment, Wildlife and Research Andy Pirti, Treasurer Adamie Padlayat, Corporate Secretary We wish to express our sincere thanks to all Makivik staff, as well as to all others who provided assistance and materials to make the production of this magazine possible. Editor Miriam Dewar William Tagoona Translation/Proofreading Alasie Kenuajuak Hickey Eva Aloupa-Pilurtuut Published by Makivik Corporation P.O. Box 179, Kuujjuaq, QC J0M 1C0 Canada Telephone: 819-964-2925 *Contest participation in this magazine is CONTENTS limited to Inuit beneficiaries of theJBNQA . Cover Photo: Ice fishing on the Koksoak River in Kuujjuaq. © Carson Tagoona 04 Communications 12 Taking the Plunge is Power SERVING NUNAVIK INUIT 06 Makivik: 14 Proposed Budget 40 Years Strong Approved Makivik’s 40th Gala Nunavik Research Centre receives Northern Science Award Swimming in Kangiqsualujjuaq 117 10 Repatriated Remains 16 National Award for NRC Taqralik Issue 117 ISSN 2562-3206 (Print) TAQRALIK ISSN 2562-3214 (Online) 2 © MARIE CHAREST 18 Building the 23 First Air 30 Youth Inuit Homeland 20 Air Inuit 24 Legal Tips 36 Nunavik Players Nunavik Notes Green Corner Nunavik Research 22 26 37 TAQRALIK Fact Sheet 3 PER T-255 r COMMUNICATIONS CoS Is TAKRALIK is Power First Edition May 1974 ^ / ^ <_ • < ^ f c Takralik magazine was started in 1974 by the Northern Quebec Inuit Association with a mandate to spread news about land claim negotiations that were happening at the time. Since then, it has gone through a myriad of changes, in name, appearance, even in the types of issues covered within its pages. Taralik begins . J k This issue marks the first appearance r V <LA>j( r C 'a. I >krL "CÇc-b" of the publication "Taralik," published The first edition ofTakralik by the Northern Quebec Inuit Associa­ from May 1974. Close readers c 0 B tion. A_oA b}^bnrcr l dA R . will notice the difference in The northern Quebec Inuit Association spelling between the title fc c has now being in strength for nearly A^A b >bnro-°L s°r<rb- jA r two years. As the workload became page Takralik, and “Taralik” <rb l_C LPbSo-1 >Pl>rl . C>c heavier and our input into the activi­ in the pages shown. The ties in the north became more involved, J b c c magazine’s first editor, t> JLAr<r<3rLC A Q .' <I C> o A_oA feeding information into the settle­ |J c William Tagoona, says it -oQ.O- <R ° J <r<cLC Aj>A Ao.^<3- ments by way of community representa­ tives and field workers became an in­ c b b b was because his dialect was CDo- bD>n?-t C a- _oa.^ o- I " adequate way of feeding out information different from that used in C b b c L on our operations. DJ <LLJ ^<x(r G- Ao_^<1 0 c' Q. " Northern Quebec. L J B a_AcOb |_c . The need for a news magazine became apparent over a year ago. A person who b b b c would fill in the seat as an editor, <COi-"» OPO A<o- r^Lc- L [>brL- with some experience of writing, was b c b C b bfl<lb a-> CLJCLAC f*L<-L . P.nq - hard to find. k B J b N C "YC !>Qj< L C obc-L R Ao.< <or> At this time I was employed in Yellow­ r*L^RB , <!^b a-o^ L c . knife, N.W.T., by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Develop­ ment. I assisted in the publication of CLC ^Lcrob ^oo-AT b <L<r A^<^' a magazine called "Dialogue North." "Dialogue North" is published quarter­ B B ÉL. NNÇ nob cooo<;I_ obc-I_ R ly, by the department, and the content <nbb DTb "t>bjbnrb D c A^AC j,o.<r " relates to the mineral resources in the N.W.T. The need for this magazine b c b c Co. ob«rL b<L«r nnc; ct>b COD>L was very apparent, so I feel the need b B c b b for our own magazine "Taralik," is obDVb o^Q CN< j o > ^<j - greatly needed for better communica­ O j Ao.'J < b CA<rb ^o-C r*<* R . C*a tions between all the Inuit. The line b c C we hear today "Communications is Power" c >b(rL nn«;a<bc.oc; n J o.J0.ct>RL is very true today. An uninformed Inuk J b <' Ao Q.jo.A>1 CO Obc-LbflObQC may be silent compared to a fully c c b informed Inuk. Today we can't afford A_OA bo>L^^ndjr . ojro<rD to be silent with all the different DSb <bC " bOM_<rb S°ro-b " Co. situations that are imposed on us. For all we know communications might be the c b J B ObOr"> <"Vl_ . A^ < Q .DAo.R bO" key to success. MTbUT a-A b ^ A c }1_ c PrJ <crc- A .o b K c <t b c I hope "Taralik" will help the Inuit to bt>MV<N ob ^J o. L . ^RR have a closer liason with each other c C KA^VAnobr^ C bjo- A<r d°T °V and for a closer liason between the < b D b coc-n^ C . L'a. bt>M'o.^°r:k Inuit and the white people. The only way we can do this is to have some c b b b b Pr^o- bo?-L con Sc s N ^^"a.5 . feedback from the north and south. k b Reactions are always welcome and will CAT A ^LLj^ >°L Co. Ob<^L C^- always be published unless instructions & b Ab^bdjJ A^ob C^c , JPr-DQ" are given against it. Names will be C c c withheld if so desired. OHbcr d ^ T <0L_D A_oA j bo. j TAQRALIK 4 Its first editor, William Tagoona, who has returned to Makivik as continue to focus on the life of the Inuit and hopefully readers will Director of Communications and Political Advisor to the President, be able to access news and information here that they won’t find says the magazine is like a time machine. anywhere else. “If not for the magazine, we would have lost all that information of It’s not just the name that has changed, the layout, too, is being what had happened in the last 40 years,” he says. “It’s our archives, revamped. Separating the English and Inuktitut is a way to make the our history. If you want to find out when we started Air Inuit, just go magazine easier to read and will make downloading on the Internet back to the magazine. If you want to find out when we first started easier in the North. We are experimenting with producing two talking about self-government, look in the magazine, it’s all in there.” digital-only copies per year, in addition to two printed ones, and will As Makivik Corporation nears the end of its 40th anniversary year, continue to post more stories individually on social media platforms it seemed appropriate to reexamine its magazine. This issue marks its to increase readership. reversion to the Taqralik name in an attempt to signify its ownership In this digital, immediate age, sometimes printed stories may by the people of Nunavik, not a particular corporation and also to seem like “old news,” but they, too, are becoming part of the ongoing reflect the broader scope that the magazine will cover. Stories will archive. Let us know what you think of our new look! D PrO<;i>nfeer djT c . CL'o. P r><<r We will endeavour to publish the paper on monthly basis and will be received by all the Northern Quebec Inuit _ D O-CT C <3I 3 B JQ.C _ D Q-CT" Association members. Few copies will F C C possibly be sent to the Northwest (T* DD^PQ.D,-' C^JQ. >TC-L D NN- Territories settlements as a sample. Çbc C b o­<c;PC p^o­ NNÇDTDO- If you wish to become a member please find the subscription application form d° r DO- NNC;B CO^° r D B . on page Regards to you all. J 1 6 k <f P J C Co. okrL NNÇCYOT ; o­­ fc c <C;J <>> c ­.c C PCL . ><NJ>J AC>- Bill Tagoona c c fc k k k ^o­ A ^Ob C <r< ^cr . ^r <r Editor J >o.
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