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NIPISI NIPISI TOHAGAKHANG GOKTAOHIMAYUT NTI-KOT APIHAAKTOMI TOMIT AOLANIA NALAOMALIKTOK TOHAGAGHALIKIYENIT Footprints in New Snow on the right track Published by the Communications TAMNA AOLANAHOAKPAKTOMI ELIOGAKTAOYOKHAK EHAOKTOMIK For most of the journey towards designing Nunavut’s government, NTI Department of NUNAVUT GAVAMAKHAT, NTI EHOMAYOT NUNAVUTMIK ELIOGAINAHOAT believes the Nunavut Implementation Commission report Footprints in Nunavut Tunngavik KATIMAYIIT TITIGAKPAKNIAKTOT APIHAAKTOMI TOMIT EHOAKTOKOT New Snow is on the right track. Incorporated NALIOMALIKTOT. But NTI follows its own path when it comes to certain top- KIHIME NTI ENMIGOT ics—like who should be in charge of infrastructure construc- AOLAKMATA HONAT HAV- tion, or how government departments should be divided. AGIYATIK AOLABKAGA- Board members scoured the NIC document in detail while HOAKHOGIT — EMAITOT meeting in Sanikiluaq in June, after listening to a special NTI KINAT ATANNIKTOTINIAKAGIT committee that spent more than a month analyzing the IGLOKPIOGOTIKHAT HANA- 100-plus recommendations contained in Footprints in New YAKHAT, NALIAK KANNOKLO Snow. NTI, the government of the Northwest Territories E L O A N E T U T KAVAMAT HAVAKVIIT HOKOT (GNWT) and the federal government reviewed the NIC AV IKTOKNIAKAT. report after it was released in March to make subsequent I N S I D E KATIMAYIIT KENNIKHIAYOT recommendations. All three parties were to have been OKONINGA NIC TITIGAITNIK EHIV- working toward a consensus of their viewpoints over NAMINIK GIOKHOGIT MEETIGAMIK SANI- the summer. With this common agreement hopefully in PIVALIATJUTILGIT KILOAKMI JUNE-GOTITLOGO, TAL- hand, Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Ron Irwin IKAYUKTAUYUT VANI TOHAGAMIK OKAOTIGIYAITNI will seek federal cabinet approval this fall to begin NTI KATIMAYINGIT TATKIKHIOTMI infrastructure construction and training in Nunavut. Small businesses EMAKAK 100 AVATKUMAYOT PITKO- Here’s where NTI stands on certain aspects of get a boost YAOYOT TITIGANOT APIHAAKTOMI Nunavut’s proposed new government as outlined by TOMIT. NTI, TABKOALO NUNATIAP KAVA-ARREAK LAZARUS BY / PHOTO ARREAK LAZARUS PIKSAOTA the NIC report. TORONTO MAIT (GNWT) OKOALO KANATAP KAVAMAIT continued on page 2 TAKULIKTUK INUIT EHIVGIOKTAIT NIC TITIGAKHIMAYAIT TITI- PITKUHINIK GALIOKTATIK TALVANI ENIKMAGIT MASIMI EM SANIKILUAQMIUT AKULIANGIT KUNGUYUN- KANNOGITONIK PITKOIJUTIKHAMINGNIK. TAMAITA Toronto GAKTUT SARAH AUDLA PIPIALU EMILY ANN PINGGAHOT TABKOA EHIVIOKHIYOT HAVAKAKTOT ENIKTIGI- experiences (KULLIK) NUTAKALLU SARAH MEEKO, CHRISTINE VALIAVLOTIK NAMMAGIYAMINGNIK EHOMANIK AOYAK ENIKTOKHAT. KUDLUAROK, MARKOOSIE KUDLUAROKLU. TAIGUGUMAGU- the Inuit spirit HAMNA TABKOA ANGGIKMATJUK EHOMALIOKTAKTIK EHOAGILIKATJUK, MIN- VIT SANIKILUAQMIK, AMKPIKLUGU 7-MUT ISTA ITKILILIKIOT OKIOKTAKTOLIKIOK RON IRWIN APIGINIAKTAIT KANATAP KAVAMAIT NAMMAGITKOLOGO HAMNA OKIAKHAK IGLOKPIOGOTIKHAK SANIKILUAQ’S SMILING FACES include Sarah Audla and baby Emily Ann (top), and youngsters Sharen Sarah HANAJUTIKHAK OVALO ELIHAOTIKHATLO NUNAVUTMI IGLOKPIOKNIKMOT. Meeko, Christine Kudluarok and Markossie Kudluarok HAPKOA OKOAT NTI-KOT HONAT EHOMAYAIT NUNAVUT-MIK (above, left to right). For more on this community, OKTUTIGHATIK NUTAANOT KAVAMANOT KAVAMALIOKNIAGAMIK please see page 7 EHOAKHAKHIMAYAIT OKOA NIC-KOT.

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ALLANGOKTOT NTI OKALAOTIGIYAIT continued from page 1 OKONONGA NIC TITIGAIT Changes NTI Suggests to NIC Report MONAGIJUTIGHAT IGLOKPIOKNIKMOT HANAJUTIKHAT NTI EHOMAYOT OKONINGA KANATAP KAVAMAIT MONAGIYIOYUKHAOGALOAT Managing Infrastructure Construction HANNANIKNIK IGLOKPAKNIK NAPPAKTIGILIKATA NUNAVUT IGLOK- PAKHAINIK. APIHAAKTOMI TOMIT EMAITOT TAKOKHAOYOT, NAMMAGIYAIT NTI feels the Canadian government should be the project manager in OKOA NUNATIAP KAVAMAIT HAVAAGILOAKAGIT. charge of construction of Nunavut’s infrastructure. Footprints in New TAYA NTI EHOMAYOT NALIAK OKOA NUNATIAP KAVAMAIT OKOALUNIIT Snow,by contrast, endorses the government of the Northwest Territories. KANATAP KAVAMAIT MALIGONAKOT ATOGAHOAKTONIK NUNAVUTMI While NTI feels that neither the territorial or federal governments are NUNATAAKNIKNIK ANGGIGOTINIK ATOKTOKHAK PILOGO NAKATAK 24 PITKOI- following the spirit of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in applying JUTIKAKTOK ATOGAKHANIK MALIGANIK, TALVANI KOVIANAKTONIK Article 24 requirements to their procurement policies, it has witnessed ATOKNAHOALIKNIKMATA KANATAP KAVAMAIT ATOKOYAOYONIK NAKATA- some encouraging signs at the federal level. Article 24 is the section of the MI 24 TITIGAKHIMAYUNI NUNAVUTMI NUNATAAGOTINIK ANGGIGOTINI INUIT Nunavut Land Claims Agreement that favors Inuit-owned firms when NANMINIKHAIT KAVAMAKALIGOMIK KANTOLAKNIK TONIYAOYOKHANIK government contracts are awarded for Nunavut-destined projects. NUNAVUTMIOTANOT HAVAKHANOT. A special Nunavut Infrastructure Working Group was assembled by KILAMIK NUNAVUT IGLOKPIOGOTIKHAIT EHOAKHAIYIKHAT KATIMAYIIT NTI recently. It’s written to Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Ron KATITAOYOT OKOANIT NTI-KONIT KANGGANOAK. TITIGAKTAOTAKTOT Irwin, asking to begin discussions with the federal government that would OKONONGA KANATAP KAVAMAIT OKIOKTAKTOLIKIONOT MINISTAMOT RON see how Inuit can be guaranteed their share of the business opportunities IRWIN, APIKHIYOT OKAOTIKAGOMAPLOTIK KANATAP KAVAMAITA HANAYU- that lie just around the corner with the construction of Nunavut’s infra- TIKHIANOT EMA INUIT NUNAVUTMI HAVAAKAPKAKTAOYAVUT IGLOKPAKNIK structure. NAPPAKTIGILIKATA KAVAMAKAKVIKHANIK NUNAVUTMI IGLOKPIOGAHOA- LIKATA. Government Departments KAVAMAT HAVAKVIIT Restricting the number of government departments in Nunavut to 10, as KAVAMAT KAFFIT KAVAMAKAKVIIT ELAOTAILOTIK NUANVUTMI EMAKAK 10- urged by Footprints in New Snow, could create departments with con- GOLOTIK, PITKOYAIT OKOA APIHAAKTOMI TOMIT , EMA OKTOKTOT AMI- flicting portfolios. GAIPALAGOMI EHOIGOTINIAKMATA. Instead, NTI proposed the following departmental breakdown: KIHIME EMAILIOKLOAKNIAKTOT, NTI OKTOGOMAYOT KAVAMAKAKVIT ¥ Human Resources/Education AVIKNIKHAIT: ¥ Housing ¥ HAVAKTOLIKIOKHAT/ELIHAKTOLIKIOKHAT ¥ Community Government (alone or combined with Transportation) ¥ IGLOLIKIOKHAT ¥ Culture and Heritage ¥ NUNAP KAVAMAKHAIT (AVALIITLONI ELAGILOGIT AOLAGOTILIKIOT) ¥ Health and Social Services ¥ OKAKTIT ENGILGAAKNIKAKAKVIITLO ¥ Industry (addressing small business, tourism, mining) ¥ ANNIAKTOLIKIOT OLASILIKIOT ¥ Wildlife/Parks and Conservation/Environment ¥ HAVAKVILIKIOT (NANMINIOTINIK EKAYUKTIT, POLAKTOLIKIOT, OYA- ¥ Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs GAKIKIONIK) ¥ Finance and Administration ¥ ANGGOHIKIIT/KIPINGOIKHIVILIKIOT OVALO TAMMAKTAILIYIT/NUNALIKIYIIT) ¥ AOLATITTIYIT OVALO KAVAMAT ELOANI HAVAKVIIT ¥ Justice and Regulatory Affairs ¥ MANILIKIYIIT TITIGALIKIYIIT ¥ Public Works and Government Services ¥ APIKHOIYITKOT MALIGALIOKVILIKIKIOT Before GNWT employees dealing with Nunavut are given the chance ¥ HANNAYIIT OVALO KAVAMAT TAMAYALIKIYIIT to convert their position to the Nunavut government (as recommended by NUNATIAP KAVAMAIT HAVAKTINGIT HAVAKATIGILIKAGIT NUNAVUTMIOT Footprints in New Snow), NTI wants to make sure the continuing employ- HAVAKVIGILOAGAHOALIKAGIT NUNAVUTMIOT EMAILITKOYOT (PITKOYAIT ment of GNWT staff doesn’t jeopardize the requirement that the number OKOA APIHAAKTOMI TOMIT ), NTI PITKOIYOT INUIT HAVAKTILLOAGOMAYAIT of Inuit public servants reflect the ratio of Inuit in Nunavut’s population NUNATIAP KAVAIT HAVAKTILLOAKONGITAIT INUINAIT EMA INUIT AMI- (about 85 per cent). According to the GNWT Department of Labor, an GAITKIYAOYOMAYAIT HAVAKTIT INUIT AMIGAITKIYAOTITLOGIT (EMAKAK 85% average of just 48 per cent of its Nunavut-based employees in 1993 were INUIT). TITIGAKHIMAYAIT NUNATIAP KAVAMAITA HAVAKTIIT, INUINAIT KAVA- aboriginal. MANI HAVAKTITAOYOT 48% NUNAVUTMIOT TITIGAKHIMAYAIT 1993-MI NTI also wants to be closely linked to any talks about federal respon- KABLONAGOGITOT HAVAKTIT KAVAMANI KABLONAT AMIGAITKIYAOVAKTOT sibilities being handed off to the current GNWT. HAVAKTIIT NUNATIAP KAVAMAT HAVAKVIINI. When talk turned to finances, NTI agreed in general to the principles NTI OVALO PIOMAYOT HAVAKATIGIOMAPLOGIT OKAKATIGIOMAYAIT MON- for the division of assets and liabilities, highlighted in Footprints in New AGIJUTINIK HONANIK TONIKHAKNAHOAKTAIT KANATAP KAVAMAITA Snow. But the actual costs cited for creating and running the Nunavut gov- OKONONGA NUNATIAP KAVAMAITNOT.. ernment have to be as accurate as possible, board members emphasized. TABKOA OKAOTAYOT MANIKNIK OKAOTIKALIKMATA, NTI ANGGIKTOK They asked that the calculations be reworked to produce tighter estimates. ATOTIKHANIK MANITIGOT ENMIGOT NUNAVUTMIOT AOLANIALIKMATA NUNA AV IKTAOKPAT MANIITLO AKILIGAKHATLO, OKAOTIGILOAKTAIT OKONANI API- continued on page 4

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TAMAITA KATIMAYIIT NTI-KUT: ANGAYUKAP TULGIATA TUGLIA RAY- MOND NINGEOCHEAK, ANGAYUKAP TUGLIA JAMES EETOOLOOK, TOHAKTITAOTAIT ATANIOT ANGAYUKAK JOSE KUSU- GAK, KANGOKLU. KITIK- OKAKVIOVAKTONI Message from the Director of MEOTNIT INUIT KATI- TOHAGOMINAKTOT KOVIANAKTOT TOHAKHAOLIGANGAMIK — TAYA OVAGUT MAYINITA ANGAYUK- Communications ANGAT JOE ALLEN KOVIANAKTOMIK TOHALIGAPTA TAIGOAPTAPTINGNIK NUTAMIK NIPISIMIK. Good news is always welcome—so we were glad to hear that people EVYAGOTAILAK, KRITTER- TAMNA INUIT OKAKVIGILIKTAT TOHAVITIK INUIT TOHAVALIKMATA OVANI LIK, KIVALLIQMIUT INUIT enjoy reading the newly revised Nipisi. The feedback from the reader sur- KATIMAYITA ANGAYU- MAY-MI HAPKONANI TOHAJUTINI, INUIT KIOYUT KOYAGIYAVUT. KANGAT PAUL KALUDJAK, TALVANI INUIT HAVALOKALIKTONI NUNAVUT TUNNGAVITKONI OVALO vey contained in our May issue was positive, and we thank those who took NUNAVUT MANIKNIK ALLIANAKHIOT PIVALAGAMIK NUVAVUTMIK, TABKOA AMIGAITOT PIVALIAN- the time to respond. PUKHIVAITA IKHIVAUTAL- IAT PETER KRITAQLILUK NIKMAGIT NUNAVUTMIOYOKHAT HAVAKTAOLIKNIKMATA OKAOTAOYA- Given the constant hum of activity within Nunavut Tunngavik (VUTIKLAITTUK KATI- GIAKAKTOT. HAMNA PINGGAHOGILIKTAKOT TITIGAK TOHAAJUT NIPISI AOLA- Incorporated and the exciting developments in Nunavut itself, we’ve MAYINI) KIKKIKTALUKMIT LIKMAT MAY-MI, OVALO KINGGOLIK TITIGAKTAOYOK TITIGAKTAT NORTEXT LUCASSI IVVALU, ANGA- found there are lots of developments worthy of coverage. This is our third YUKANGATA TUGLIA INC. TITIGAK TOHAATJUT, VOANI ATANIOLOTIK NTI-KOT TITIGALIOKTIAT, issue of Nipisi since May, and the final one produced in conjunction with BRIA-KULU ANGAYUKAN- GARY GEE, TITIGAK NOINIAKTOK AKTOBAMI. NIPISI TAKOKHAOKATAKPAK- GAT PAULOOSIE KEEY- Nortext Multimedia Inc. Our next issue, under the direction of NTI’s new NIALIKTOK MALGOK TATKIKHIOTIK ATOGANGANIK. OOTAK. UVANINGITUK editor, Gary Gee, will be published in October. Nipisi will appear regu- KITIKMEOT KIVGAAT HATJA NIPISI TOHAAJUTAOLIOKHIMAKMAT OKONONAG INUIT NUNATAAK- PETER KAMINGOAK. larly every two months from now on. TONOT, INUIT TOHAAVIGIVALIKMATJUK INUINAONGITOT AHINIOTATLO The complete NTI While Nipisi was designed primarily for Nunavut’s beneficiaries, it’s a board includes (group KANATAILGOMI OVONNA NIAKUYATIGOT. OVAGUT KOYAGIYAVUT ONA PETER shot, front row, left to pleasure to welcome an international audience of millions via the Internet. WILSON, NUNAOYANI NAONAIKHIMAYIKPUT HAVAKTIOYOK OKONANI NUAN- right): 2nd vice president Raymond Ningeo- VUT OPALONGGAIYAIYINI NUTIGIONIK. OVA ENMIGOT HAVAKHONI AKIITO- Our thanks to Peter Wilson, Geographic Information System manager cheak, 1st vice presi- MIK ELIOGAIYOK TITIGAMIK NIPISIMIK NUNATIGOT AHINOT NAONAIKHIVAYI- with the Nunavut Planning Commission transition team. He has gracious- dent James Eetoolook, president Jose Kusu- OLIKHONI NIAKUYATIGOT. ly volunteered to install editions of Nipisi on the global computer system. gak, and Kango. Back OVALO KAKOGOLO EHOMAGIAKKOT PIOKHAK, ALLIAGITKOYAKOT ONA And on that futuristic note, enjoy this issue of Nipisi! row, left to right: Kitikmeot Inuit Asso- TOHATJUT NIPISI ! ciation president Joe Allen Evyagotailak, Kritterdlik, Kivalliq NTI-KUNUT VUTIKTAULIHAKHIMAYUK TITIGAKTI- Inuit Association presi- MANILIKIYI NATSIQ KANGO (KULLIK) KIVALIKMIUT dent Paul Kaludjak, TIKKUAKHIMAYALLU DAVID Nunavut Trust chairman KRITTERDLIK (TALIKPIK) ITKU- Peter Kritaqliluk (a MATTITTAUYUK APIKHIUYIMIT non-voting member of ARTHUR LEBSACK-MIT JUNE-MI the board), Baffin KATIMATILUGIT SANIKILUAQ- regional representative MI. KRITTERDLIK KATIMAYI- Lucassi Ivvalu, vice UYUK KIVALLIQ INUIT KATI- president of the Baffin MAYINI (KIA) KONO TATTUINI- Region Inuit Associa- UP ININGANUNGAKTUK. tion (BRIA), and BRIA president Pauloosie NTI’s recently elected secre- Keyootak. Missing is tary-treasurer Natsiq Kango Kitikmeot regional (top) and new Keewatin representative Peter regional representative Kamingoak David Kritterdlik (right) were sworn in by justice of the peace Arthur Lebsack

during June’s board meeting PBELL in Sanikiluaq. Kritterdlik, a member of the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA), replaces KIA vice president Kono

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HAAKTOMI TOMIT. KIHIME KANNOKTOT AKIKAKKAT HONAT ATOGAKHAT ELI- OGAIYAMI OVALO AOLALIGAIMI NUNAVUT KAVAMANGAT EMA NAONAITIAK- TAOYOMAYOK KANNOKTOT AKIKAGIAKHAT, KATIMAYIIT OKAOTIGITIAKTAT. APIKKOTIGIYAT EMATOT AKIKAKNAHOGIVLOGO TITIGAFFAKTAT EMA NAON- AITIAGAHOAKHOGO AOLAJUTIKHAK MANNIK. continued from page 2

ALLATLO KATIMAYIIT, KAVAMAKAKVIIT Other boards, agencies INUGIAKHIVALAKTAILOGO KAVAMAKHAK NUNAVUTMI EHOAKTOMIK, OVALO Streamlining bureaucracy in Nunavut is wise, and NTI agrees with NTI ANGGIKTOT OKONINGA APIHAAKTOMI TOMIT KAVAMAKAKVIIT AMIGAIK- Footprints in New Snow that boards and agencies should be kept to a min- PALAAKONGITAIT. imum. TABKOA KATIMAYIIT OKOALO KAVAMAKAKVIIT EHIVGIOKHINIAKTOT But existing boards and agencies should be assessed under an indepen- ALLATIGOT EHIVGIOKHIPKAILOTIK, EMA KAOYIHAKLOTIK EHOAKTOKOT KAVAMAKAGIAMI — NALIAK PIKAGIAKANGITOT ELAINMIK. HAMMALO, dent review, to see whether they are efficient—or unnecessary. Plus, more NAONAIKHAHIMMAGIAKAKTOT EHAGIANAKTONIK ONGOVAKTIGINIAKATA research is needed before slashing regional education boards back to a sin- NUNANI ELIHAKTOLIKIYIINIK ATAOHIINAKMOT NUNAVUTMI ELIHAKTOLIKIYI- gle Nunavut Education Board with regional offices; or axing regional IKAKLOTIK AFISIKAKLOTIKLO; NALIAK ONGOVAKLOGIT NUNANI ANNIAKTO- health boards. LIKIYIIT. Interim Commissioner IKAFFOKTOKHAK KAMISINAK The Interim Commissioner appointed by the federal cabinet to guide TAMNA IKAFFOKTOKHAK KAMISINAK TIKKOAKTAOYOKHAK KANATAP KAVA- MAINIT HIVOLIKHOKTOKHAK NUNAVUTMIK APRIL 1, 1999-MOT OVA HAVALIK- Nunavut to its April 1, 1999 start date must be an Inuk, says NTI, and the LONI OVALO INUINAOYOKHAK, OKAKTOT NTI, OVALO ONA TIKKOAK- appointment has to be subject to its consent. TOAYOKHAK INUIT NAMMAGIYAKHAT. Board members also underlined that the Interim Commissioner’s posi- KATIMAYIIT IGHIVAVAKTOT OVALO OKALAKHIMALIKHOTIK TAMNAGOK tion has to be seen as a highly administrative non-political one. KAMISINAK TAHAMANIIKAFOKOMIK NAMMAINAKTOK MALIGALIOKTIONGIT- LONI TAKOKHAOVAKLONI KAVAMANI. Nunavut’s Capital

NUNAVUT KAVAMAKAKVIKHAT Although the NIC has since announced that Iqaluit is the most economi- TABKOA NIC-KOT OKALAKHIMALIKTOT TAMNA IKALUIT AFISIKAKVIKHAK cally viable choice for capital and would spin off more jobs to more sur- KAVAMAKAKVIOLONI OKALAOTIGIHIMALIKTAT MANIIYAKNAITOMIK rounding communities than the other main contenders, Rankin Inlet and OKAKHIMAYAOYOK KAVAMAKAKVIOLONI OVALO NUNAT HANNIANIITOT Cambridge Bay, NTI board members concluded in June that the selection MANILIOKVIGINIAKTAT AKIKITKIYAOLONILO OKOALO RANKIN INLETLO of the capital must be based on three factors only. The community should IKALUKTUTIAKLO KAVAMAKAKVIOYOMAYOKLO, be centrally located, it should be equipped with an infrastructure that will NTIT-KOT KATIMAYIIT IGHIVAYIT ENIKTAIT JUNE-MI HONA HOMI NUNA allow it to grow, and its nomination as capital should be acceptable to its KAVAMAKAKVIKHAK PINGGAHOTIGOT EHOMALIOKTAOHIMAYOK. TAMNA own community. NUNA KAVAMAKAKVIOGOMI KITKANIITOKHAK, OVALO IGLONIK PIHI- Board members remained neutral, not stating a preference for either of MAYOKHAK KAVAMAKAKVIKNIK OVALO ANGGILIVALIAJUTIKHAINIK PIHI- MALONI, OVALO NIGGOAKTAONIAKTOK KAVAMAKAKVIKHAK NAM- the three main centres in the running for capital. AGIYAOLONI INUINGANIT. KATIMAYIIT IGHIVAYIT NALIKMOT KAVAMAKAKVIKHAMOT HANMILI- Telecommunications MAITOT, OKALALIMAITOTIKLO PINGGAHONIK KAVAMAKAKVIKAGOMAYONIK. Time and money must go into establishing adequate telecommunications for Nunavut now, NTI board members stressed. A modern telecommuni- INUKNOT TOHAKTITAOTIT cations infrastructure is essential to a decentralized Nunavut government KAKOGOLO OVALO MANIKTOKNAKHONI ELIOGAIYAMI NAKOOYONIK TOHAK- that maximizes the number of jobs distributed throughout communities TITAOTINIK NUNAVUT PIKHAINIK TAYA, NTI KATIMAYIIT IGHIVAYIT OKALAOTIGIYAT. NUTAAT OKAOTIT TOHAKTITAOJUTIT ELIOGAKTOKHAT EMA and regions. AHINI HOMI KAVAMAKAKVIIT ELIYAONIAKMATA NUNAVUT KAVAMAKAGIAMI What’s more, the federal government shouldn’t wait until an Interim EMAK HAVAKVIIT AVIKTOKTIAKHIMAYANGITNI KAVAMAKAKVIIT NUNANI Commissioner is appointed in 1997 to arrange the financing of infrastruc- HOMILO INUKAKNINI. ture installation, operation and training. HONATLO HAPKOA, TABKOA KANATAP KAVAMAIT NUTAKKIYAGIAKANGIT- TOT OMINGA IKAFFOKKOMI KAMISINAK TIKKOAKTAOLONI 1997-MI EMA MANILIKINIK MANIKAKVIKHATLO ELIYAOYANGITNI, AOLALIGIANGITNI OVALO ELIHAIYAMI.

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Regional screening will improve NUNANI ANGONIAGOTINIK EYUTINIK Hunter Support Program MANIIT ATOTIAKTITLOGIT To help smooth out some of the snags the Nunavut Hunter Support Program (NHSP) encountered in its first year, NTI intends to set up EHOIGOTIVAKTOT EHOAKHIVALIAYANGITNI ANGGONIAKTOT EKAYUTAIT NAN- regional committees this fall to avoid a bottleneck in the approvals process NIGIAKTOKTONOT (NHSP) HIVOLIKMI AOLALGAALIGAMIK AYOKHAKPAKTOT, next year. NTI ELIOGAINIAKHIMAYOK NUNAI KATIMAYIIKHANIK OKIAKHAK AMIGAIK- Regional committees working alongside regional wildlife organizations PALAGALOAKMATA NAMMAGIYAOYOKHAT AIPAGOKAT. would screen and approve candidates. That means the workload becomes NUNANI KATIMAYUIIT HAVAKAKTIKALIGOMIK NUNANI ANGONIAKTIT NAN- more manageable, assessments start earlier (hopefully getting equipment NIGIAKTOKTIT KATIMAYIIT EKAYUKLOTIK EHOAKHAINIAKTOT KINAN ANGIK- out by March), and the best applicants are chosen because of familiarity TAOYOKHAT MANIKNIK. TAIMA HAVAGIAMI HAVAKHAT MONAGIYAMI EHOAK- with local residents. It also means conflict-of-interest situations will be TOMIK, NAONAIKHAGIAMI HIVOLIIT (EMAKAK TAMMAYAKHAIT NANIGIAK- sniffed out and avoided. TOTIKHAIT TONIYANGITNI MASIMI), OVALO KINAT NANIGIAKTOKLOAKTOT Four regional committees would cover the Kitikmeot, the Keewatin, TONIYAOYANGGITNI NANINIAKTOKTOT. OVALO INUIT KINALOANIK TONI- South Baffin, and North Baffin. HIVAKNIAKTOT OVA NAONAITTOMIK VOALO EHOIKNAITTOMIK. This year, the 1,167 applications received from Nunavut’s hunters and HITAMAT NUNANI KATIMAYIIT MONAGINIAKTOT KITIKMEONOT, KIVALLI- trappers associations were all funneled through a five-member application KNOT, HIVOGANOT KIKIKTAALOP, OKONONGALO TONONGATA KIKKIKTALOP. review committee. Whittling that down to the 260 families eventually cho- TAYA OKIOK, TABKOA 1,167 APIKOTIKAKTOT NANNIGIAKTUTIKHANIK sen within a few days meant there was “too much happening at one time,” NUNAVUT NANNIGIAKTOKTIINIK ANGGONIAKTIINIT EMA HITAMAN INUIT NHSP program director Bert Dean told NTI board members in June. MONAGIYAIT APIKOTINIK EHIVIGIOKHIYIIT. EKILIVALIAHIMAYOT IMAKAK 260 While originally a maximum of 180 families across Nunavut were to NANNIGIAKTOKTIT TONIYAOVAKTOT KAFFINI OBLONI EMA “HAVAAKHAT AMI- receive support of up to $15,000 for equipment, fuel or other capital costs, GAITPALAKHIMAYOT OBLOANI TALVANI,” DEAN ONNIOTIYAIT NTI-KOT AKTI- it turned out many recipients merited support worth between $5,000 and MAYIT JUNE-MI MEETIKMATA. $12,000—freeing up more benefits to more people. TALVANI KIGLIKAKTOT AMIGAITIGIOT NANNIGIAKTOLLOAKTOT 180 The Nunavut Hunter Support Program goes back to the NTI board table INUINAIT NUNAVUTMI TONIYAOVAKTOT KIGLIKAKTOMIK $15,000 DALAMIK later this year for review, considering things such as a sliding scale for HONAHITIKHIANIK, OGHOKHAINIK NALIAK AKITOYONIK NEOVGOTIKHAINIK, level of assistance, and the need to subsidize safety equipment to promote INUIT KAFFIT TONIYAOYOT $5,000-MIT $7,000 DALAMOT — AMIAKONIKHONI safety among hunters. MANIK TONIYOKHAK ALLANOT NANIGIAKTOGOMAYONOT. TALVANI NUANVUTMI ANGGONIAKTOT EKAYUHIAGOTAT TONIYAOFFAKNI- AKTO NTI-NOT OKAOTAONIAKTOK EHIVGIOKTAOLONI OKIOK, KANNOKTOT INUIT TONIKHAKTAOYANGITNI ANGGONIAGOTIKHAINIK, VOALO EKAYUHI- AGOTIKHAINIK ENGILGOTINIK EMA HIVOGANAITOMIK ANGGONIAKTONOT. ”IT WILL HELP LOTS”

“HAMNA EKAYUTAOTTIAKNIAKMAT” It was No. 1 on his wish list. And with the pricetag barely off his new outboard motor, Iqaluit hunter Natsiapik Saqiqtak already knew what TAMNA EHOMAGILOAKTANIK ANGGONIAGOTIKHAK HIVOLIOYOK. a difference the machinery would make. OVATAOK AKIALO ENGNIKOTIP TAKOKHAOYOK, TAMNA IQALUKMIOTAK “I just got it today,” he said when reached by Nipisi in mid-July, NANIGIAKTOKTI NATSIAPIK SAQIQTAK TAMNA ENGNIKOT ANGONI- “and I’ve only used it once. But yes, it will help lots.” AGOTIGILIGOMIOK EHOAKHINIAKTOK. When Saqiqtak filled out his NHSP application form earlier this “OBLOMI ANNITIAGA,” OKAKLAKTOK TAIMA OKOA NIPISI-KOT year, he asked for an outboard motor and a skidoo. Funding for the TOHAKVIGIYAKTOGAMIKO JULY KITKANI, “OVALO ATAOHIINAKMIK ATO- motor—the item he wanted most—was approved. Now when TAAKTAGA. KIHIME ELA, OVAPTINGNOT EKAYUTAONIAKTOK.” Saqiqtak, his wife, and 14-year-old son go hunting, it’s a little easier TALVANI SAQIQTAK APIKOTIT TITIGAGAMIGIT NANNIGAKTUTIKHANI to get to where the prey is. For this hunting family, that could be any- OKIOK TITIGAGAMIGIT, APIKHIOK ENGNIKOTINIK SEKIITOMIKLO. TAL- thing from ptarmigan to walrus—any animal, stresses Saqiqtak, that VANGA MANIKHAGAMIK ENGNIKOTIHITIKHAK — TAMNA EHAGIAGIL- can be legally hunted. LOAKTANI — ANGGIKTAOKMAT. TAYA SAQIQTAK, ENUKATINILO, OVANO

14-NIK OKIOLIK ENGNIAT ANGONIAKPAKNIALIKTOT HOMOT ANGGONI-

AKVIKMINGNOT. TABKOA ANGGONIALUKAKTOT INUIT, KENNIKPAGAIT

ANGGOYAKHAT AKILGIT AIVITLO — HONAT ANGOYAKHATLO, OKAKTOK

SAQIQTAK, HONANIK ANGONIALUKAGIAMINI.

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INUIT ELITKOHIIT TAKOKHAONIAKTO CNE-MI NTI HAVAKALIKTOT TAKOKHAOPKAILIKHOTIK INUIT ELITKOHIINIK PITKOHI- Inuit culture a highlight at CNE INIK OVALO ENGILGAAKNITANIK OVANI KANATAMI KONGIAVIKMI (CNE) NTI is playing a key role in showcasing Inuit culture and history at the TORONTO-MI. Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto. LAZARUS ARREAK, TOHAALUTINIK MONAKTI OKONANI NTI-KOTNI, HAV- Lazarus Arreak, communications director for NTI, is co-ordinating AGILIKTAIT NTI TAKOPKAIYOMAGAMIK KONGIAKVIKNI, INUIT ELITKOHIINIK NTI’s effort in the unique feature exhibit, Inuit Spirit of the Arctic. The OKIOKTAKTOMI. TAMNA CNE, AOLALIKNIAKTOK AGASIMI 18-MI ENIKNIAK- CNE, which began Aug. 18 and runs until Sept. 4, is expected to attract TOK SAPTAIPA 4-MI, INUIT KABLONAT TAKOYAKTOKNIAKTAT AVATKUMAYOT 2 more than two million people this summer. MILIAT INUIT OVANI AOYAK. Pavilions highlight the three regions of Nunavut—Baffin, Kitikmeot TAMNA KONGIAKVIK PINGGAHONIK NAONAIHIMAJUTIKAKNIAKTOK and Keewatin. NTI also has a pavilion and here, it’s explained how the NUNAVUTMIK - - KIKIKTAALOKMIK, KITIKMEONIK OKONINGALO KIVALLIK- largest native land claim agreement in North America is being imple- MIONI. NTI OVALO KONGIAKVILIOKNIAKTOT ANGGINIKHAMIK INUINAIT mented. NUNATAAKVIANI AGGIGOTMIK HAMANI NUNAKPAKYOAMI ELIOGAKTAONIAK- The pavilion houses a map of the new territory, a copy of the historic TOK NUNAVUT. Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, an enrolment register of Nunavut ben- TAMNA KONGIAKVIK IGLOAKAKTOK NUNAOYAKAKVIKNIK NUTAMIK eficiaries, pamphlets, posters, and a multimedia kiosk featuring a CD- NUNAVUTMIK, TITIGATLO ENGILGAAKNITAT NUNAVUTMIOTAT NUNATAAGO- ROM presentation of the story of Nunavut, as told by Nunavut’s artists, TAIT ANGGIGOTIT, TITIGAKTAOHIMANIAKTOT INUIT ATIIT TAKOKHAOLOTIK musicians and political leaders. The CD-ROM project is sponsored NUNAVUTMIOTAT, MAKPIGATIGOT, PIKSATIGOT, OVALO TV-KOT NIAKUYATIG- primarily by NTI and the Nunavut Implementation Commission. OTLO ONIPKAKAKLOTIK NUNAVUTMIK OKAOTIGINIAKTAIT HANNAOYAKTIT, The story begins with Alaska’s Thule people—the ancestors of today’s HOKOLAKTIT OKOALO MALIGALIOKTIT. TAMNA NIAKUYAKOT TOHAKTITINIK Inuit—who more than a thousand years ago followed the eastern migra- OKAOHIKAKNIAKTOK NTI OKOALO NUNAVUT ELIOGAIYIT KATIMAYIIT. tion of whales and settled throughout the Arctic. Narrated by Arreak, the TAMNA ONIPKAK ALASKAMI INUKNOK OKAOTIKAKLONI — ENGILGAT CD-ROM show can be heard in Inuktitut, English and French. INUIT ELAPTINGOT TAYAMOT INUIT ELITKOHIIT — ENGILGAAKPAKYOAMIT Plans are in the works to create an extended version for schools and the TAVONGAKPALIAYONOT KIVANMOT AKVIKHIOKTOT OKOA INUIT KIVANMOK- public. Further funding is needed to complete the presentation, which PALIANIGIT OKIOKTAKTOMI. OKAOTIGIAYIT ARREAK, NIAKUYAMI project manager Tom Axtell says may be ready early in 1996. Both this TOHAKHAONIAKTOK INUKTITUT, KABLONATOT, OVALO PALAMIOTATOT. and the CD-ROM version playing to CNE visitors are being produced by OKTOKNIAKHIMAYOTLO HAVALIKHOTIK ELIOGAILOTIK SEKOOGVIKNOT Unaaq Inc. of Ottawa and Das Media of Montreal. INUKNOTLO. MANIKHAIT PIYAONIAKTOT ENIKPIAGIANGITNI KONGIAT, Also on the agenda at the CNE this month was a special Nunavut Day, TAMNA ATANIAT TOM AXTELL ENIKNIAKNAHOGIYAIT 1996-MI. TAMANGNIK giving southern audiences a sense of the historic day on July 9, 1993 when HAMNA ONALO CD-ROM NIAKUYAMI NIPPAKNIAKTOK CNE-MI POLAKTOT the land claim received royal assent, setting Inuit on their path to self- TOHAYAKHAT HANNAYA UNAAQ INC. ATTOWAMIOT VOAN DAS MEDIA MON- determination in the Northwest Territories. TREAL-MI “Nunavut Day will showcase Nunavut and NTI’s role in creating our OVATAOK ENGILGAVIKHAT OVANI CNE-MI HAMANI TATKIKHIOTMI homeland,” said Arreak late last month. “It will be exciting for the people NUNAVUT NALLIKVIANIK PINIAKTOT, KABLONAT ELITOGIPKAKLOGIT coming to the exhibition, and other Inuit organizations. NANAVUTMIK JULY 9, 1993 TAMNA NUNATAKNIK KAVAMAT NAMMAGILIKHI- “It will be a chance to educate people about our story, seen from Inuit MAYAT , EMA INUIT NANMINIKOKNIALIKMATA NUNAVUTMI NUANTIAM eyes and told by Inuit voices.” NUNAVUKALIKLOTIK. “NUNAVUT NALLIKNIA OBLOA TAKOKHAONIAKTOK NUNAVUTMI OKO- NANILO NTI-KONI OVAGUT INUINAOYOGOT NUNAPTINGNIK NANMINIKAK- NIALIGAPTA,” OKAKTOK ARREAK KINGGOLIKMI TATKIKHIOTMI. “INUIT ALLI- AHOKNIALIKTOT TAMNA TAKOKHAOLIKAT TAKOVIKMI, VOALO ALLATLO INUIT KATIMAYIINGIT.” “HAMNA KABLONANOT KAOYIHAOTAONIALIKTOK ONIPKAPTINGNIK, INUIT ELITKOHITIK TAOTOKLOGIT VOALO ONIPKAGIYAIT OKAOHITIK.”

NUMIGUIKTILUGU SERAPIO ITTUSARJUAK (KULLIK) JOSE KUSUGAK TUHAKTITTI- TILUGU PARLIAMENT HILL-MI JUNE-MI OTTAWAMIUT KANATAMIULLU TAMAITA PULAKUYAIT INUIT PIKUHINUT TAUTUKTITAUTILGIT TORONTO-MI

Following a drum performance by Serapio Ittusarjuak (top) that was part of a press conference on Parliament Hill in June, Jose Kusugak urges Ottawa and the rest of Canada to experience the Arctic by visiting the Inuit Spirt of the Arctic exhibit at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto

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The community may be remote, yet the people of NUNA OGAHIKTUGALOAK KEHEANI INUGIYAET TAEMAE- Sanikiluaq are anything but. TUYAGITUT.

During NTI’s board meeting in TUNGAVITKUNI KATIMAYIT KATIMAKMATA JUNE-MI UNA NUNAVUTMI June, Nunavut’s southernmost KAVLONANUT KANINIKHAOVLONI NUNALET KUVEAHUKTITINA- community did everything HOAKHUTIK KATIMAYUNIK PIHIMAYUT. HULI- imaginable to make sure GAGAMIK TAMAKMIK ILAOVAKAMIK. PUKUK- board members and staff TAGAMIK UVELUYANIK NUKIKAKTUNIK ILOANI enjoyed their stay. And what- (ALEOYOK PIKSA) AKAGUGOKMAT KIGAOP HANI- ever they did, they did together. An evening of mussel picking GANI NIGIVAKMIYUT. (ALEOP PIKSAP KULANI) (bottom) was followed the next afternoon by a hillside com- INUGEAKHIHIMAVAKTOK NIGIKMATA UVELUYANIK munity feast (second photo from bottom). It brought out most NIKIKAKTUNIK MAKTAKNIKLO TUKTUNIKLO MOK- of the town for those fresh-picked mussels, sea urchins, muk- PAOYANIKLO KAVLONATLO NIKAOTAENIK. tuk, caribou, hot dogs, marshmallows, and tasty bannock.

INUINAET INUHIKTIK KUVEAGITEAKTAT TAKUTEAK- Pride in their Inuit heritage is evident, as seen by the recon- NAKHUNILO UKUNANI IHOAKHAKHIMAYUNI IGIL- structed Thule sod house and seal kayak behind the Nuiyak GAT IGLOA HANAHIMAYOK NUNAENAKMIK UVALO School (left) and archeological artifacts inside the school. KAYAK AVATANI NUIYAK SEKUKVEOP Sanikiluaq wants to make sure its many children, such as (top) (TALIKPEOYOK PIKSA) UVALO UTUKAET IGILGUTIT ILOANI Jeannie Novalinga, Silas No- SEKUKVEOP. SANIKILOAQ-MEOT NUTAKATIK ILAGIYAET UKOA valinga and Davidee Takatak, (KULIK PIKSA) JEANNIE NOVALINGA, SILA NOVALINGA-LO retain this pride of their past. UVALO DAVIDEE TAKATAK KUVEAGITKUGALOAKAET IGILGAT

PITKUHET. KUVEAHUGUTAET SANIKILUAQ-MEOT That’s part of the reason Sanikiluaq began a Hudson TALVUNA SANIKILUAQ-MEOT KAOYIHAKHIMAVUT HUDSON Bay traditional ecological BAY-MI IGILGAT PITKUHIGIVAGAENIK MONAGIYUHIKHAE- knowledge and management TIGUTLO PIGAHUT UKEOT NUGUHIMALIGIVUT INIGUTANIT systems study almost three ILA TAHAPKOA IHUMAOYUT ATOGUMAPLOGIT HIVU- years ago—to use past know- NIKHAMUT IHAMALEOGUTAONEAKTUNUT. TAHAMNT KAOYI- ledge for future decision- HAKNIK IKAYUTAOHIMAKYOK AETUHEAGUTIGIVLOGO making. That study helped INUYUTIGUT KAMAYEOYUT HILAKYOAMI KATIMAYENIT ILA Sanikiluaq earn a United ILAOGMAT 50-NI ILITAGIYAOHIMAYUNI Nations award this year as NUNANIK INOGIYAET IKAYUTITEAKMATA. one of 50 exemplary commu- ATOGUMANAKTOK ILA TAHAMNA UMA OYA- nities around the world, com- GAKHEOKTI KONGEALEOKTILO ROBERT FLA- mitted to building a sense of HERTY-GUYUP (KIHA TAKUNAKOK common unity. It’s a noble MAKPIGOKNI ILA ITKAOMAYUTAOKMAT trait prospector/filmmaker Robert Flaherty (whose anchor, on ILITKUHENIK SANIKILUAP) TAKUYUYAGO- the next page, is another reminder of Sanikiluaq history) may NAKHIGALOAKAET TAHAPKONOGA KIGIK- have envisaged when he visited the Belcher Islands in 1914. TANUT BELCHER ISLANDS-NIK TAEVAKTAENIK 1914-GUTILOGO. THE PRIDE OF SANIKILUAQ

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HONDA-KUGEAMI MANIK- Travel by Honda is smooth sailing in town (as TOK NUNAT (UKTOKMATA demonstrated below by driver Johnassie Inuktaluk, AKUYEOYUT UKOA Jeanassie Kudluarok and, hidden behind, Johnassie JOHNASSIE INUKTALUK, Ippak), but the road to Kataapik, 40 minutes outside JEANASSIE KUDLUAROK-LO Sanikiluaq, is a bumpy and breath- UVALO JOHNASSIE IPPAK taking one. Mussels and sea urchins AVATANETOK) KEHEANI can be easily scooped from shore APKUT KATAAPIK-MUT UNA (Nunavut Trust chairman Peter UGAHIKPALAGITOK SANI- PIKSAOTA LEEVEDE ATAGOYUK/PHOTO BY LEEVEDE ATAGOYUK Kritaqliluk, NTI director of business KILUAQ-MIT ATAKLUKTUK KEHEANI AKLIKNAKTUT TAOTUGEAMI. UVELUYAT NIKIKATUT development Tagak Curley and NTI ILOANI KAHAKHIVAKTUT HINANI (NUNAVUTMI MANIKHAGIT- administrative assistant Dorothy IGUT MONAGIYEOYUT IKHIVAOTAT PETER KRITAQLILUK UVALO Kaludjak splice open some sea TUNGAVITKUNI HAVAGUYUKHATIGUT PIVALEANIGATIGUT urchins, second photo from bottom). ATANGUYAOYOK TAGAK CURLEY-GUYOK UVALO TUNGAVITKONI At Kaatapik, the beach is a handy TUKLEA TITIGAKVIKNI HAVAKTUTIGUT DOROTHY KALUDJAK-GUYOK AKMAKTI- place to indulge in stone carving (Jimmy Iqaluk, centre right, plies his GIVUT UVILUYANIK, KULANI PIKSAP ALEOP) KAATIPEOP HINA HANAOY- trade), especially when driftwood from northern Quebec props up the task. AKVIGIYAMI IHAOKTOY (JIMMY IQALUK, AKULIK PIKSA, AYOETAMINIK ATOK- MAT) KIYOET TIKHIKHIMAYUT ILAGANIT QUEBEC-GUYUP HANAVIGIYAMI A beautiful evening on the summer solstice saw a cavalry of ATVs ferry NTI IHOAKMATA. board members and staff to Kaatapik for mussel picking. (Much of the catch was later spread out for the next day’s community feast, top.) Luck, how- UBLUMAT HILAKIGALOKMI OEGULIGIKHUTIK 4-OELAGALOET AKYAKTUT TUN- GAVITKUT KATIMAYENIK ever, wasn’t with NTI president Jose Kusugak, wife Nellie and several oth- HAVAKTENIKLO TAKONAK- ers who were following TUT KAATIPIK-MUGAOYUT aboard a 22-foot canoe. After

KUVEAHUGUTAET SANIKILUAQ-MEOT UVELUYAKTAGEAT. (AGINI- an hour of ice-breaking, they KHA KATITAOYUT HAVITAO- still found themselves sur- HIMAYUT AKAGUGOKMAT rounded by five-foot chunks NIGIKMATA NUNALET, of ice. “Manoeuvering around KULIK PIKSA) KEHEANI

PIKSAOTA LAZARUS ARREAKPIKSAOTA / PHOTO BY LAZARUS ARREAK the ice was tricky and danger- AYOKHAVYAKTUT TUNGAV- ous,” recalls NTI public rela- ITKUT IKHIVAOTA JOSE tions officer Leevede KUSUGAK NULEAGALO Atagoyuk, one of the passen- NELLIE ILAOYUTLO MALIK- TUT KAYAGUT. HIKU- gers, “because we had to LIKIGAMIK ATAOHIKMI push, pull, drag and use the IKAKNIKMI KAOYIVALEA- paddles to get around the YUT HIGUKYOAT ILOANELIKNIKHUTIT. “KAYAKTUGEAMI HIKUGAKTILOGO endless maze of ice.” Hours after they’d started out, the stoic group decid- KAYAKNAKTOK KUKLOKNAKHUNILO,” OKAKTOK LEEVEDE ATAGOYUK TUNGAV- ed to return, stopping at a tent site to have hot tea. Still, it was, declared ITKUNIK KITUNULIKA TAKUPKAETEANAHOAKHUNI HAVAKTEOYOK, Kusugak later, more fun “than going on a bumpy Honda ride.” “TAYAKHUTA NUTOKHUTALO UNEAKHUTALO PAOHUTALO HIKULIKIGAPTA.” AOLAKHIMAKHAKHUTIK UNAGOETUT UTEOVALEAYUT NUKAKHIMALGAKHUTIK TUPIKMI TEATOKHUTIK. KUSUGAK UVATEAGUGOKMAT IMAELIYOK, “ALEANATKIYAOYOK 4-OELAGUKNIKMIT ATAKLOKTUTIGUT.” THE PRIDE OF SANIKILUAQ

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HUKIYAGUVIT SANIKILUAQ-MI NUMENAYOETUTIT. NUKITIT When you square dance in ATOKPAGATIT. (KULIKMI PIKSAMI HAOMEANIT TALIKPEANUT) Sanikiluaq, you don’t just TUNGAVITKUNIGAKTUT NATSIQ KANGO, RAYMOND NIN- dance. You flex your muscles. DEOCHEAKLO, JAMES EETOOLOOKLO UVALO DAVID KRITTERD-

PIKSAOTAET LEEVEDEPIKSAOTAET ATAGOYUK / PHOTOS BY LEEVEDE ATAGOYUK (Top, left to right): NTI’s LIK ULAPKIKATAOYUT ANGMAKHIL- Natsiq Kango, Raymond GAKNAHOAKTUNI PUKYOAKHI- Ningeocheak, James Eetoo- MAYUMIK ILA PUGIYAKHUGU. look and David Kritterdlik play a game of chance that has them racing for a very tightly HUKIYAKTUNIK TAKUNAKTOK wrapped package of goodies at centre stage, and ripping off the SANIKILUAQ-MEOT ULAPKIYUHENIK wrapping. ILALUTAOK NIGIKYOAKTILOGIT

HAELEOYAKNAKTOK. (TAKULOGO AKULIK PIKSA HAOMEANIT TALIKPEANUT: NELLIE The evening square dance was a glimpse of Sanikiluaq at play, just as KUSUGAK, PAUL KALUDJAK-LO, LUCASSIE INUKTALUK-LO, DOROTHY KALUDJAK-LO, the community feast was a time for relaxation (see centre bottom, MINA INUKTALUK-LO, MARY INUKTALUK-LO, ANNIE OHAITUK-LO, JOSE KUSUGAK- left to right: Nellie Kusugak, Paul Kaludjak, Lucassie Inuktaluk, LO UVALO MUSTAFA DEDECI). Dorothy Kaludjak, Mina Inuktaluk, Mary Inuktaluk, Annie Ohaituk, Jose Kusugak, and young Mustafa Dedeci). SANIKILUAQ-MEOT HAVAKAGAMIK IKALOKHEOKLOAKPAKTUT AMIGAE-

TUT (ALIK PIKSA) NUNAKAKTUT ATOKLOAKPAKMEYAET MITIGALOET Sanikiluaq at work, though, is largely a fishing community (bottom). KIGIKTANI UVALO MANIKHAOTIGIKATAKHUGIT MITKOET ANUGALEOK- Residents have also taken advantage of the islands’ eider duck TUNUT NUNAMIKNI TALIMANI UKEONI. UBLOMI ATANGUYAK EMILY KAT- colonies, and five years ago began selling the eider down to a local TUK (ILOANUGAKHIMAYOK PIKSA ALIK) MONAKHIYOK 8-NIK AKNANIK duvet and outerwear manufacturer. Today, manager Emily Kattuk MIKHOKTUNIK UVANI SANIIT CO-OP-GANI EKAYOKTAOVLOTIK MON- (inset, bottom) heads an eight-woman sewing team at the Saniit Co- AKHIYEOYUNIT INIKNIGIT ILINEAGUTAENIK ARCTIC COLLEGE-KUNIT. op, in a program sponsored by Arctic College.

KIGIKTANETUT IKAYUTAOYUNAKUT ATOTEAKHUGIT PIGAMIK Using the islands’ resources has permitted this isolated community TAHAVUMUNA INUHIMAKTUT, to survive. For the children of Sanikiluaq, like the young baby below SANIKILUAQ-MEOT NUTAGAET peeping from an amauti, it may be less a matter of necessity in the ALIKMETUTUT AMAOTMIT NOETAYOK future, and more a matter of choice. PIYAGEAKAGITAGALOAGAT HIVUNIKHAMI

KEHEANI ILAOVLONI PITKUHIKHATIGUT. ISOAAE APEL/POOB LXCAMPBELL PHOTO BY ALEX / CAMPBELL PIKSAOTA ALEX

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NANMINIKAKTOT HAVAKVIIT EKAYUKHIKNIAKTOT Help at hand for small businesses FALL ELVIT NUNATAKHIMAGOVIT NUNAVUKTONI OVALO NANMINIKHAKHANIK HAVAKVIKAGOMAGOVIT NUNAVUTMI, TABKOA NUNAVUT SIVUMMUT SMALL If you are a land claim beneficiary and want to start up a small business

MEETING BUSINESS PROGRAM EKAYUINAGIANIKTOT MANIKHANIK HAVALAKOTIK- in Nunavut, the Nunavut Sivummut Small Business Program may be able The board of HANIK HAVAKVIKHAT ENGILGALIGIANGANI. to provide financial assistance to get your business off the ground. Nunavut ONA $300,000 MANIK ATOKTAKHAK MONAGILIKTA OMA TAGAK CURLEY, NTI The $300,000 program is being co-ordinated by Tagak Curley, NTI’s director of business development. It aims to strengthen the economic base Tunngavik ATANIAT HAVALAKHOIHANOAKTONI NANMINIKHANIK. EMA EKAYUGA- HOAKHOTIK PIVALIAYAKHANIK NUNANI NANMINIKAKAKTOKHANIK of communities by nurturing small businesses. Business people involved meets this fall HAVAKVIKNIK. HAVAKTIT INUIT ENMINGOT HAVAGOMAYOT NANMINIKAK- in sole proprietorships, partnerships, incorporated businesses, or individ-

in Cambridge LOTIK HAVAKVIKMINGNIK, PANNAGIIKLOTIKLUNIIT, PIOTIKATIGIIKLOTIK, uals undertaking economic activities to aid Inuit beneficiaries, may apply. Bay, Oct. 16 NALIAK KINAT MANILIOGOMAMAGOMIK INUIT NUNATAKVIANI, INUIT Applicants must have: to 20. OKTOINAGIALGIT. ¥ a business license APIKHIYOT OKTOKTOT EMAITOKAKTOKHAT: ¥ a letter from an individual or company agreeing to purchase the

¥ HAVAKVIKMINGNI LAISIKAKLOTIK goods and services offered OKIAKHAK ¥ TITIGAKHIMAYOKHAT KINAMIT NALIAK HAVAKVIANIT ANGGIGOTINIK ¥ sales at least equal to the program contribution over a maximum of MEETIKNI- NEOVIKNIAGOMI HAVAOTIK-HAMINGNIK OVALO HONANIK HAVAKAK- three years. AKTOT LOTIK Also, applicants must put in funds matching 10 per cent of the contri- ¥ MANILIOKPAKOMIK AJIKOTAINIK ATOKVIOP MANIANIK HAVAKHI- bution received. KATIMAYIIT MEETIK- MAYOKHAT PINGAHONI OKIONI Funding is also available to small businesses through the regional eco- TIT NUNAVUT TUN- OVATAOK, APIKHIOT MANIKNIK MIKAKMIK MANIKMIK TONIHIOKHAT 10%- nomic development corporations, which garnered a total of $700,000 for

NGAVITKONIOTAT MIK NEOVIGAHOAGOMIK HAVAOTIKHAMINGNIK. this purpose from NTI’s $4-million regional economic development fund.

KATIMANIAKTOT MANIKHAT OKOALO PIINAGIAL MIKKAKNOT HAVAKVIKNOT NUNANI PIVAL- The Kitikmeot and Keewatin regions were each allocated $300,000 for small business financing. The Baffin region received $100,000. OKIOAKHAK IKALUK- LIAJUTIKHANIK, EMA MANIKAKTOT $700,000 EKAYUTIKHAMIK OVANGA NTI 4 MILIATALAMIK TONIYOKHAMIK PIVALLIAJUTIKHANI TOTKOMAVIKMIT. KITIK- TUTIAMI, AKTOBA MEOT OKOA KIVALLIKMIOT TONIYAOYOT AKTIGIOMIK MANIKMIK ATO- For more details, contact the appropriate sources listed below. 16-MIT 20-MOT. GAKHAMIK $300,000 DALAMIK NANMINIKAGOMAYOT OKTOTIKHAIT. TABKOA Nunavut Sivummut Small Business Assistance Program

KIKIKTAALOKMIOT TONIYAOYOT $100,000 DALAMIK. Tagak Curley (819) 645-3199

HAPKOATIGOT NAONAITIAGOMAGOVIT, HIVAYAKLOGIT HAPKOA: Kitikmeot Corporation Small Business Assistance Program

NUNAVUT SIVUMMUT SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Keith Peterson (403) 983-2095

TAGAK CURLEY (819) 645-3199 Sakku Investments Corporation Small Business Assistance Program

KITIKMEOT CORPORATION SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Joe Kaludjak, Ron Dewar or Mary-Lee Sandy (819) 645-2805

KEITH PETERSON (403) 983-2095 Baffin Region Inuit Association Small Business Loans Fund

SAKKU INVESTMENTS CORPORATION SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE Pat Angnakak or Peter Ma (819) 979-0911

PROGRAM JOE KALUDJAK, RON DEWAR NALIAK MARY-LEE SANDY

(819) 645-2805

BAFFIN REGION INUIT ASSOCIATION SMALL BUSINESS LOANS FUND

PAT ANGNAKAK NALIAK PETER MA (819) 979-0911

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DEW Line survey gives TOOLAIT EHIVGIOKTAOYOT residents a voice Earlier this year, NTI asked the Department of National Defence (DND) INUIT OKAKVIGIYAIT to suspend a cleanup proposed for the DEW Line site near Cambridge ATOLIHAALIKTOMIK OKIOK, NTI APIGIYAIT KAVA- Bay, because of economic and environmental concerns. DND agreed, MATKOT ANGGOYAKTIIT (DND) NUTKAKOVLOGIT and will sit down with NTI in Cambridge Bay this fall to discuss training, HALUMMAKHIOT TOOLAINIK OKTOGOMAYOT TOOLAIT HANNIANI IKALUKTUTIAP, TABKOA MANILIOGOTAOY- employment, and government contracts for work. DND’s director-gener- OMAKMATA EHOMAALUTAOKMATALO. DND ANGGIK- al of environment Tony Downs added that environmental concerns would TOT, OVALO IGHIVAKATIGINIAKTAIT NTI-KOTKOT be resolved through further analyses. If an agreement is reached with NUNAVUT HILAKYOAGA IKALUKTUTIAMI OKIAKHAK HALUMMAKTIGINIKMI ELIHAOTINIK, HAVAKVIKHAT, NTI, the cleanup would go ahead the summer of 1996. This summer, KAMAGITEAGUMANAK- KAVAMATLO KANTOLAKTITAKHAIT HAVAKHAT. DND ATANIAT NUNALIKIOK TONY MAT. TALVUNA TUNGAV- DOWNS ELALIOJOIYOK NUNAMIK EHOMAALOKAMI NUNAT EHIVGIOKTAOYOMAK- meanwhile, student Tanya Tagaq Gillis of NTI’s Cambridge Bay office ITKUT APIKHOEVAKPUT TONGOK. TALVANI ANGGIKATA OKOALO NTI-KOTLO, HALUMMAKHILIKNIAKTOT planned to survey area residents for their concerns about the environ- IKALOKTUTIAK-MEOTA- AOYAMI 1996-MI. TALVANI AOYAMI, TAYALIKIAK, SEKOOGTOK TANYA TAGAQ ment. Here was her outlook in mid-July: NIK AOYAKTILOGO GILLIS OKONANI NTI-KI IKALUKTUTIAMI AFISIANI EHIVGIOGIAKTOKNIAKTAIT In the world’s swing towards environmental awareness, the NWT KANOK IHUMAKMAGA INUIT EHOMALOGIYAITNIK NUNAMOT HILAMOT. HAMMA TITIGAKTAIT TAOTOKHI- DEW-LINE-GUYUT KIKLI- is not being left behind. The previous suspension of the DEW Line site MAYAIT JULY KITIKOKMAT: MAKTIKNETIGUT ILA cleanup plan has heightened our realization that even though we are not TAYA NUNAPAKYOAT EHOMALIKMATA HILA NUNALO KAYAGIYAOTKOYAO- NUNAGIYAENUT KANIT- in the south, pollution is still a big issue. VALIAKMAT INUKNIT, TABKOA NUNATIAMI KINGGOLIOTIVALIAYOT TABKO- MAT Each existing and potential landfill may have more to give to the NANGA. TAMNA NUTKAKTITAOKMAT HALUMMAKTIGIYAMI TOOLAIMIK land than we need. Considerable damage to the environment could result OKTOGAHOANI ELITOGIPKALIKMATIGOT TAONANIINGITKALOAKTITLOTA It’s important to pro- due to POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants), PCBs (Polychlorinated KABLONAKAKNINI, NUNA HALUMMAIYAKHIMMAKTOK HOLI EHOMAGIYAO- tect Nunavut’s envi- Biphenyl), and many other potentially hazardous substances. The infiltra- ronment. That’s why VAKTOK. tion of these lipophilic (soluble in fat) substances into the environment is NTI canvassed Cam- TAHAPKOA TAYA TAHAMANIITOT OVALO HAOYAONAHOAT EMAKAK bridge Bay residents EKAKOT HALUMMAIGOTINIAKTOT NUNAMOT MAKKIGOMIK. MAKKIGOMIK extremely dangerous, considering that POP levels measured in humans in this summer for their NUNA HALUMMAIKPALAKNIAKTOK EMMATLO EMA OKOA POB (HALUM- the Arctic are among the highest in the world, according to Synopsis of thoughts on the pro- MAIKYUMIOTIHIMMAKTOT KOVVIYAKTOT), PCP (TOKONAT), OVALO AMI- Research under Northern Contaminants Program,a 1994 study by the posed DEW Line GAITOT HIVOGANAKTOT HALUMMAITOT INUKNOT. TAHAPKOA HALUM- Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. There has been cleanup near their MAITOT KOVVIGOMIK MAKKIGOMIK OGHOT (OGHOIT) NUNAMOT EMMAKMOT no characterization of landfill contents by the Department of National community INUKNONGGAKNIAKTOT OKIOKTAKTOMI HALUMMAITKIYAONIAKTOT Defence. NUNANIT AHINIT INUKNOTLO HIVOGANAKHOTIK, OKOA TITIGAKHIMAKMAG- Who has liability of long-term maintenance? What happens if the IT NAONAIKHAKPAKTOT NALVAKHIOKTINOT OVANI OKIOKTAKTOMI HALUM- landfill designs do not work in Arctic climates? There is no guarantee of MAITOTNIK, TALVA 1994-MI EHIVGIOKHIVAKTOT KANATPA ITKILIKIYIIT OKIOK- the lining remaining permanently frozen. There is no secondary fail-safe TAKTOLIKIYIIT. TALVANI OKAKHIMANGITOT HAOHIMAYONIK KOVVIYAK- mechanism built into the closure design. The plans are not stringent TONIK OKOA KAVAMATKOT ANGGOYAKTIT. enough to ensure the safety of our land. KINAT EHOINAKNIAKAT KAKOGOGAALOK HALUMMAIKAT KOVVIVIOKPAT NTI is very concerned with this situation. Over the summer, I will NUNA? KANNOGILITJUTINIAKAT NUNAT KOVVIOGOMIK OKIOKTAKTOMI be trying to obtain some public input on the situation, via surveys. Public HALUMMAIKLOTIK. TALVA NUNALO KIKOMAINALIMAITKIVLONI KAKOGO. opinion on how to deal with these responsibilities will clarify what gets OVALO KOVVILAITOT OKATAOGALOAKHOTIK KAKOGOGANGAT KOVVILAKI- prioritized in the cleanup project. Unsatisfactory circumstances will not VAKMIOTLO. HIAMMAYAKTITAKHOTIKLO NUNAMI EMMANILO. OPALON- GAIYAOTIKANGITKIVLOTIK TOOLAIMIOT HALUMMAKTIGOTIKHAINIK be avoided if our people don’t get behind the demands for a revised MAKKIYUKALIKAT NUNAMOT OVAGUT NUNAPTINGNI. design. NTI-KOT EHOMAALOLIKTOT HAFFOMINGGA NUNAMIK HALUMMAIKTAOY- There are alternatives, such as off-site disposal of waste materi- OMIK. OVANI AOYAMI, OVANGA OKTOKNIAKTONGA INUIT HONANIK als, that could make the disposal designs tolerable. Each alternative will EHOMAKAKAT HAFFOMINGA HALUMMAINIKMIK, OKOATIGOT EHIVGIOKTAP- be emphasized in the survey. NTI hopes for an enthusiastic public partic- KOT. INUIT OKAOTAIT EHOMAIT MONAGIJUTIKHANIK PINGMATA MONAGIJU- ipation level. We only have one chance to keep our land clean. TIKHANIK HALUMMAKHITIKHANIK HONAT HALUMMAITKIAT PILGAAKNA- HOAKLOGIT HALUMMAKTIKTAOYOKHAT. KOVIANAITOT HALUMMATTIGOTIL- IMAITOT ATOKTAONAHOKKOKMATA INUIT EHOMAIT ATOKTAONGITPATALO EMA HALUMMATIAKTOGHANIK PITKOINAHAOKMATA. ALLATLO OKTOINAGIALGIT, AHINOT AOLAKTIPKAKLOGIT HALUMMAITOT KOVVIYAKTOT, EMA AHINI KOVVIYOKHAT EKKOALATTIYAOLOTIK. ALLATTIG- OT OKTOKTAOGOMIKLO HALUMAKTIGOTIKOT PINIAKTOT. NTI EHOMAYUT INUIT EHOMAIT EKAYUGOMI KOVIAGIYAONIAKTOT. TALVA NUNAKPUT ATAO- HIINAKOT HALUMMAKTIGOTIKAKNIAKMAT.

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OKIOKTAKTOMI MANILIOGOTIT ANGGIGOTIT TALVANI NIPISI TOHAYAKHAT TITIGAKTAONIALIKTONI, TABKOA OKAOTAOLIK- Northern Energy Accord TOT OKIOKTAKTOMI MANILIOGOTIKHAT NUTAONIALIKTOT KANATAP KAVA- MAINIT HAVAOHIIT TAMAITA OGHOT, KASILIIT OKOALO OYAKATLO NALVAKHI- As Nipisi was going to press, talks on a northern energy accord to trans- MAYOT NUNATIAP KAVMAITNOT TAYA NUTKANGALIKMATA. fer federal government authority over oil, gas and minerals to the NWT TAMNA MANILIOGOTIT ANGGIGOTIT, OKTOGOMAYAT ANGGIGOTIKOT were still at a halt. KANATPA KAVAMAIT OKOALO NUNATIAP KAVAMAITLO, EMAKAK AKITOTI- The northern accord, a proposed agreement between the Canadian and GIOK MILIATANIK EMA MANILIOVIOYAMI TABKOA. KIHIME OKAOTIGIATIK territorial governments, is worth millions of dollars in resource royalties. NUNATIAP KAVAMAITLO INUINAITLO OALLINIKMIOT OKAOTIGIATIK ANGGIN- But talks between GNWT and aboriginal groups in the western Arctic GITMAGIT JULY-MI EMA NAONAIKHAKHOTIGIK KABLONAGOGITOT ENMIGOT broke down in early July over the matter of defining aboriginal self-gov- KAVAMAKAGOMAYHOT. ernment. HIVOLIK TOKLIA ATANIAT JAMES EETOOLOOK OKAKTOK NTI APIKHINIAK- TOK ELIKOT OKTOKLOTIK OKIOKTAKTOMI MANILIOGOTINIK PINAHOAKLOTIK First vice president James Eetoolook has stated that NTI may ask for a NUNAVUTMOT. TAMNA NUNAVUT TIKITPALIAKMAT KAVAMAKAKVIKHAT 1999- separate northern energy accord for Nunavut. With the coming of the MI, NAONAITIAGAIKAKTOK NANMINIKMI KAVAMAKAGIAMI EHOILIMAITO Nunavut government in 1999, defining aboriginal self-government does OALLINIKMIOTOT. not pose the same concern as it does in the West. NUNATIAP KAVAMAIT MINISTAK KULLIKTUNINI, OYAKINIK OGHOKYOANIK GNWT Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum John Todd has writ- MINISTAK JOHN TODD TITIGAKTOK KANATAP KAVAMAINOT MINISTAMOT RON ten to federal Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Ron Irwin to ask his IRWIN APIGIVLOGO KANNOKTOT TONINIAKAIT HAPKOA. NONGOLIKTOMI advice on how to proceed. As of late July, they were still waiting for a JULY, NUTAKKIOT KIOTJUTIKHANIK MINISTAP KANATAP KAVAMAITNIT IRWIN- reply from Irwin, said Todd’s executive assistant, Rick Bargery. MI, OKAKTOK TODD HAVAKTIA, RICK BARGERY. HONATIGOT PIGALOAKTITLOGIT NUNATIAP KAVAMAIT OKTOKNIAKATA, No matter what step the territorial government takes next, NTI is NTI HANNIMINGNOT IGHIVAKATIGINIAKTAIT. TITIGAMI 28.1.1 OVANI NUNAVUT assured of a place right beside them. Section 28.1.1 of the Nunavut Land NUNATAAGOTIT ANGGIGOTINI OKAKTOK NTI HAVAKTIAT ELAONIAKTOT PINA- Claims Agreement says NTI representatives will be part of the territorial HOAKLOTIK PIVALIANAHOAKLONO OKIOKTAKTOMI MANILIOGOTIKHAK team that develops northern energy and mineral accords with the OKOALO KANAT KAVAMAITLO. Canadian government. AETOKTAOHIMAYUT SANIKILUAQ-MEOT UKUNAGA INUYUTIGUT KAMAYEOYUT Study earns Sanikiluaq a HILAKYOAMI KATIMAYENIT KAOYIHAKNIKUT KAOYIHAQTEOKHAKTUNI KATIHIMALIKMATA AMIHUT ILIPKAYUMANAKTUT United Nations award IGILGAT PITKUHET INUIT UVALO ITKILET NUNAKAKTUT HUDSON BAY-GUYUP A long-term study that’s amassed a wealth of traditional ecological knowl- HINANI — ILA SANIKILUAQ NUNAOYANUKTUYAKMAT TALVUNA PIVLOTIK edge from Inuit and Cree residents around the Hudson Bay rim—and has AETUHEAKHIMAYUT INUYUTIGUT KAMAYEOYUT HILAKYOAMI KATIMAYENIT — UVALO IKAYUKTAOVLOTIK AGIYUMIK TUNIYAOGAMIK $100,000 DALAMIK put Sanikiluaq on the map by earning it a United Nations award—has TUNGAVITKUNIT. received a major shot in the arm with a $100,000 grant from NTI. MANIK TAHAMNA IKAYUTAONEAKTOK SANIKILUAQ-MI KAOYIHAKTAOYUT The money will help the Sanikiluaq-based study team carry on with the TITIGAKPALEAYAGINI TUNEOKHAKPALEAYAGINILO NALUNAEGUTIT. NAON- publication and distribution of this information. Data from the study AEYAKTAOHIMAYUT TAYA IKAYUTAONEAKMATA MUNAGIYUHIKHAETIGUT would currently help address management issues for beluga whales, polar KILALUGAT NANUTLO TIKMEATLO UVALO AGIYUT KILALUGAT NUNAVUTMI. TALVUNA SANIKILUAP AKHUGUTAET TAHAVUMUNA AKLIGAGAMIKU bears, waterfowl and bowhead whales in Nunavut. KANATAMI UKEOKTAKTUTIGUT PIYUTIKAKTOK UNA (CANADIAN CIRCUMPO- Meanwhile, Sanikiluaq’s drive impressed the Canadian Circumpolar LAR INSTITUTE) UVALO AHET INUVALOET TIKOAKHIMAVAT MIGAK NUNA Institute and several other groups and individuals so much that they nom- KIGIKTAMI AETUHEAKTOKHANI 50-NIK NUNANIK HILAKYOAMI IKAYUTITEAK- inated the tiny island settlement for a United Nations award as one of 50 TUNIK NUNAKATIMIKNIK. exemplary communities worldwide committed to building a sense of com- SANIKILUAQ PIGAHUGIKMAGO KANATAMI NUNAKAKAKTUNI TIKOAK- TOAYOK UVALO AETUHEAKNEAKTUT NEW YORK-MI AMEALIKAT NUNANI SAP- mon unity. TAEPAMI. Sanikiluaq turned out to be one of three native Canadian communities IGILGAT PITKUHENIK KAOYIHAKHIMALIKMATA HITAMANI UKEONI selected. Awards will be presented in New York in September. SANIKILUAQ ILAOHIMALIKTILOGO UKUNUGA KANATAMI UKEOTAKTUMI The traditional knowledge project began almost four years ago when IHAOGUTIKHATIGUT KAMITEOYOK IMA (CANADIAN ARCTIC RESOURCES COM- Sanikiluaq linked up with the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee MITEE — CARC-MIK NAENIGA) OTTAWA-MI KITULIKA PITKUHIKHAENIK PILIGIYEOYUT UVA MANIKNIK KATITIVLOTIK ATOKTUKHAMIK ILA IKAYU- (CARC), an Ottawa-based public policy organization, to raise funds for a TAONEAKMAT TAHAMNA ILGILGAT PIKUHET NEONAEYAKNIK ATOKNEAKMIK- study that would help ensure traditional ecological knowledge is used in MAT HILAKYOAMIK KAGIHIMAYUTIKHANIK HUDSON BAY KANIGIYANI environmental assessment in the Hudson Bay region. Such knowledge NUNANI. NAONAEPKUTIT IKAYUTAONEAKMIKMATA IHUMALEOGUTAOTILOGIT would also aid land, water and wildlife management decision-making, NUNAT IMAETLO HUGAGITLO UVALO INUHUKTUT ANAGUTITLO serve to educate young people, and provide future generations with valu- AYOEKHAOTITINEAKMAGIT UVALO HIVUNIKHAMI INUIT ATOENAGEALIKNIK TITIGAKHIMAYUNIK PIHIMANEAKMATA. able written data. “IHUMALUGIYAVUT KANOK HILAKYOAK HUGAVALOETLO AKTOK- “Our concerns are with environmental and wildlife impacts that will be TAONEAKMAGA HAVAGUVALEAYUNIT,” OKAKTOK TUNGAVITKUT HIVOLIK done by” development projects, says NTI 1st vice president James TUKLEA IKHIVAOTALEOP, JAMES EETOOLOOK. “IGILGANIK KAOYIMANIK Eetoolook. “Traditional knowledge will help in decision-making.” And IKAYUTAONEAKMAT IHUMALEOGUTAOYUNI.” UVALO KITULIKA ATOE- it’s a tool anybody can use: NTI, governments, industry, and others. NAGEAKAKMAGIT, TUNGAVITKUT GAVAMAOYUTLO HANAKIVALEAYUTLO UVALO ALAT. continued on page 13

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MAKPIKNIANIT ATAYOK 12 KAOYIHAKNIKUT HAVAKTUT INIKTIGIMATA KUNGEAKHAMIK UVALO HIVU- LIKPAK ONIPKAGUYUT KANOK ALAGUKPALEAKMAGA HILAKYOAGA HUDSON continued from page 12 BAY-MIK TAEYAOVAKTOK PITKUHELO UKUNANI 50-NI UKEONI ATOKTAKTUNI. MONAGIYEOYOK TAHAVUMIGA LUCASSI ARRAGUTAINAQ OKAKTOK IHUMA- The study team is completing a video and its first major report on envi-

PIKSAOTA LAZARUS ARREAK PHOTO / BY LAZARUSLEONEAKUT ARREAK KAGUGU KITUNUT ronmental changes within the Hudson Bay ecosystem over the past 50 ATOKNEAKMAGA MANIK TUN- years. Study team co-ordinator Lucassi Arragutainaq says the team will GAVITKUNIT IKAYUHEAGAT. decide later what priorities NTI’s funding will be used for. “IGILGAT PIKUHET KATI- “The traditional knowledge we have gathered will have information TIKHIMAYAVUT PIKAKNEATUT HUMUT HUGAVALOET HAGU- about animal movement, about the environment we have, what we eat, the VAKMAGA UVALO KANOGIT- food chain,” said Sanikiluaq mayor Peter Kattuk, also a member of the MAGA HILAKYOAKUT NIKI- study team. “That’s why it’s so important to have money right now. It’s a GIYAVUTLO ILA TAMAT very important document we’re holding.” NIKAOYUT HUNANITLIKA,” Phase 1 of the study, which secured $835,000 from governments, char- OKAKTOK MEAGUYOK SANIKILUAQ-MI ILAOV- itable foundations, First Nations councils, and the Nunavut Wildlife LONILO KAOYIHAKTUNI. “TALVUNA Management Board, tapped into traditional knowledge from 28 commu- MANIKATEAGUMANAKTOK TAYA. AMIKNAKMAT TAMNA MAKPIGAK nities ranging from Moose Factory to Repulse Bay. TIGUMEAKTAKUT.” “We hope that the publication of Phase 1 results will assist us in get- ILAGIT KATIMAYEOYUT ATOKAGUTANI KAOYIHAKNEOP PIHIMALIKMATA MANIKNIK $835,000-MIK ting the money for Phase 2,” says CARC executive director Terry Fenge. UVANI KAOYIHAKTUNIK GAVAMANIT AETUTAOYUNIKLO HIVULET NUNAKAKAKTUT KATIMAYENITLO HUDSON BAY-MI IGILGAT IMA KAVLONATUT (FIRST NATION COUNCILS) UVALO NUNAVUTMI AGUTIKHA- “We’re trying to fulfill the promises, the commitments made to people PITKUHIGIVAGAENIK TIGUT MONAGIYIT KATIMAYENIT ILA ATOKHUGU MANIK KATITIGIPLOTIK IGIL- around the Bay, that this information will be used in decision-making.” MONAGIYUHIKHAETIGUT- GAT PIKUHENIK 28-NIT NUNANIT HAMAGA MOOSE FACTORY-MIN ITKILET LO (HAOMEANIT TALIK- NUNANIT NAOYANUT. PEANUT): MARIAM FLEM- “IKAYUTAONEAGAHUGIYAVUT TAKUPKATITIGUPTA NALVAGIYAPTIKNIK ING, PETER KATTUK-LO, HIVULIKMI HAVAGUYUMI ILA MANIKHAKHEOGUPTA ATOKTUKHAMIK HAVU- MA ILAGANI,” OKAKTOK CARC-KUNI ATANGUYAK TITIGAKTINI, TERRY FENGE. MOSES APPAQAQ-LO, ments in May. NTI has also started “OKAOTIYAGEHIMALIGAPTIGIK INUIT NUNAKAKTUT HUDSON BAY-MI ILA NTI asks for UVALO ZAK NAVALINGA ATOGUMAPLOGOLO TAHAMNA IMA NAONAEYAKTAOHIMALIKTUT ATOK- to monitor all contracts awarded in TAONEAKMATA IHUMAKHAKEOLIGAGATA.” Some members of the further meetings Nunavut to see if they comply with Hudson Bay traditional Article 24. ecological knowledge TAOYOK KANATAPLO OKOALO NUNA- on Article 24 and management sys- NTI-KOT APIKHIOT TIAP KAVAMAITLO PIYAGALOANGAT Article 24 says that federal and NTI has asked the territorial and tems study (left to MEETIGOTIGILOGO OPINGAK MAY-MI. NTI OVALO TAOTO- territorial government contracts right): Miriam Fleming, LIKTAIT TAMMAITA KANTOLAKHAT federal governments for consulta- Peter Kattuk, Moses awarded for Nunavut projects are NAKATAK 24 KINANOT TONIYAOVALIKAT NUNA- tion meetings on Article 24 in the Appaqaq and Zak VUTMI EMA KAVAMAT MALIK- supposed to boost the participation Novalinga NTI-KOT APIKHIOT OKONONGA continuing effort to finalize how NUNATIAP KAVAMAITNOT OKONON- TAKHAIT ONA NAKATAK 24. rate of Inuit firms, providing train- these government procurement GALO KANATAP KAVAMAITNOT NAKATAK 24 OKAOHIKAKTOK ing and education where needed. HONANIK NAONAIKHAGOMAGAMIK EMATOT OKOAGOK KANATAPLO policies are to be implemented. NUNATIAPLO KAVAMAIT KANTO- They also should ensure the labor MEETIGOTIGILOGO NAKATAK 24 EMA Article 24 is the section of the OKTOKHIMAKLOTIK ENIKTIGILOTIK LAKNIK TONIHIVAKTOKHAT NUNA- force hired is 85 per cent Inuit— Nunavut Land Claims Agreement KANNOKTOT HAPKOA KAVAMAT VUTMIONOT HAVAKHANIK KANTO- the current proportion of Inuit ENIKTIGAKAHIT MALIGAT ELIOGAK- LAKNIK INUIT NANMINIKAKTOT that spells out how these govern- HAVAKTITAOVAKLOTIK, ELIHAKTI- within Nunavut’s population. TAOYOKHAT. ments’ procurement policies would NAKATAK 24 TITIGANI NUNAVUT- TILOTIKLO SEKOOGTITILOTIK PIYA- NTI’s director of business benefit Inuit-owned businesses and MI NUNATAAGOTINI ANGGIGOTINI- GIAKAKKAT. INUINAKNIK TAKOY- development, Tagak Curley, has ITOK OKAOHIKAKMAT KANNOGI- OMAYOT HAVAKTITILLOAKLOTIK Inuit in general. (A company that’s AMIGAITKIANIK INUKNIK - - INUIT indicated if all else fails in per- TONIK HAPKOA KAVAMAT MALI- been designated by NTI as an Inuit GAKAKNIAKAT EMA EKAYUTAOLI- AMIGAITKIYAOTITLOGIT KABLO- suading the federal and territorial firm is at least 51 per cent owned GIANGITNI INUINAKTOT HAVAKVI- NANIT. governments to implement Article INOT OVALO INUKNOT EKAYUKLONI- NTI ATANIAT HAVAKTINIK PIVALI- by Inuit.) APKAIYI, TAGAK CURLEY, HAPKOA 24 as described in the Nunavut LO. (TAMNA HAVAKVIK TIKOAKHI- According to the Agreement, MAYAT NTI-KOT INUINAIT NANMINI- MALIKTAONGITPATA KAVAMANIT Land Claims Agreement, it could these policies were supposed to be OTIGIGOMIKO 51% INUIT PIOTIGIGO- ATONGITPAGIT KANATAP KAVAMAIT lead to legal action. MIKO). NUNATIAP KAVMAITLO ELIOGANGIT- in place by July 1994. NTI expand- PATJUK ONA NAKATAK 24 TITIGAKHI- OVANI TITIGAKHIMAYOK ANGGIG- ed on its position on Article 24 in OTMI, HAPKOA MALIGAT ENIK- MATITLOGO NUNAVUTMI NUNATAAK- TOKHAOTAOGALOAT ATOLIKLOTIK TONI ANGGIGOTINI, APIKHOIYITIGOT revised policy papers sent to the JULY 1994-MI. NTI OKAOTIGIYUMMIK- AKIHAKTOTAONIAKTOT KAVAMAK Canadian and territorial govern- TAT EHOMAGIAKTIK NAKATAK 24 TABKOA TOHANGITPATJUK NAKATAK. NUTANIK MALIGANIKHONI TITIGAK-

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Kango to stay in Iqaluit for now KANGO TAHAMANI IKALUITMIINIAKTOK Until shareholders of the Nunavut land claim decide this December where

INUIT NUNATAKHIMAYOT NUNAVUTMI NUNALLGIT KANNOGILIOGOMAKPA- NTI’s secretary-treasurer is to be based, Natsiq Kango will continue to

TA OKIOK DESAIPAMI EMA NTI-KOT TITIGAKTIAT-MANILIKIYIAT AOLALI- call Iqaluit home.

MAITOK, NATSIQ KANGO IKALUITMI NUNAKAKNIAKTOK AOLANGITLONI. Since replacing incumbent Bernadette Makpah in an election this past

TALVANI NIGGOAKTAOGAMI HIMMAOTA ONA BERNADETTE MAKPAH NIG- March, Kango has been requesting the right to work from her hometown

GOKTONI AKIGAMI MASIMI. KANGO AHINI HAVAGOMANGITTAMINIK OKAK- of Iqaluit. Makpah was based in NTI’s Rankin Inlet office, where the per-

TOK IKALUITMI AOLAYUMANGITAMINIK PIYOK. MAKPAH HAVALLAKHONI sonnel department (under the secretary-treasurer’s portfolio) is situated.

AFISIKAKHIMAYOK NTI RANKIN INLETMI, TALVANI HAVAKTOLIKIYIIT Board members passed a resolution in March declaring that until a final

AFISIKAKTITLOGIT (OVANI TITIGAKTI-MANILIKIYI HAVALLAKHONI) decision is made at NTI’s annual general meeting in Taloyoak this

TAHAMANIIHIMAYOK. December, the secretary-treasurer should work from Rankin Inlet. But a

KATIMAYIIT PIGIAKTITIHIMAYOT PITKOITJUTMIK MASIMI OKALAO- strong appeal by Kango led to the resolution being overturned in

TAOVIALOKPAT KINGGOLIKPAMIK NTI-KONIT MEETIVIALUTIKHAT TALOKYOA- Sanikiluaq. This time, six out of eight board members voted to let Kango stay in Iqaluit until the December decision. MI DESAIPAMI KATIMANIAKTOT, TAMNA TITIGAKTI-MANILIKIYI HAVAKHIM- K

MAKNIAKTOK RANKIN INLETMI. KIHIME AGHOKTOK NUTOMANGITNAMI S ARREA Kango, with a family of 10, ZARU

BY LA says moving her large family to KANGO TAMNA PIGIAKTITAOYOK ONGOVAKTAOVAKTOK SANIKILOAKMI. TAYA TO Rankin Inlet—and then back to OVANI ELIKOK, SIKSIT EENIT KATIMAYIIT VOTIKTAT KANGO AOLABKANGITLO- RREAK/PHO Iqaluit once her term expires—is LAZARUS A GO IKALUITNI DESAIPAMI EHOMALIOKATJUK.

KANGO, NUTAGAGIAKTOK 10-NIK, NUUTKOMI PIKSAO too costly.

RANKIN INLETMOT— OVALO NUUTAOFFAGOMI

IKALUITMOT HAVAKVINIK ENIKAT HAVAGOIGOMI—

AKITOVALAKNIAKTOK OKAOTIGIYA. JUNE-MI NATSIQ KANGO OKAKATIKAKTOK ILINEAK- TONIK SANIKILUAQ-MI UKUNANIK TUNGAVITKUNIK. In June, Natsiq Kango talked to Sanikiluaq students about NTI

1972-MI INUIT TAPIRISAT KANATA-MI ANGAYUKAK TAGAK CURLEY PIKATIKAKHUNI JOE KUSUGAKMIK KATIMAKATAUYUK SANIKILUAQMI. 23-T

PIKSAOTAET LAZARUS ARREAK/PHOTOS BY LAZARUS ARREAK UKIUT KANGIKMATA UTIKTUK-KIHIMI KUSUGAK ANGAYUKANGULIKHUNI CURLEY- TAUK HAVAKALIKHUNI PIVALIYULIGILIULIKHUNI. (PIKSALIUKTAUYUT JOHNASSIE IQALUQLU, AITUITILUGU HANAUGANIK SANIKILUAQMIUT PITYUTIGIPLUGIT UKUA

IKAYUKPAKMATA NUNAVUT NAUVALLIATILUGU 20-NI UKIUNI.

In 1972, Inuit Tapirisat of Canada president Tagak Curley, accompanied by aide Jose Kusugak, attended a meeting in the tiny Belcher Islands community of Sanikiluaq. After 23 years, they were back—this time, Kusugak as NTI’s president and Curley as its director of business development. (Above, they flank Sanikiluaq resident Johnassie Iqaluq, who presented soapstone carvings on behalf of Sanikiluaq to the two men who’ve been involved in Nunavut’s development for more than 20 years)

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NTI-KOT HOMI NUNANI NTI Around the Regions

OVAPTINGNOT NUTAAK KAIYOK TERRY Newcomer Terr y Forth recently joined NTI as FORTH KANGANO- AK ONNIOJOIVIK- senior advisor, business development. Forth hails from the Ottawa head- HAKOT, HAVAKVIK- quarters of Aboriginal Business Canada, a division of Industry Canada, NIK PIAVALIYILIKI- where he was director general of policy. The new NTI staff member, YIKHAK. FORTH IHUMALEOTIT AKINEA- who’ll be relocating to Rankin Inlet in September, will be working with KHIMAYUT; MANILEO- KAIHIMAYOK AT- GUTIGIPLOGO MOK- TOWAMIT AFISI- director of business development Tagak Curley. PAKPAGMIYUT IQAL- KAKVIKMIT KAB- UKNI UKOA INUINAET Several young Inuit university students have spent the summer working LONAGOGITOT HA- IHUMALEOTET AKIGA- for NTI. Over in Cambridge Bay, Tanya Tagaq Gillis has been study- GIVLOGIT HAVAKAK- VA KVIKHAINIK TUT NALAOTIKAKVINI PIKSAOTAET LEEVEDE ATAGOYUK/PHOTOS BY LEEVEDE ATAGOYUK KANATAMI, ELAN- ing the proposed DEW Line site cleanup there in her role with the waste TV-KAKVIKNILO UVALO AKHUGUTIHOEGAGAMIK GAT HAVAKVILIKIOT KANATAMI, TALVANI ATANIOHIMAYOK MALIGALIOKTONI. management division. Gillis plans to head back to The Nova Scotia NATIKMI KUVEAHUKHUTIK TAMNA NUTAAK NTI HAVAKTIOLIKKTOK, KAKOGO NUUTNIAKTOK RANKIN College of Art and Design in Halifax this fall to study art. Charlene HULILUKAKPAKTUT MANIKH- INLET MOT SAPTAIPAMI, TALVANI HAVAKATIKAKLONI HAVAKVIKHANIK PIVALI- AKHEOKHUTIT ATUTEAK- , another student who’ll be heading into Grade 9 come TUKHANIK. KATITIGIKMAT AYAKHANIK TAGAK CURLEY. Kaiyogana $640.00-MIK ILAOGAMI, JOSE KAFFIT INUINAIT INULGAMIIT ELIHAKVIKYOANOT ELIHAGIAKHIMAYOT September, has been assisting land management director David KUSUGAK (KULIK PIKSA) AOYAK HAVAKTITAOYOT NTI-KONOT. TALVANI IKALUKTUTIAMI, TANYA KAOYIPKAKTA CBC-KUNIGAK- Mablick. TOK GILES PENNEY IMA TITI- TAGAQ GILLIS SEKOOGTOK ELIHAKHONI EHIVGIOKHIYOK TOOLAIT HALUM- GAOT HAGUGITKIYAOYUGA- MAKTIGVIKHAINIK TALVANI HAVAKVIMINI EMAINIAKTOK EKKAKOKTONIK Back in Ottawa, student Mary-Ann Schofield has been toiling LOAK HAVIKMITKAOYIPKAK- HAVAKAKLONI. GILLIS HAVAGOIGOMI SEKOOGIAKNAKHIKMIKPAT AOLAKNI- away in NTI’s land management, implementation and enrolment depart- TA CBC-KUNIGAKTOK GILES PENNEY IMA TITIGAOT AKTOK NOVA SCOTIA-MOT COLLEGE-MI TITIGAOYAKNINIK TITIGAKNINIK ments. She plans to attend the University of Calgary this fall for her mas- HAGUGITKIYAOYUGALOAK AYOIKHAKLONI HALIFAX-MI OKIAKHAK AYOIKHAKLONI. CHARLENE KAIYO- HAVIKMITKEHEANI HULI- GANA, SEKOOGTOKTAOK GRADE 9-MOT ELIHAKNIAKTOK, AOYAK EKAYUK- ter’s degree in education psychology. “It is interesting to learn more of the MAENMAT NIKIKAKTILOGO MAMAKTUMIK. TOK NUNALIKIONIK HAVAKATIGIVLOGO DAVID MABLICK. Inuit land claim firsthand,” she remarks. TAONANITAOK ATTOWAMI, SEKOOGTOK MARY-ANN SCHOFIELD For NTI’s Iqaluit office, it’s not always all work and no play. In fact, a Revenge of the politi- HAVAAKAKTOK NTI NUNALIKIYIINI, ELIOGAIYONI VOALO INUITLO cians: A fund-raising NUNATAAKTOKHAT TITIGAKTAIT HAVAKVIKMINI. HAVAGOIGOMI SEKOOGIAK- sunny day in June saw the softball game of the century in Nunavut. Inuit baseball match in Iqaluit NIAKTOK OMONGA UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY-MOT OKIAKHAK ELIHAKYUM- politicians and journalists (dubbed the “media hounds”) faced off in slo- pitted Inuit politicians MIKLONI ELIHAKTONI SEKOOGTITIOYONI. “TALVANI ELIKHAKTITAOGAMA pitch and Inuktitut baseball matches. Big names like Liberal MP Jack against local media and INUT NUNATAAKTONI HAVAKVIGIVLOGIT NAONAIKTAKA,” OKAKTOK TAIMA. Anawak, NIC chief John Amagoalik, NTI president Jose when they weren’t slug- OKONONGA NTI-KONOT IKALUIT AFISIANI, TALVANI HAVAINANGITOT OBLO- ging it out on the field, GAALOK OLABKIHIMAITTOMIK. EMAITOT, HIKINNAGANGAT JUNE-MI MOKPA- Kusugak and Baffin Region Inuit Association president Pauloosie they were staging antics LIKPAKTOT NUNAVUTMI. INUIT MALIGALIOKTIT OKOALO TOHAAVIOVAKTOT Keyootak squared off against CBC, IBC and Nunatsiaq News media to raise more money for (ATINIKTOT “TOHAAVIOVIIT”) MOKPAKATIGIIKPAKTOT VOALO INUKTITUTUT- types. This was all in the name of raising money—more than $2,000, to be worthy causes. Collect- LO MOKPAKATIGIIKTOT. ELIHIMAYAOYOTLO KOAK MP JACK ANAWAK, NIC ing $640 for the privi- ATANIAT JOHN AMAGOALIK, NTI ATANIAT JOSE KUSUGAK OANLI KIKIK- precise—for the Sailavik soup kitchen, as well as Nutaraq Place, a lege, Jose Kusugak TALOP KATIMAYIIT ATANIAT PAULOOSIE KEYOOTAK AKIHNAOTIVAKTOT women’s shelter, and The Elders’ Facility. (above) shows the CBC’s CBC-KOTLO, IBC-KOTLO OKOALO NUNATIAK NEWS-LO HAMNA MOKPAOTIGIY- Giles Penney that while AT MANILIOGOTIGIYAT —AVATKOTTOGO $2,000.00 DALAK —TALVONGA the pen may be mightier MANIKHANOT SAILIVIK NIGGIVIANOT KUKIOVIANOT, OMONGALO NUTAGAK than the sword—it’s no PLACE, ANGNAT KIMAAVIANOTLO, OMONGALO ENUTKOAT KALGIANOT. match for a cream pie

NUNAVUT HATKIKNEA PIVLOGO AOYOETUMI TUNGAVITKUT OTTAWA-MI HAVAKTET KUVEAGIVLOGO (TALIKPIK PIKSA) INUKATIGET KATIHIMAK- AOYAK NIGIPKAEYLOTIK HILAMI IMA NIKIGEAHUNI

MATA ILA HUMILIKA NUNAVUT-MI TAEMAE- PIKSA LIZZIE PALITUQ/PHOTO BY LIZZIE PALITUQ UVALO NUTAKANIK OLESIKTITIVLOTIK. HIKINIK ALEAGIY- TUYAKMAK. TUNGAVITKUT KUVEAHUKA- AT UKOA (HAOMIKHIKMIT TALIKPEANUT) ANNIE TAOVLOTIK TUNIHIVAKTUT $1000.00- MICHAEL, NOWDLUK MICHAEL-LO, NATSIQ TALAMIK TAMAENUT NUNALANUT. TALVUNA CBC-KUT KAGIHINIKMI KANGO-LO, MEEKA UNIUQSARAQ-LO INIGEKHIMAVLOGO PIYAT OKAKMAT JOSE KUSUGAK UNA TAKUYAOYUKHAK TAMAENI UVALO SHAHIN PAYDA NUNAVUTMI KUNGEAGUYOK, TAOSONI. KUSUGAP OKAOHIGIYAET TUNGAVITKUT HAVAGILIKTAET The NTI Ottawa crew celebrated sum- NUNATAKAKMATA JULY 9-MI 1993-MI KUKLOKTUMI mer with a picnic at a local park. Nunavut Day in Grise Fiord (above) was a family affair, much as it was elsewhere in Soaking up the sun are (left to right) PIKSAOTAET ALEX CAMPBELL / PHOTOS BY ALEX CAMPBELL Nunavut. NTI added to the festive spirit by donating $1,000 to each community in honor Annie Michael, Nowdluk Michael, Natsiq of the day. Meanwhile, CBC Rankin Inlet pre-recorded a message from Jose Kusugak to Kango, Meeka Uniuqsaraq and Shahin air on the all-Nunavut show, Tausoni. Kusugak’s message summarized NTI’s activities Payda since the land claim was given royal assent on July 9, 1993 in Coppermine

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OVANGALO HINNAKTOKHIMAYONGA I Also Had A Dream

OKAOTIOMAYAGIT HINNAKTOMAYAMNIK I want to tell you of my dream Through years of sorrow in my heart ONATOT MARTIN LUTHER KING-TOT Like Martin Luther King I thought of suicides TAMNA HAKOGIKNIK NAGLIKNAONNIK The power and the love he had For all the strength I had was gone PIHIMAYANI AYOIKHAOTIVAGAIT PULGIOKA- He taught the blacks to think With no one on my side TIMINOT EHOMATKOVLOGIT KANNOKTOT INUKNOT Of how to be leaders I saw the light of hope one day HIVOLIOJOILONI And have some pride, And then to my surprise OVA INUHIK NAKOONIK NIG- you see It was about the dreams I had GOMIAKLOGO, TAKOK To be a slave from With pride and joy I cried EMA NAGLIKHAKTITAOVLONI OKIOTOAGAALOK year to year TAIMATOT KOVIANAITOK Is not a thing to be The word I heard was “Nunavut” MIKKAOVLONGA HINAKTOLIKPAKTONGA I heard it loud and clear Since I was small I dreamt to be ELFFINGNOT HIVOLIKTIONIAKTONGA And so I stood and lifted my cup KAOMANIKMIK TAKOTAINAKTONGA OBLOMI TABKOATOTLO POLGINOT A leader for you all Of tea; I gave a cheer OVANGA ELOMNIITOK EOKAKTOK HOMI Just like the blacks OVANI KOKLOKTONGA OVAMNIK TAMMAKHONILO My pride was shot and lost OVA OVANGALO EOKAKKAHIOTIONGA TABKOA HINAKTUMAYATKA TALVANI To all the ones who had this dream OVANIK NAGLIGILIGAMA KIALIKTONGA And then I fall Like me, without a voice ONNIOJUKTAOVAKTONGA TAIMA TAIMA TAMNA OKAOT TOHAKTAGA “NUNAVUT” TABKOA ELITKOHIIT MALIKOYAOYOT From being told from time to time Applause to you who start this life NIPPIKKOKTOYUK TOHATIAKNAKHONI TABKONONGA ENUHIGA HONGGITOK To follow just their kind So we can have a choice MANIKTOT MIKALAKTOT ITTOK TOHAKTAGA OVA NANGIPPAKHONGA KALLUTIGA EHAAKTAGA To them my life is not worth HOMI ONNOAMI PIHUYAKTONGA TEEMOT; NIPLIOTIGIVLOGOLO A penny or a dime And so my dream is here APKOT HIOGAMIK TINGGIVGALAKTOK And I can really say that I, MIKKAOVLONGA INUHIGA ITKAOMAYAGA KINANOT OMONGA As I strolled one night along Am proud to be an Inuk OVA OTIFFAKVIGIOMAPLOGO, EMAKAK HINNAKTOKHIMAYAMINGNOT OVAPTOT, OKALAKHIMAITOMIK The dried-up dusty road With pride I finally sigh INUHIK KANNOGITOK TAIMITUGALOAK, TABKOA TALVAOVUTIIKKAFFI HAMNA INUTJUTIGILI- I thought of my childhood KAITINAGIT GAFFIOK OVA TIGGOYAT PIOTITKA HAKOGIGNITKA EMA HONATIGOT AOLALIGIAPTINGNI And longed for, I suppose OVANGA INUHIGA HONGGITPUK by Monica Tuungngaq Shouldice TAIMA POYUKTOT PIHOKPONGA APKOTMI OVA HINNAKTUMAYAGA TIKITPUK What life was like, before they came OVA OVANGA OKALAKNIALIKONGA And took what made me strong OKIONI KANGANI OMATIMNI OKOMAITOT EMA,INUINAOGAMA ALLIAHOKPONGA EHOMAVAKTONGA OVAMNIK PILONGGA ELOMOKHONGA ANNIKHAAKPUNGA My life had been so wasted TABKOA HAKOGIOTITKA TAMAKMATA Like the dust I walked upon INUIT EKAYULIMAIKMANGGALO OMA MONICA TUUNGNGAQ SHOULDICE

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