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– > ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 25ᓄ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᖅ ᓱᓕ ᑲᔪᓯᓪᓗᓂ > Nunavut Sivuniksavut – 25 years and counting > Nunavut Sivuniksavut – 25-nik ukkiunik huli hakugirhi - valian’nginaktut N A NII LIQPITA N•o 6Wb

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N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA | TABLE OF CONTENTS | UNIPKAKTUT NAUNAIPKUTAIT ᐃᓗᓕᖏᑦ

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᒐᐃᔮᓇᒧᑦ, 2003. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᒨᕆ ᐊᓐᒐᔅ Nunavut Sivuniksavut students travelled to Guyana, 2003. - By Murray Angus Nunavut Sivuniksavut-mi illihaktut aularhimayut tatvunga Guyana-mut, 2003. - Tiitiraqhimaya Murray Angus

03 Una unnirhiutta uma Angayuqanguyup 03 ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ 03 A message from the president 05 Una mikkatannuak tunnguqtuq piannat 05 ᑐᖑᔪᖅᑕᖅ ᐊᐅᑦᑕᔫᑦ 05 Your little blue card 16 Ukkuak malguk in’ngilgakniitaak 16 ᒪᕐᕉᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖄᒃ ᑲᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 16 When two ancient cultures meet: illiitquhiituqaq kattiititaungmanik: ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕕᔾᔪᐊᖅᑐᒦᒃᑐᑦ Inuit at the Olympics Inuit pikatauyut tatvani Olympics-ni 19 ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ 19 Kitikmeot Inuit Association 19 Kitikmeot Inuit Katuyikatigit 22 ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᑎᒌᖏᑦ 22 Kivalliq Inuit Association 22 Kivalliq Inuit Katuyikatigit 25 ᓄᑖᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᖓᓂᒃ 25 The new and approved annual 25 Una nuttaak uvalu angiktauhimaliktuk ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅ general meeting Katimakjuaktuni Katimatjutirhakg 29 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ - ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 25ᓄ 29 Nunavut Sivuniksavut – 29 Nunavut Sivuniksavut – 25-nik ukkiunik ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᖅ ᓱᓕ ᑲᔪᓯᓪᓗᓂ 25 years and counting huli aullahimaaktut 56 ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ 57 Jobs flow from IIBAs 57 Havarhavaluit qaihimaaktut tatvangat ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓂ 59 First Nations Bank opening in Iqaluit IIBA-gitnin 58 ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓ ᒪᑐᐃᓛᖅᑐᖅ 60 Polar bear hotline 58 Iitqiliit First Nations-kut Manniqaqvirhaat ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ an’ngmakniaktuq tatvani Iqaluitni 60 ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᕕᒃᓴᖅ 60 Nannut mirhagut akkiktuk hivayakvirhak

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2009/10 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᒨᕆ ᐊᓐᒐᔅ 2009/10 first-year Nunavut Sivuniksavut students. - By Murray Angus 2009/10-mi hivulikmi ukkiumi Nunavut Sivuniksavut-mi illihaktut. - Tiitiraqhimaya Murray Angus

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 1 ᐊᖓᖄᑉ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᐊ A message from the president Unipkangit uma Angayukanguyup

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐹᓪ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ ᐱᓱᓚᐅᑐᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᑉ ᓴᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᐅᔭᐅᕕᒋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᒧᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᔪᒫᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᖅ. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᕗᕋᖕᑯ ᐳᓴᒥ Nunavut Tunngavik President Paul Kaludjak walked alongside a marker where Inuit landed when forcibly relocated to . An official monument will be unveiled this fall. - By Franco Buscemi Nunavut Tunngavik Angayuqangat Paul Kaludjak pihuyaqtuq hanniani uma naunaipkutauyup tatvunga Inuit tularhimayut ahurhaqtauhimayut nutiitauvlutik taimani tatvunga Qauyuitumut. Una illiitagiyautjutirhat angmaktauniaktuq ukkiarhaq. - Tiitiraqhimaya Franco Buscemi

ᕼᐊᓘ ᓄᓇᕘᖅᑖᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ. ᕕᐊᓱᒻᒪᕆᒃᐳᖓ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓕᕐᒥᒐᑦᑎᒍ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᓇᓃᓕᖅᐱᑕ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᕈᑎᒃᓴᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯ - ᒪᖁᓂᖏᓪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᒻᒥ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᐊᕆᓪᓗᓯ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦ, ᑕᒫᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖅᑖᖅᑐᑦ 25-ᓂᒃ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᒋᕗᑦ ᓇᓃᓕᖅᐱᑕᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖃᑦᑕᒪᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓕᐅᑎᑎᑕᒃᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᓯᐊᖁᔨᕗᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᖏᓪᓗᓯ ᖃᑕᓐᖑᑎᓯᓗ ᕿᑲᕐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓂᕆᐅᑎᐊᖅᐳᖓᓗ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅ ᑎᖃᑎ- ᒌᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ.

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 2009-ᒥ, ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᐱᖁᔨᕗᖔᕈᑎᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᒥᐊᖁᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ 1953 ᐊᒻᒪ 1955-ᒥ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᖁᑦᑎᑦᑐᖓᓄᒃ ᖃᐅᓱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᒧᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᒪᒥᐊᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᖑᕚᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᐹ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᑲᔪᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᑎᒥᒥᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒥᒍᓪᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᑎᒃ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᙱᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᑯᓃᖅᑐᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᓪᓗ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ, ᐊᖏᖃᑦᑕᕋᑎᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᐹᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᕈᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓱᓕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᑲᒻᒪᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᕋᕈᓐᓇᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ.

2 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA Hello Beneficiaries, Haluqaffi Nunatakatauhimayut tamaita, am very pleased to present to you uviahukpiaktunga hagyairhiniagama haffuminga Ithe winter edition of Naniiliqpita. In Kukkiumi makpigaliuqtauhimayumik attiqaqtuq this edition you will find a number of Naniiliqpita. Uvani makpigami taiguakniaktutiit very informative articles, including an ammiyunik tuhaguminnaktunik unipkaliuktauhi - in-depth story on the programs and mayunik, illaliutivlugu una takkiyuk unnipkaliuqta- services to which you are entitled as a uhima yuq hapkuninga havagiyauyunik uvalu Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Bene - ikkayutauyurhanik illingnut illviit Nunavut ficiary. You will also read a number of Nunattaknikut Angikutaitigut Nunatakatauhimavlu - different articles about the Nunavut tiit. Tatvatauq taiguakniakmiyatiit hapkua Nunavut Sivuniksavut program, which turns 25 Sivuniksavut-mi havagiyauyut, hamna naliknialiktuk this year. NTI also included in this edi - imma 25-nik uvani ukkiumi. NTI-kut illaliutihimang - tion of Naniiliqpita a calendar featur - miyait uvani makpigangani Naniiliqpita una ing the winners of the photo contest. taatqirhiut pihimayaqaqtuq akkihimayunik hapku- I hope your families had a safe and ninga piksaliurtauhimayunik akkitakutihimangmata. happy holiday season, and I look for - Niriuqtunga tamaffi qatangutihilu qayangnaitumik ward to keeping in touch with you kuvianaktumiklu kuviahutiqaquvluhi kuviahukvikmi, this coming year. uvalu tatva nigiuqtunga avvatingnut tuhau - makatigiiqatakniaqugut uvani nuutami ukkiumi. During our Annual General Meeting in Iqaluit in Nov., 2009, our membership passed a resolution calling on Tatva Katimakyuaktitluta tatvani Iqaluitni Nuvaipautitlugu 2009-mi, the Government of to make a public and for - tatvani katimakata uyut pigiaktitihimayut turhiutirhamik Kanatami mal apology to those Inuit who, in 1953 and 1955, Kavamatuqatqunit uqqauqugaluarhugit mamianaquvlugit hapku - were forced to relocate from Nunavik and North nunga Inuit-nun ukkua, ukiumi 1953-mi uvalu 1955-mi, akhurhaq - Baffin to the High Arctic communities of Resolute Bay tauvlutiq nuutitauhima yut tatvanga Nunavik-min tatvangalu and Grise Fiord. This apology should also extend to the Tunnuanin Kikikalup takpa unga Qittingiqpanut nunaliitnun Qaujui - descendants of the Inuit who were relocated. tumut uvalu Auyuitumut. Una mamianarhutaat illaliutiyagiaqaqta - The relocations served the Government of Canada’s galuangat hapkua nunaraitnun Inuit nuutitauhimayut. sovereignty agenda of the day, but were achieved Hamna nuutiriniq ikayutiriyagaluangat ukkua Kanatami Kavama - through enormous physical and emotional hardship tuqatqut nanminiqtagiyumavlugu ukkiuktaktuk taiffumani, kihiani on the families involved. Many families paid a terrible atqunnautigihimayaat naaklirhaaktitugit timmimikut uvalu ihhuma it - immediate and long-lasting price for the experience, igut ayurhatitugit hapkua katangutigiit pikatauhimayut. Ammihuyut and communities and households are still struggling katangutigiit quvianaitumiq atturhimayut tatjainaugituq tigitugu with that legacy. kihiani tavungagaluk hivunirhamut aturan’nginakniaktaat hamna This imposition on Inuit began during the planning aturauhimayuq, uvalu nunaliit uvalu iglumiuqatigiit huni ublumi of the relocation, continued with the refusal to rectify ayurhautigihimaaktat. the situation by allowing the relocatees to return to Hamna attangiqtutaat Inuit-nun aularutihimayuq parnaiyailiramiq their home community, and persists to the present day nuutiriyumavlutiq, huli ayurhaqtitihimaaktut ikkayurumannarit hap - with the federal government’s continued denials of any kua nuutitauhimayut uttitinahuaklugit nunarihimayaitnun, tatvalu wrongdoing. huli ublumimut ukkua kavamatuqatqut ukkarhimaarhutiq ihuinaqtu - The actions of the Government of Canada violated rin’ngiturivlutiq. the human rights of the Inuit involved, including rights Ilaliutivlugu hamna hilakyoami maligakuak aturauyuq taiffumani. recognized in international law at the time.

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ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᓯᖁᒥᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᓅᑉ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᐃᑦ ᐊᑕᓚᐅᕐᖓᑕ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᓯᐅᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ. ᓴᖅᑮᓇᖃᑦᑕᓐᖑᓱᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑖᓂᓗ. ᒫᓇᒫᖑᔪᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑉ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ. ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᖕᒨᑎᑦᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ, ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ 1996-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᒐᓛᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓄᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒥᐊᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐃᓄᑑᙱᓚᖅ ᒪᒥᐊᖁᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᑰᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᕐᔪᐊᖓᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓ ᒪᒥᐊᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑕᐅᓂᑰᔪᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒪᒥᐊᕕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᖓᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᐹᓪᓕᕈᓐᓇᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᕈᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐃᓕᖅᐹᓕᕐᓂᖓᓄᒃ ᑕᒻᒪᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ. 

ᒪᑦᓇ, ᓇᖁᕐᒦᒃ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᖁᐊᓇ

ᐹᓪ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ

This issue will not go away. It continues to resonate Una ihumalutauyuq tamalaituq. Huli uqqautauhimaqtuq both within and outside the Arctic. Recently, it was tamaitni iluani uvalu hilatani Ukkiuktaktup. Qangahaq ukkau - the subject of testimony at the House of Commons’ tauharhimayuq tatvani Maligaliurviqjuami ukkua Katimayigalaat Standing Committee on National Defence in its Par - Kanatami Anguyaktilikiyiit-kut tatvani Maligaliurviqjuami nau - liamentary investigations into the topic of Canadian naiyaititlugit hapkuninga Kanatami nanminiriyaitniq iluani sovereignty in the Arctic. Ukkiurtaqtumi. After the beginning of litigation, the Government of Tatvanganin appirhuihimangmata, ukkua Kanatami Kavamatkut Canada in 1996 provided some limited financial com - tatvani 1996-mi tunnihihimayuraluit angiyungituniq ikayuhiaru - pensation to the High Arctic Exiles. What is still needed tiqhaitniq hapkua Quutiniqpaaqmiutaniq Nuutitauhimayunut. is a public and formal apology. Tatja huli ihagiariyauyuq hamna mamianarutiqhaq tatvanga Kava - NTI is not alone in its demand for an apology. At matuqatkunin. different times, the House of Commons’ Standing NTI-kut kihingangitut aqhuqhagahuaqhutiq mamianaru - Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Devel - tiqhamiq. Kaffiqtarhutik, ukkua Maligaliurviqjuami ukkua Katimayi - opment, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, galaat tatvuna Nunakakaktulikitjutiniq uvalu Ukkiuktaktuliqitjutiniq, and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples have ukkua Kanatami Inuit Piyunautiqhaitniq Katimayiit uvalu ukkua each conducted detailed investigations of the matter, Kanatami Katimayiit Nunakakaktulikinikut tamaita hapkua illikut and all have recommended that the Government of naunaiyaihimayut haffuma mirhagut, uvalu tamaita hapkua pitkuhi - Canada offer a formal apology to the High Arctic Exiles. mayait ukkua Kanatami Kavamatkut nalaktautitlugit mamianaquhi - Only with such an apology can Inuit who still suffer mayait hapkununga Quutiniqpaaqmiutaniq Nuutitauhimayunut. from this painful chapter in Canadian history take sol - Tatvatuaq taima mamianaqtaugumiq hapkua Inuit kitut huli ace in knowing that Canada has learned from such a naklirhaqhimaakpaktut haffuminga ullurianaqtumiq aturauhimayu - horrible mistake.  miq Kanatami in’ngilraqnitani qauyimatquyauyut tatva Kanatamiut iliitpalirhimaliqtut haffumanga ihuinarutauqpiarhimayumiit.  Mutna, Nakurmiik, Qujannamiik, Quana Mutna, Nakurmiik, Qujannamiik, Quana Paul Kaludjak Paul Kaludjak

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ᑐᖑᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᑦᑕᔫᕆᔭᐃᑦ 26,906 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᒻᒥ

ᐲᑕ ᐊᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ. ᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᔮᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ Peter Akatsiak displays his NTI Beneficiary card ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᒻᒥ. ᑖᓐᓇ in Iqaluit. - By Johnny Issaluk ᑐᓄᖑᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᑦᑕᔫᕆᔭᐃᑦ ᐱᓯᒪᓕᕈᕕᐅᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᔪᒃᓴᐅᕗᑎᒃ ᓱᓇᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕆᐊᖓᓂ. Peter Akatsiak takupkaiyuk inmi NTI-kut Nunatakatauhimayut naunaipkutanik ᑕᕝᕙ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅ ᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ pianakmik tatvani Iqaluitni. ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᒻᒥ. - Unipqariya Johnny Issaluk Your little Piannautinnuit blue card tunnguyaaqtuq 26,906 Inuit are enrolled 26,906-nguyut Inuit titiraqtauhimayut as Beneficiaries of the NLCA Nunataarutilgit NLCA-mi

unavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) offers a unavut Tunngavikkut (NTI) qaffinik Nvast number of different programs and Nikayuutilgit inungnut titiraqhimayunik services to Inuit enrolled as Beneficiaries of talvani Nunavunmi Nunataarutinut Angiruti - the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA). nit (NLCA). Pihimataarungni piannannuaq Once you’ve received your blue enrolment titiraqaqvikkut, qanuq aturiaghaanik ihuma - card in the mail, you may be wondering yunaqhiyuhi. Hamma ilangi qanuq atuin - what you can use it for. Here is a description nar ialgit piannaq ikayuutauyuq NLCA-mit. of many of the benefits to which Inuit are entitled as cardholders under the NLCA. NTI-kut Nunataarutinut Ikayuutit NTI’s Beneficiary Programs Atauttikkut Huiqtuqarumi Aanniqtuqarumilu The Accidental Death and Dismemberment Program Taamna Atauttikkut Huiqtuqarumi Aanniqtuqarumilu ikayu - The Accidental Death and Dismemberment Program provides utauvaktuq qulangnaijjutitut NLCA-kunnit ahianik qulang - insurance coverage to NLCA Beneficiaries not already covered naijjutiqanngittunut.

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by other insurance program/policies with accidental death and ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ dismemberment coverage. ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦ Elders’ Benefit Plan ᐱᕐᓗᐊᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᖁᔪᖃᕐᐸᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᒍᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ NTI’s Elders’ Benefit Plan provides monthly financial support to assist Nunavut Inuit Elders to pay for basic expenses like food, clothing and ᐃᓚᙵᑐᖃᕐᓂᖅᐸᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ shelter. Monthly benefit payments are provided to Elders born on or ᐱᕐᓗᐊᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᖁᔪᖃᕐᐸᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᒍᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓚᙵᖅᑐᖃᕐᓂᖅᐸᑦ before Dec. 31, 1948. An Elder who turned 55 after 2003 is not eli - ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯᕗᑦ ᓇᒡᓕᐅᒃᑯᒫᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ gible because the policy states recipients must be born prior to 1948. ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᖓᒍᑦ ᓇᒡᓕᐅᒃᑯᒫᑖᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᕐᓗᐊᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ The monthly benefit payments vary from $90-$150 per month. All ᑐᖁᔪᖃᖅᐸᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᒥᖓᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᙵᖅᑐᖃᕐᓂᐸᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. payments are made from funds received from the Government of Canada for the NLCA. The amount of the payment depends on the age of the Elder. ᐃᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯᕗᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᑦ YEAR OF BIRTH MONTHLY PAYMENTS ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓄᑦ 1944 and earlier $150 ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ. ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ 1945 $135 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑏᓰᕙ 31, 1948-ᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᐊ ᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ. 1946 $120 ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᖅ 55-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑖᖅᑐᖅ 2003 1947 $105 ᑭᖑᓂᐊᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯ - 1948 $90 ᒪᓂᖓ ᐃᓅᓕᖅᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓ 1948-ᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂᓗᓐᓃᑦ. ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᑦ $90-ᒥ $150-ᒨᖓᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᙶ- Nunavut Harvester Support Program ᓯᒪᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑑᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ Nunavut Harvester Support Program (NHSP) provides harvesting ᐊᖏᕈᑎᑎᒍᑦ. ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᑉ. equipment and resources to eligible NLCA Beneficiaries who need equipment for hunting, supplies for sewing, or supplies for traditional ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᑦ knowledge enhancement projects. ᐃᓅᓕᕐᕕᒥᓂᖓ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕆᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᖅ • Capital Equipment Program 1944 ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂᓗ $150 The Capital Equipment Program is designed to provide assistance in the 1945 $135 f o r m o f s n o w m o b i l e s , b o a t s a n d motors and all terrain vehicles to har - 1946 $120 v e s t in g h o u s e h o ld s th a t c a n n o t adequately finance investment in the 1947 $105 e q u i p m e n t t h e y r e q u i re to c a r r y on a traditional harvesting lifestyle. 1948 $90 • Small Equipment Program The Small Equipment Program is designed to provide small equip - ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ment to harvesting households so they may adequately carry on a ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯᕗᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍ - traditional Inuit harvesting lifestyle. Small equipment includes global ᑎᒃᓴᖅᑖᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᖅᓯᐅᑎ ᑖᕈ- positioning systems, high frequency radios, satellite phones, fish nets, ᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᒥᖅᓲᑎᓄᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ sleeping bags, floater suites and sewing machines. Small equipment ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᓯᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ. is purchased by NHSP and sent to Hunters and Trappers Organiza - tions (HTOs) to sell to Beneficiary harvesters at a subsidized cost. • ᐊᑭᑐᔫᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ • Community Harvest Program ᐊᑭᑐᔫᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ The Community Harvest Program is designed to provide financial ᓯᑭᑑᓄᑦ, ᐅᒥᐊᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᓄᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᓴᒪᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᑎ ᑖᕈ- assistance to HTOs to organize community harvests to benefit com - ᑎᒃᓴᖃᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. munity members. Local HTOs may be provided with a maximum amount of $3,000 to lead community harvests. • ᒥᑭᔫᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ • Atugaksait Program ᒥᑭᔫᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓂ The Atugaksait Program is designed to provide financial assistance ᐃᓅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᑕᒻᒪᕇᒃᑯᑏᑦ, ᐅᕚᕈᑏᑦ, ᖃᖓᑦᑕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪ ᔪᒧᑦ to teach survival skills, harvesting knowledge or traditional sewing ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑏᑦ, ᓄᓗᐊᑦ, ᐳᑦᑕᖅᑯᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᖅᓲᑏᑦ. ᒥᑭᔫᑎᑦ ᐱᖁᑏᑦ techniques that contribute to the preservation of harvesting knowl - ᓂᐅᕕᐊᖑᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ edge or lifestyle at the community level. Projects considered for fund -

6 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ Iniqnirinut Ikayuutit NTI-kut Iniqnirinut Ikayuutait tatqiqhiut tamaat kiinauyanik tu - ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᑭᓪᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ. niqha ivaktut Nunavunmiunut Iniqnirinut ikayuutighait niqinut, • aannuraanut ikluqpaqarniqmullu. Tatqiqhiut tamaat tunihiyuktut ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ Iniqnirinut inuuhimayut December 31, 1948-mi. Iniqnirit ukiuqaliq - ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ tut 55-nik 2003-ngutaaqtumi kiinauyaqtaalaittut taapkua inuuhi - ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖁᑎᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓲᔾᔨᒍᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅ ᓂ - mayughaungmata 1948-ngutinnagu. Kiinauyait tuniyauvaktut ᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯ - $90-mit, $150-taalamik tunihivaktut tatqiqhiut tamaat. Akiliqtau - vaktut kiinauyaqtaaqhimayainik kavamaqyuatkunnit NLCA ᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ $3,000-ᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᐊᕈᔾᔨᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ. mighaanut. Akiliqtuivaktut aallatqiinik ukiungi ihumagiplugit. • ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ UKIUQ INUUVIAT TATQIQHIUTIMI ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ AKILIQ TAUYUT ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 1944 hivuanilu $150 ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓅᖓᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓄᑦ 1945 $135 ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᒋᐊᖅᐸᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓯᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 1946 $120 1947 $105 ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂ. 1948 $90

ᐃᓚᐃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᖓᒃᑕᐅᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ Nunavunmi Anguniaqtinut Ikayuutait ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓚᐃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᖓᒃᑕᐅᓰᔪᓐᓇᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᒥᓐᓅᕈᒪ- Nunavunmi Anguniaqtinik Ikayuutait (NHSP) ikayuqtuivaktut ᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᕕᖅᓯᐅᖃᑕᐅᔭᖅᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒋᙱᑕᒥᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ingilrutitaqnikkut anguniaqtinut titiraqhimayut talvani Nunataaruti - nit ihariattigumik ingilrutinik angunahuaqnikkut, miqhaghanut, hunavalungniklu ilitquhituqtunut hanauyayuktunut. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᒋᔭᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓕᒑᔪᒥ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎ • Akituyunik Ingilrutitaaqniq Ikayuutait ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᓰᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒥᓂᒃ Taamna Akituyunut Ingilrutitaaqniq Ikayuutait aulapkaqtauhimayuq ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᕈᒪᔫᓐᓂᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓕᒐᔪᒥᒃ. ikayuqtuinahuaqhutik nunataarutinut, qayaqnut ingilrutinullu anguniayuktunut ayuqhaqtunut kiinauyanut ingilrutailliuqtunut anguniarumayunut. ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕋᒃᓴᐅᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓄ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ • Mikiyunik Ingilrutitaaqniqmut Ikayuutait ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ Mikiyunik Ingilrutitaaqniqmut Ikayuutit aullaqtitauhimayuq 16-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕋᒃᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ingilrutitaaqniqmut ikayuutighait anguniayuktut ilitquhituqhutik niqighaqhiuyuktunut. Mikiyut ingilrutit taapkua humiittaaqhaqnik ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ nunami naunaitkutit (GPS), naalautiniklu, hivayautinik, kuvyanik, ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎ- qipingnik, puktallaarutit miqhuqtitaniklu. Taapkua ingilrutit niuviq - ᒌᖑᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᓂ, ᐊᒃᐸᕆᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐ tauvaktut NHSP-kunnit tuyuqtauvaghutik Angoniaqtinut Katimayi - ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ 16-ᒧᑦ 1992-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ inut (HTO) niuviqtaghait Nunataqhimayut anguniayuktut ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂᒃ. akikinaaqhimayunik.

• Nunallaani Anguniaqnikkut Ikayuutait ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖅ Taamna Nunallaani Anguniaqnikkut Ikayuutait aullaqtitauhimayuq ᐊᒥᓱᑲᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ ikayurahuaqhugit HTO-kut parnaiyainirmut anguniaqtittiyunik ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ nunallaani ikayuutauvaktuq nunalingnut. Nunallaani HTO-kut ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᑕᒫᓂ ᓄᓇᒥ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᓄᓇ ᓄᓇᐅᕗᖅ tuniyaulaaqtut avatqutailiplugu $3,000. nunamingni anguniaqtitti- ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᑖᖑᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᒍᑦ. ᓄᓇᐃᑦ yaami niqitaqhutik. ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ (ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ) ᐸᐸᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ • Atugaksait Ikayuutait ᑎᒥᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᓇ Taamna Atugaksait Ikayuutit aullaqtitauhimayuq ikayuutighat ᑐᕌᖓᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ. ilihainiqmut nunamiitaaqniq, angunahuaqniq miqhuqniqmiklu ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ atuqhimmaaquplugu ilitquhivut inuuhiqaqniqlu nunallaani. Taap - ᓈᒻᒪᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᒫᓐᓇ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᓗ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅ- kua ikayuqtauyumayut ilitquhiptingnik inuuhiptingnutlu aulapka - inahuaqniqmut Inuit qauhimayatuqait atuqhugit. ᑎᖃᖅᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᒃ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 7 | NTI’S BENEFICIARY PROGRAMS | NTI-KUT NUNATAARUTINUT IKAYUUTIT ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦ

ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᓕᒫᒥᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ: ing will enhance the traditional Inuit harvesting lifestyle by support - ing activities based on Inuit values and traditional knowledge. • ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᖅ, ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᕙᕐᕕᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ • ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᑦ Bereavement Travel Program • ᐳᓚᕋᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᕿᑎᑦᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᕕᒃ NTI’s Bereavement Travel Program provides financial assistance for air • ᓄᓇ ᐅᔭᕋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᕕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓕᒃ travel for a maximum of two family members who wish to travel to • ᐱᓕᕆᕕᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᕕᒃᑎᐊᕙᒃ attend the funeral of a family member in another Nunavut community. • ᐱᖕᒪᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓄᑦ Compassionate Travel Program NTI’s Compassionate Travel Program provides financial assistance for ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ air travel for a maximum of two family members who wish to see a ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ 5 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯᕗᖅ family member who is terminally ill and facing imminent death. ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱ - ᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᒃ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖃᑦᑕᙱᓚᑦ Voting and/or running in NTI and Regional Inuit ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ 5-ᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ. Association elections Inuit who are registered as Beneficiaries under the NLCA and 16 years ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ of age are entitled to vote and/or run for election at NTI or the Re - ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖏᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ gional Inuit Associations (RIAs). The Tungavik Federation of Nunavut, ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ the organization which preceded NTI, reduced the age to 16 in 1992 ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ during the vote for ratification of the NLCA. ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᐊᕐᕕᒋᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ. Use of Inuit Owned Lands Several articles of the NLCA deal with Inuit Owned Lands and the ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ 5-ᒥ rights Inuit have to these lands. Inuit Owned Lands are lands that ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐱᖕᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᒃ. ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑏᑦ Inuit own through the NLCA. The land title (ownership) is kept by ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ: NTI and the RIAs. This land is for the benefit of all Inuit. • ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᖅᑐᖃᙱ ᓪᓗᓂ The NLCA states that Inuit shall own enough land to satisfy Inuit (5.3.3 ᐊᒻᒪ 5.6.50). needs now and in the future. Inuit have the right to use lands for economic self-sufficiency. Inuit must be able to select the right mix • ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᓂ ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒡᓗᒍ of land to meet all of these needs, which include: ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᙱᓪᓗᓂ (5.6.1/5.6.2). • Good harvesting, trapping and hunting areas. • ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖅᑐᖃᕐᓂᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ • Outpost camps. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ. • Areas good for tourism or sport camps. • ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᓕᒫᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓂᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ • Land where minerals have been or might be found. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ (5.6.16/5.6.48/5.3.24). • Areas good for business or industry. • ᐃᓅᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᐸᐅᔭᐅᑎᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᐳᑦ • Places important to Inuit history and culture. ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ. ᑕᒪᒃᑭᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᔭᐅᒃᐸᑕ ᐃᓄᐃᓴᓐᓂᖅᓴ- Inuit Harvesting Rights Article 5 of the NLCA provides Inuit individuals and organizations in ᐅᒃᐸᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓅᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ Nunavut with many different harvesting rights. Many people and or - ᐆᒪᔪᕈᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ. (5.6.20). ganizations are unaware of the large number of rights embedded in • ᐃᓅᑉ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓ (ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᓖᑦ) Article 5. With the passage of the Nunavut Wildlife Act and its regula - ᒥᖅᑯᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ, ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂ tions, individuals and wildlife organizations like HTOs and Regional ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐃᓛᒃᑰᖅᑐᓂ, ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᒥᖅᑯᓕᓐᓂᒃ Wildlife Organizations (RWOs) are in a position to more fully take on responsibility of their roles and authorities over Inuit harvesting as ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ (5.6.12/5.6.13). • laid out in the NLCA. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ NTI is planning to conduct a large information campaign on ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯ - Article 5 that will focus on important wildlife rights. These rights ᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ include: (5.7.3(a); 5.7.6(a)). • The right of Inuit to harvest without unnecessary restrictions (5.3.3 and 5.6.50). • ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ/ • The right of an Inuk to harvest as much wildlife as he or she needs ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅ ᓂ- where a Total Allowable Harvest (TAH) is not established ᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ (5.7.3(a); (5.6.1/5.6.2). 5.7.6(a)).

8 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA • ᐃᓄᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐅᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᖅᑕᒥᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ Ilaiyaqtunut Aullaarutinut Ikayuutit NTI-kut Ilaiyaqtunut Aullaarutinut Ikayuutait tingmijjutinik akiinik ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓯᓚᑖᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᑕ (5.7.30). • akiliqhivaktut malrungnik ilagiinik ilaiyaqhimayut tingmigumagu - ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᓯᓚᕆᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ mik iluviqhiyaqtuqluni ilamingnik Nunavunmi nunaqaqtunik. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓕᕋᖓᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᓴᖓᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᒃᓴᖓ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᖏᐅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᑐᐊᕌᖓᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅ- Inuughaalaittunik Takuyaqtuiyumayunut Aullaaqniqmut ᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍᓗ ᓯᕗᒧᐊᑦᓯ- Ikayuutit NTI-kut Inuughaalaittunik Takuyaqtuiyumayunut Aullaaqniqmut ᐊᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒐᕙᒪᓂᖔᓯᒪᖏᑐᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ. (5.9.2). Ikayuutait ikayuqpaktut malrungnik inungnik tingmijjutainik takuyaq - turumayunik ilamingnik aanniaqtuqaqqat inuughaalaitkumiklu. ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ 23 - ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ 23 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᑐᕌᒐᖓ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯ - Niruaqtaqtut imaalu/luunniit niruaqtaunahuarumik NTI-kunnut ᒪᑦᑎ ᐊᖅᐳᖅ: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᖖᒍᖅᑎᓐᓇ - Aviktuqhimayumilu Inuit Katimayinit niruaqtittiyuni. Inuit titiraqhimayut Nunataaqhimayut talvani NLCA-mi, ukiuqaru - ᓱᒍ ᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᔭᖅᑐᑦ, miklu 16-nik niruanginnarialgit niruaqtaunahuanginnarialgitlu NTI- ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑕ ᐅ ᓂᖏᑦᑎᒎᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓈᓴᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ kut Aviktuqhimayumilu Inuit Katimayinut (RIA). Taapkua TFN-kut, ᑭᒡᒐᑐᖅᐸᑕ 85 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᖃᕐᓂᖓᑕ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 85 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᖓᓂᒃ hivulliuyut NTI-kunnguqtinnagit, aallannguqhimayaat ukiungit ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦ ᐱᓯᒪᑦᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ. ᑐᕌᒐᖓᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ 16-mut nirualaalaqiplugit 1992-mi niruaqtillugit nunataarahuaqniq - ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑮᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ mut NLCA-nit. ᒐᕙᒪᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ, ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓯᒪᓗᒍ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖏᑦ Atuqpauhiit Inuit Nanminiinik Nunanik ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐊᖏᖃᑎ- Qaffinik titiraqhimayunik ilalik NLCA-mi Inuit Nanminiutainik ᒌᑦᑎᑦᓯᓇᓱᑦᑎ ᑖᒪᔅ ᐳᕐᔪᕐ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᖅᑯᓐᓂ Nunanik pilaarutainiklu nunaqaqniqmut mighaagut. Inuit Nanmini - ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ utait Nunat nunauyut Inuit nanminiriyaat talvuuna NLCA-kut. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. Kakiniit ᑲᑭᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓄᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᑦ NUNAVUT DAY CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC GRANTS NUNAVUT UBLUANI ILITQUHILIRINIRMUT ILINNIARNIAQTUNULLU MANIKHAT

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N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 9 | NTI’S BENEFICIARY PROGRAMS | NTI-KUT NUNATAARUTINUT IKAYUUTIT ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦ

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕖᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ • Inuit rights to participate in decision-making concerning wildlife harvesting. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑕ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᖏᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ • The right of Inuit to participate in all government decisions that ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕖᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᓂ ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ restrict harvesting (5.6.16/5.6.48/5.3.24). 24 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓐᓂ. ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ 24 ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᕗᖅ • The right of Inuit to harvest a priority share of any TAH established, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅᓴ - calculated according to basic Inuit needs (5.6.20). ᐅᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᑎᒃ • The exclusive right of an Inuk (and certain General Hunting License holders) to harvest furbearers, subject to HTO authority to ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᓂ - permit others to harvest furbearers (5.6.12/5.6.13). ᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂ. • The exclusive right of Inuit RWOs and HTOs to allocate regional ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓂᖅᐳᖅ and community Basic Need Levels among their members ᑕᒪᒃᑮᓐᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔫᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓇᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᓲᕐᓗ, (5.7.3(a); 5.7.6(a)). ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖓ • The right of Inuit HTOs/RWOs to regulate the harvesting practices of their members (5.7.3(a); 5.7.6(a)). ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖓ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᔪᓄᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ 7 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒥ • The right of an Inuk to sell harvested wildlife to any person inside ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᖃᕈᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ or outside the settlement area (5.7.30). ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒃᑲᐃᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ • The right of Inuit to participate in the formulation of government ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᑖᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᓕᕋᐃᒍᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒨᖓᔪᓂᒃ. ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ positions in related international treaty negotiations (5.9.2). ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᓗᖕᒪᓴᖅᑕ ᐅ - Article 23 – Representative Workforce ᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓈᓚᕕᕕᓃᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᒋᓗᒍ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᖅᑯᑦ The objective of NLCA Article 23 is simple and clear: to increase Inuit ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᑖᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ. participation at all levels of government in Nunavut to a representative level. If Inuit represent 85 per cent of the population, Inuit should ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖏ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑭᕗᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ: account for 85 per cent of the jobs. The achievement of this objective • ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᕕᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ 10 will require special initiatives by the federal and Nunavut governments ᐳᓴᓐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᑖᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ. and by Inuit, one of which includes priority hiring policies for NLCA Beneficiaries. In his 2006 conciliation report on the implementation of • ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᓐ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ the NLCA, Conciliator Thomas Berger called on the federal govern - ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ment to invest substantially in new near-term training programs and in • ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔩᑦ, ᑲᑭᕙᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ improvements on the overall education system in Nunavut. ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᒧᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑲᒥᓴᓐ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓂᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ Registration as an Inuit firm NTI’s Department of Economic and Business Development maintains • ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ a list of Inuit firms, as required by NLCA Article 24. Article 24 requires ᖁᑦᑎᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᒃ the Government of Nunavut (GN) and the Government of Canada to ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓯᓇᓯᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᓂᒃ, improve the participation of Inuit firms in the economy of Nunavut, ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ, ᕿᓂᖅᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ improve the capacity of Inuit firms to compete for government con - ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᓗ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᑦ. tracts, and secure the employment of Inuit at a representative level in the Nunavut workforce. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎ - NTI’s Inuit Firm Registry is a tool to help the two governments meet ᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᒍᕕᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ these goals. For example, the GN’s Nunavummi Nangminiqaqtunik ᓇᒻᒥᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ, ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᑉ. Ikajuuti (NNI) Policy establishes a preferential bid adjustment of seven ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᑲᓂᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᖏᑦ. per cent on tendered government and municipal contracts for Inuit firms. The Government of Canada is also required to consult the list when issuing contracts regarding Nunavut. NTI’s agreement with the ᑲᑭᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓄ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ Department of National Defence on the clean-up of DEW-line sites is ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑖᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑮᓚᐅᑐᑦ ᑲᑭᓃᑦ an important example in which the federal government uses the Inuit ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᔾᔪᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑐᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ Firm Registry for contracting and subcontracting purposes. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐸᐸᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓂ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᓂᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᑲᓂ ᕈᒪᔪᓄᑦ. The Inuit Firm Registry is also used by: ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᖃᑎᒌᑦᑑᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓ. • NTI to apply an Inuit bid preference of up to 10 per cent on contracts. ᑲᑎᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᖁᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ $1,000-ᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ • Atuqtuarvik Corporation to determine eligibility for loan and ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᒡᕕᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᐃ ᑕᖅᑭᖓᓂ equity financing. ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᕐᒥᖓᓂ.

10 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ Taamna titiraq (nanminiqarnikkut) pihimayauyuq NTI-kunnit taapkuninngalu RIA-kunnit. Hapkua nunat nakuru tigiy aghait ᐃᓂᓪᓚᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᓪᓚᕆᒃᐳᑦ tamangnik Inuit. ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ, Titiraqhimayuq NLCA-mi taimaa Inuit nanminiqaqtughat ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᓂᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᑦ. nunanik nakurutighainik tajja hivuniptingnilu. Inuit pilaarutiqaqtut 1994-ᒥ, ᐊᒥᓱᑲᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓚ - atuqniqmut nunanik kiinauyaqhiuqniqmut. Inuit tikkuaqtuinginnar - ᐅᖅᓯ ᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐅᑎᒋᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᒋᑦ iaqaqtughat nunanik hapkua pinna huaqlugit, hammauvut: • Anguniaqvitqiktumik, naniriaqtuqvingmik angunahuaqvingniklu. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᖁᕙᓯᓐᓂᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ • Nunami nunallaat. ᐱᓯᓇᓯᓂ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕ - • Nunatqiktunik pulaaqtaqtunut aullaaqtaqtunullu. ᐊ ᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᖅ - ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓕᒫᖑᒻᒪᑕ • Nunanik nalvaaqhimayuqaqtunik nalvaaqhiuqvighaniklu ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ. uyaqqanik. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᕚ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ • Nunanik nakuuyunik nanminiqarnikkut hannaviunikkullu. • Nunaniklu Inuit inituqliminiit ilitquhilingniklu. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓚᕆᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓚᕆᓐᖏᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑐᑎᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ Inuit Anguniaqnikkut Pilaarutait ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓗᑎᓪᓗ. Ilangani 5-mi talvani NLCA-mi titiraqhimayulik pilaarutainik Inuit ᐅᑯᐊ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ: ilikkuuqtunik katimaqatigiiktuniklu Nunavunmiunik amihunik angu - • ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ nahuaqnikkut pilaarutinik. Amihuuyut inuit katimaqatigiitlu ilihi - manngittut hapkuninnga amihuit pila arutit titiraqhimayut talvani • ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᑦ • Ilanga 5-mi. Aullaqtitauhimaliqmat taamna Nunavunmi Angu - ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ nahuaqnikkut Maligaq pitquhimayaitalu, inuit angunahuaqtillu • ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ katimayiit HTO-kutut taapkualu Aviktuqhimayumi Angunahu- • ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ aqnikkut Katimayiit (RWO) tajja havainnarianiktut hapkuninnga ataniqtuilutiklu Inuit angunahuaqtillutik titiraqhimayutut talvani ᐅᕗᖓ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅ: NLCA-mi. NTI-kut parnaiyaiyut ilittuqhautighainiqmut katimavighainik ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᑦ Ilanga 5 mighaagut uqautigilluaqlugit taapkua pilaarutivut angu - ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᑦ nahuaqniqmut. Hamma pilaarutit: ᑎᑎᖅᑲᑯᕕᖓ 469 ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0C 0G0 • Inuit pilaarutait angunahuaqniqmut ayuqhaqtitauhimaittumik ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ: 1-866-337-3347 (5.3.3, 5.6.50-lu). • Pilaarutait Inup angunahuaqniqmut quyaginnaq anngutighanik ihariagiyaanik Avatqutailiyaunngitpata Anguniaqtaghaat (TAH) ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑏᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᒡᕕᖃᖅᑐ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 1. (5.6.1/5.6.2). • Inuit pilaarutait ilaunginnarianingmut ihumaliuqtillugit anngu - ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᑏᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᒃᑯᒫᕈᑎᖃᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ tighat mighaagut. ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑕ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ. • Inuit pilaarutait ilauyaamingnik kavamatkut ihumaliuqtillutik ᐊᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ anguniaqtailiyauniqmut (5.6.16/5.6.48/5.3.24). • Pilaarutait Inuit angunahuaqniqmut hivulliutitaulutik angunahu - ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᒃᑯᒫᕈᑎᖃᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ aqtitaugumik Avatqutailiyauhimayunik TAH-nik, aviktuqtauta - ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆ ᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ aqqat Inuit ihariariyaigut (5.6.20). ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ. • Pilaarutaitlu Inuit (kitullu Angunahuaqniqmut Laisilgit) anguni - aqniqmut amilingnik, taapkua HTO-kut naammagigumitkit ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓕᐅᑎᑎᑦᓯᓂᖓ aallait amilingnik anguniarumagumik (5.6.12/5.6.13). • Pilaarutaitlu Inuit RWO-nut taapkualu HTO-kut aviktuiniqmut ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓕᐅᑎᑎᑦᓯᓂᖓ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯᕗᖅ aviktuqhimayumi nunallaanilu Ihariagiyainik Avatquttailiyauyu - ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᕆ - nik ilauqataitalu (5.7.3(a); 5.7.6(a)). ᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ • Pilaarutait Inuit HTO-kut/RWO-lu munaqhiniqmik anguna huaqniq - ᐊᔾᔨᓂᒃ ᐃᑭᐊᕐᕆᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᖅᑭᓱᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ. mut malittiarniqmik ilauyunit (5.7.3(a); 5.7.6(a)). ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᕗᖓ • Pilaarutaitlu Innup kiinauyaqhiuqviginahuaqlugu anguhimayait [email protected]. ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᑦ kinamutkiaq iluani nunataarutip ahinitlu (5.7.30). • Pilaarutaitlu Inuit ilauyaamingnut katimaqatauniqmut kava - ᓂᕈᐊᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᖃᑐᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᑦ. ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᑦ matkunnit havaaghaqaqqat nunaqyuami angirutitaarahu - ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ aqnikkut (5.9.2). ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓂᐊᑐᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᑎᐊᕙᐅᓛᖑᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ.

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 11 | NTI’S BENEFICIARY PROGRAMS | NTI-KUT NUNATAARUTINUT IKAYUUTIT ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦ

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ, ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ • Kivalliq Partners in Development, Kakivak Association and the Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission to determine eligibility for certain grants and loans. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ, • NTI and RIAs to maximize Inuit employment, training and business opportuni - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒥᒃ ᑕᑕᑎᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍᓗ ties in land use licenses, leases, exploration agreements and Inuit Impact and ᐊᔾᔨᒥᒃ ᓴᒃᑯᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕕᒻᒥᒃ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔩᑦ Benefic Agreements. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕋᓱᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᒻᒥᒃ ᑕᑕᑎᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᑦ. The Inuit Firm Registry provides opportunities for Inuit firms. If you represent an ᑕᑕᑎᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᕐᕆ - Inuit firm, it is important to register your firm. Please contact NTI’s Department of Economic and Business Development for more information. ᕕᖓᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓕᕆ ᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ. ᑕᑕᑎᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᒪᔭᕆ ᐊᓖᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᓗᑎᒃ Kakiniit Nunavut Day Grants ᐊᑐᔭᐅᓕᖅᐸᑕ ᐊᔾᔩᑦ. In celebration of the creation of Nunavut, NTI created Kakiniit Nunavut Day Grants to ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᑲᓂᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓇᒡᓕᐊᓐᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ support Inuit engaging in activities that promote, preserve or celebrate , ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓄᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕆᑦ: or who are pursuing post-secondary academic programs. The grants are co-funded by NTI and the GN. A total of 10 grants in the amount of $1,000 each are awarded ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ each Nunavut Day. The annual deadline is the last Friday of the month of May. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᑦ The Nunavut Beneficiaries Scholarships Program ᑎᑎᖅᑲᑯᕕᐊ 280 ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0C 0G0 Nunavut Implementation Training Committee (NITC) believes strongly in promot - ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᖓ: (867) 645-5400 ing the development of Nunavut by supporting education, and especially post-sec - ondary education, for young Inuit. ᓱᒃᑲᔪᖅ: (867) 645-2380 In 1994, several Inuit organizations launched a scholarship program aimed at en - ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ: 1-888-236-5400 couraging NLCA Beneficiaries to pursue advanced education in business, manage -  www.tunngavik.com ment, resource management, community development, culture and the social sciences - all areas of critical importance to the successful implementation of the NLCA.

ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᙱᑦ ᐃᓅᒻᒪᕆᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᑦᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᙱᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅ ᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᙱᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᖅᑕᙱᑦ > ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᑦ (ᐃᓚᖓᓂ - ᐊᑕᔪᖅ 35.3.1 ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂ ? ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᑦ ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ. (c) ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᔭ-ᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆ ᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᙱᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᙱᑦ . ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒪ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᐊ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᑖᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖃ ᑕ- ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓇ ᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᓯᒪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᙱᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᙱᕈᑎᓂ . ᑭᒃᑰᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᙱᐅᑎᑦ (ᐃᓚᖓᓂ - ᐊᑕᔪᖅ 35.1.1 ᑲᔪᓯᓂᐊ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᒋᔭᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᑎᓕ ᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ (b) ᐅᓇ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᑦᑎ ᐊᓛᙳᓂᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕆᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪ ᔪᓕ ᕆᔨᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐊᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑭᓇ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪᖔᑦ. ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕕᐊᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐊᓐᓂ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃ ᔭᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪ ᔪᓕᕆᔨᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᙱᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐊᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊ ᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑎᐊ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᑦ, ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᓕᒃ 35-ᒥᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑕᒻᒪᖅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᐸᑦ ᐊᑎᙱᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᙱᕈᑎᓂ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᖁᔨᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅ ᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖃᑕ ᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓪᓚᐃᒍᑎᒃᓴᔭᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᑦ (ᐃᓚᖓᓂ - ᐊᑕᔪᖅ 35.3.1 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖓᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯ ᒪᓗᑎᒃ ᑖᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᑎᐊ. ᑐᓴᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ (d) ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑎ ᑕ ᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐊᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭ ᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐊᓂᒃ. ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃ ᔭᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᕕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓄᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓗᓂ ᐊᑎᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᔪᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪ-ᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᙱᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓄᑦ ᐅᑯᓇᖓᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒍᕕᑦ, ᐊᑏ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᒋᒍᒃ: ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒻᒪᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᑕᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᙱᕈᑎᓂ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᑉᐸᑦ ᐃᓅᒍᓂ ᓱᓕ ᐆᒪᓗᓂ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᙱᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐊᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᒋᓗᓂᐅᒃ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᒫᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐊᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᙱᕈᑎᑦ (ᐃᓚᖓᓂ 35.3.1 (b) ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᓯᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑯᐊ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ P.O. Box 280 ᑲᙱᕐᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0C 0G0 ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎ ᑕᐅᓂ- ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᙱᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᔪᓐᓇ ᓛᙳᔪᑦ ᑭᓇ ᐅᖃᓘᑕ: (867) 645-5400 ᓱᑲᔪᖅ: (867) 645-3451 ᐊᖅᐸᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓄᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᐅᙱᑉᐸᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᑦ ᐅᑯᓇᖓᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᕆᐊᖃᙱᑕᐃᑦ: 1-888-236-5400 ᐊᔪᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓇᓂ. ᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᙱᕈᑎᓂᑦ. ᑲᕆᑕᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ: www.tunngavik.com

12 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA The scholarship program is part of the comprehensive imple - Ilanga 23 – Inugiangnigagut Havaktiqarahuaqniq mentation training strategy developed by Inuit organizations with Ilanga 23 NLCA-mi qauhimattiaqnaqtuq naunaitu - direct or indirect responsibility for NLCA implementation and man - nilu: Inungnik ilauvalliapkainahuaqtut tamangni agement. The sponsors of the scholarship program are: kavamaliqiyuni Nunavunmi inugiangningagut. Inuit • NTI. 85%-ngugumik nunallaani, Inuittauq 85%-nguy - • Nunavut Implementation Training Committee, Inc. ughat havaktut. Una tikittaami kavamaqyuatkut • Kivalliq Inuit Association. Nunavunmilu Kavamait Inuillu aullaqtittiliqtughat • Kitikmeot Inuit Association. havaaghaniktittiliqlutiklu nunataaqhimayut NLCA-nit. • Qikiqtani Inuit Association. Titirainit naunaitkutainit 2006-mi, Aulapkaiyi Thomas Berger kavamaqyuanit tuqhiqhimayuq ikayuquipluni For more information, please contact: ilihainikkut ihuaqhainiqmiklu ilihautainik Nunavunmi. Nunavut Beneficiaries Scholarships c/o NITC Titiraqhimayut Inuit Nanminiqaqnirmut P.O. Box 469 Rankin Inlet, NU X0C 0G0 NTI-kut havakviat Kiinauyaqhiuqniqmut Nanmin - Toll-Free Fax: 1-866-337-3347 iqaqniqmullu titiraqhimayulgit Inuit nanminiqaqtu - nit, ihariagiyauyutut talvani Ilanga 24-mi The deadline for applications is September 1st. Nunata arutinit. Talvani titiraqhimayuq taapkua Kava - matkut Nunavunmi (GN) Kanatami Kavamaqyuan - Eligibility to receive Non-Insured Health Benefits from the galu ilaupkaivalliayughat Inuit nanminiqaqtunik Government of Canada’s Department of Health and kiinauyaqhiuqnikkut Nunavunmi, ikayuqlugit Inuit Social Services. nanminiutait uuktulaalaqilugit kaantulaaktaqnikkut, Enrolment in the NLCA is proof of Inuit status for the purpose of havaaghaniktinnahuaqlugit Inuit inugiangningat receiving Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) from the Government ihumagiplugu Nunavunmi. of Canada. The NIHB program is administered by the GN. NTI-kut Inuit Nanminiqaqtunik Naunaitkutait hanalrutauyuq malrungnut kavamanut piyumayain - NTI Photo Contest nik pinahuaqhutik. Hapkuatut, GN-kut Nunavunmi NTI’s Photo Contest provides NLCA Beneficiaries with the opportunity Nanminiqaqtunik Ikayuutit (NNI) Maligaghanit titi - to submit photographs to NTI. NTI uses the photographs on their web - raqhimayuq taimaa ihuaritqiyainik 7%-nguyumik site and in publications. tuqhiqlutik kavamatkut haamlatkutlu kaantulaaktitti - Beneficiaries can send their photographs to photocontest@tun - nahuarumik Inuit nanminiqaqtut uuktuqtaghainik. ngavik.com. A team of NTI employees judges the entries and selects a Kavamaqyuatkut Kanatami ihivriuqtaghariyaat titiraq winner each month. Monthly winners are then entered into the Photo naunaitkut nanminiqaqtunik kaantulaaktittinahuaru - of the Year Contest. Cash prizes are awarded to the three best photo - mik Nunavut mighaagut. NTI-kut angirutaat taapku - graphs. alu Havakviat Unataqtuliriyit halummaqhiniq Inuit can submit photos of landscapes, communities and wildlife. Tuulainik naunaitkutauvuq atuqpauninganik kava - Pictures of people will be considered, although photographers must maqyuatkunnit Inuit Nanminiqaqtunik Naunaitkutait have the people who appear in their pictures complete and sign photo kaantulaaktittinirmut naunaitkutaghait. release forms. Photographers who enter the contest must also complete Taamna Inuit Nanminiqaqtunik Naunaitkut atuq - a photographer consent form. tauvaktuqtauq hapkuninnga: All forms can be downloaded from NTI’s website or obtained from • NTI-kunnit ikayuutighaat Inuit avighimayumik NTI’s Department of Communications. Forms must be completed and 10%-mik kaantulaaktarahuaqniqmut. signed and submitted with the photograph. • Atuqtuarvik Kuapuriissakunnit ihumaliurutigiyaami For more information, or to apply for any of the programs and atukkiqvigiyaami ikayuqtauyaamilu. services, please contact: • Kivalliq-mi Ikayuqtigiiktut Katimaqatigiit, Kakivak Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Beneficiary Katimaqatigiit taapkualu Qitirmiuni Kiinauyaqhi - Programs Administrator uqniqmut Katimayingit ihumaliuqtiuyut ikayuq - Department of Human Resources taulaarianginnik. P.O. Box 280 Rankin Inlet, • NTI-kut RIA-lu Inungnik havaktighaqhiuqlutik, ili - NU X0C 0G0 haqtittilutik nanminiqaqtunullu kiinauyaqhiuqlutik Tel: (867) 645-5400 nunanik aturutinut, atuinnarianiktinik, angirutinik Fax: (867) 645-2380 nalvaaqhiuqniqmut taapkuninngalu Inuit Toll Free: 1-888-236-5400 Ikayuutighainut Angirutinit. www.tunngavik.com 

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Taamna Inuit Nanminiqaqtunut Naunaitkutaat Inuit Havakviinik • NTI. havaaghaniktittiyut. Inuit Nanminiutaqaruvit, titiraqhimay ughauyu - • Nunavunmi Ilihaqpaalliqniqmut Katimayiit. tit. Hivayaqlugit NTI-kut Havakviat Kiinauyaghaqhiuqniqmut Nan - • Kivalliq Inuit Katimaqatigiit. miniqaqnikkullu Aullaqtittivallianikkut naunaittiariami. • Kitikmeot Inuit Katimaqatigiit. • Qikiqtani Inuit Katimaqatigiit. Kakiniit Nunavut Upluutaanut Ikayuutit Inuit hulilukaaqtut atuqpalliaplugit, aulapkaiplutik quviagiplugulu Naunaittiariami, hivayaqlugu: ilitquhiit, taapkualuuniit ilihaqpaallirumayunut. Taapkua kiinauyait Nunavunmi Nunataaqhimayut aittuutit tuniyauvaktut ikayuqtigiighutik NTI-kunnit GN-kunnillu. Ilihaqpaalliqniqmut Ikayuutit Naallugit 10-nguyut aittuutighat $1,000.taalauyuq tuniyauvaktuq c/o NITC Nunavut Upluutaanit ukiuq tamaat. Uuktuqtut umikvighaat Qiuqutaat 469 Kangiqhiniq, NU X0C 0G0 kingulliqpaami Friday-nguqqat May-mi. Akiittuq Kayumiktukkut: 1-866-337-3347

Nunavunmi Nunataaqhimayunut Ilihaqpaallirniqmut Ikayuutit Umikvighaat uukturumayut September 1st. Nunavut Aulapkainiqmut Ilihaqtittiyit Katimayiit (NITC) ukpiruhukput aghut ilihaqpaalliqtittiniqmik Nunavunmiunik Ikayuqtaunnginnarialgit Aanniaqtailiniqmut ikayuqhugit ilihaqniq, ilihaqpaalliqniq, inuuhuktunut Inungnik. Ikayuutainit Kavamaqyuatkut Kanatami 1994-mi, qaffit Inuit katimaqatigiingit aullaqtittihimayut Ilihaq - Havakvianit Aanniaqtuliqiyit Inuliqiyillu. paalliqniqmut Ikayuutighanik Nunataaqhimayut ilihaqpaalliqu - Titiraqhimahimaguvit NLCA-mi naunaitkutauyuq plugit nanminiqaqnikkut, ataniqtuinikkut, pivighaptingniklu Inuinnauniqmut ikayuqtauyaami Aanniaqtailiniqmut munaqhiniq, nunallaani hanavallianiq, ilitquhinik inuuhiqniklu Ikayuutinut (NIHB) Kavamaqyuanit. Taamna NIHB ilihainiq – tamangnik aghuutauyuktut aulattiariami NLCA. ikayuutit aulapkaqtitauvaktuq GN-kunnit. Taamna Ilihaqpaalliqniqmut Ikayuut aullaqtitauhimayuq iniqtauhi - mayq Inuit katimaqatigiingnit munaqhiquyauyut NLCA-kut aulap - NTI-kut Piksaliurniqmut Akihaqtuqtut kaiyaghaat munarilugulu. Ikayuqtiit taapkua Ilihaqpaalliqniqmut: NTI-kut Piksaliuqniqmut Akihaqtittiyut. Nunataaqhi -

Geographic Scope Must be an Inuk According to Inuit How do I enroll as a The geographic scope of the enrolment Customs and Usages > Beneficiary of the Nunavut process includes the entire Nunavut Set - The NLCA (Sub-section 35.3.1 (c)) > Land Claims Agreement ? tlement Area, and includes Inuit from states that a person must be an Inuk ac - Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) that area residing elsewhere. cording to Inuit customs and usages. is responsible for enrolling individuals as This criterion is consistent with the Beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claims The Nunavut Inuit Enrolment List recognition contained in the NLCA Agreement (NLCA) . The process is ad - It shall be the responsibility of a person (Sub-section 35.1.1(a)) that Inuit are ministered by NTI through the Enrol - enrolled as a Nunavut Inuk to inform the best able to define who is an Inuk. ment Division of the Department of NTI Enrolment Division of the Depart - Human Resources, and the Community ment of Human Resources of any Must Identify as an Inuk Enrolment Committees. change of name, or of any error in the The NLCA (Sub-section 35.3.1 (d)) states Article 35 of the NLCA requires a spelling of his or her name on the En - that a person must identify himself or Designated Inuit Organization to ensure rolment List or an Enrolment Card. In - herself as an Inuk. A person who does that all eligible Inuit of the Nunavut Set - forming the NTI Enrolment Division may not identify as an Inuk is not eligible. tlement Area have the opportunity to be be done by completing and submitting enrolled. A person who is on the Inuit to NTI an Enrolment Change and Cor - For more information, please contact: Enrolment List is entitled to benefit from rection Form. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. the NLCA so long as he or she is alive. Enrolment Administrator Inuit agreed to make NTI the Desig - Must be a Canadian Citizen Department of Human Resources nated Inuit Organization. Enrolment is The NLCA (Sub-section 35.3.1 (b)) P.O. Box 280 Rankin Inlet, guided by the principle that Inuit are states that a person must be a Canadian NU X0C 0G0 best able to define who is an Inuk for the citizen to qualify for enrolment. A per - Tel: (867) 645-5400 purpose of benefiting from the NLCA. son who is not a Canadian citizen is not Fax: (867) 645-3451 eligible. Toll Free: 1-888-236-5400 Website: www.tunngavik.com

14 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA mayut piksautainik tuyunnarialgit talvunga photocontest@tun - ngavik.com. Havaktiit NTI-kut tikkuaqtuiniaqqut akimayumik tatqiqhiut tamaat. Tatqiqhiunmi akimayut ilaupkaqtitauvaktut talvunga Piksautauyuq Ukiumut Akihaqtunut. Kiinauyanik taktagha - lik pingahunut piksa utitqiktunut. Inuit tuyuinnarialgit piksautinik nunamik, nunallaanit anngu - tighaniklu. Piksautait inungnik ihumaliuqtauniaqqut, kihimi taapkua piksautilgit inungnik titiraqhimayumik piinnarianiutighaat takup - kaqtitainiqmik pihimayughaq. Piksaliuqtutlu ilauyut akimana hu- aqhutik sainiqhihimayughat angirutimik. Tamangnik titiqqat qaritauyakkuurutaanit NTI-kut piinnarialgit talvanngalluuniit NTI-kut Havakvianit Tuhaumapkaiyinit. Titiqqat iniqhimayughat sainiqhimalutiklu tuniyaulutik piksautivitlu.

Naunaiqhittiariami, uukturumaguvillu ikayuutinik, hivayaqlugu:

ᑐᕋᕕᔅ ᑰᐳᕐ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕖᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᓄᑦ. Nunavut Tunngavikkut Nunataaqhimayunut - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᔮᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ Ikayuutinik Titiraqti Travis Cooper runs the Inuit Firm Registry for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Havakvianit Havaktughaqhiuqtit - By Johnny Issaluk Tiitiraqvia 280, Kangiqhiniq, NU X0C 0G0 Travis Cooper aullapkaiyiuyuq tatvani Inuit Nanminiqaqtut Attiliuqviatni uvani Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat-ni. Hivayaut: (867) 645-5400 - Tiitiraqhimaya Johnny Issaluk Kayumiktukkut: (867) 645-2380 Akiittuq Hivayaut: 1-888-236-5400 www.tunngavik.com 

attiliurniq pitjutigivlugu hamna ilaliutihimayu 35.3.1 (c) titiraqhimayuq ima una kina Innu- Kanuq attiliuriaqaqinga tamaat una Nunavut Nunatakvigiyait, uvalu inauyagiaqaqtuq aturhimalugit hapkua Inuit Nunataqatauhimavlunga ilaliutivlugit hapkua Inuit humilikak illiitkuhiit uvalu atuhiit. Una aturauyuq ma - > tatvani Nunavut hilatani nunakaligaluaktitlugit. likayauyuq illiitagiyauhimayuq pitjutigivlugu una Nunatakut (NLCA) (Ilanga-uiguani Nunatagutaitni Angirutani . Una Nunavut Inuit Attiliurhimayait 35.1.1(a) tatva taima hapkua Inuit ilihimati - Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat (NTI-kut) mu - Titiraqhimayut aknirhauyut kina Inun’ngmangata. nariyait hapkua attiliurutait Nunataqatauhi - Una attiliurhimanigumi ima Nunavumi In - mavlunga tatvani Nunavut Nunatagutaitni uhimagami tuhaktitiyagiakaktait ukkua Una Naunaiyagiakaktuk Angirutani. (NLCA). Una aulatjuta havariya - NTI-kut tatvani Attiliurtulikiyiit Havakviatni inmi Innungmangat uyuq tatvanga NTI-kut tatvani Attiliurtulikiyiit Havaktulikiyiit attini alangurhimaligumiuq, Una Nunatakut (NLCA) (Ilanga - uiguani Havakviatni Havaktulikiyiit, uvalu tatvuna uvalunin irhiunaqtauniqat attia tatvani Attiliu - 35.3.1 (d) titiraqhimayuq una kinaugalu - Nunaliit Attiliurtulikiyiita Katimayagalaat-kunin. rutani Titikani uvalunin Naunaipkutani aqluni naunaiyagiakaktuk inminnik Innung - Nakatak 35 tatvani Nunatakutimi( NLCA) Pianakmi. Tohaktitainik hapkuninga NTI-kut mangat. Kina inuk naunaiyarhimangitkumi pitjutikaktuq hapkuninga Illiitariyauhimayuniq Attiliurutiniq Havakviatnun pinagiakaktut ima inmi Innungmangat uktugungangituk attiliu - Inuit Timingat pipkariaqaqtait tamaita uqtu - innirhiluni uvalu tunnihiluni tatvunga NTI- rutirhamik. rungnaqtut Inuit tatvani Nunavut Nunatar - kunut haffuminga Attiliurutaniq Alanguqtiru - viani pinarialaqiyangita attiliurtaulutiq. Una tiqhamiq uvalun Ihuarhautiqhamiq Titikaniq. Tuhakpaligumaguvit, hivayainagiakaktatit: Inuk tatvani Inuit Attiliurviatni Titiraqtauhi - Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat malirumi piyunautikakniaktuq ikkayuhiaku - Kanatami Nunakakiakaktuk Attiliuqniqtut Havaktiat tirhanik tatvangat Nunatarutimit (NLCA) una Una Nunatakutat (NLCA) (Ilanga-uiguani 35.3.1 Havakviat ukkua Havaktulikiyiit inuk innutuarumi. Inuit angirutihimayat (b) titiraqhimayuq ima una kina Inuk Kanatami Titiraqviat Box 280 Rankin Inlet, ukkua NTI-kut ima Illiitariyauhimayuniq Inuit Nunakakiakaktuk uktukumagumi Una inuk NU X0C 0G0 Timingat. Hamna attiliurniq hivunirhitjuta - Kanatami Nunakangitkumi uktulaituq. Hivayautat: (867) 645-5400 uyuq ima Inuit illihimatiaqnirhauyut kina Fax: (867) 645-3451 Innungman’ngata una ikayuhiarutirhaq Akkituq Hivayautat: 1-888-236-5400 Nunatarutimit (NLCA) pitjutigivlugu. Una kinaugaluakluni Innuinauya - giaqaqtuq Aturhimalugit hapkua Karitauyaqut: www.tunngavik.com Nanikmiutauyagiaqaqmangata Inuit Illiitkuhiit uvalu Atuhiit Una nanmikmiutauyagiaqaqmangat hamna Una Nunatakut (NLCA) (Ilanga-uiguani

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 15 > ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᑲᑎᑦᑕᕌᙵᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂᓂᑕᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓰᒃ | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅᑐᓃᑦᑐᑦ When two ancient cultures meet | Inuit at the Olympics Ukkua malguk allatqiiq illiitquhiuyuq paarutikanganik | Inuit pikatauyaktuniaktut ulapqiyaktuqataulutik tatvunga Olympics-nut.

ᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᔭᕌᖓᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ hen Johnny Issaluk demonstrates ᐱᖑᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ WInuit games at the Olympics this ᕕᔮᕝᔪᐱᕆᒥ, ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᕐᒥᓂ February, he will fulfill a lifelong personal ᑕᐅᑐᖅᑰᖅᓯᒪᔭᑐᖃᖓᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᐃᑎᓪᓗᒍᓗ dream as he helps introduce one ancient ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂᓂᑐᖃᓂᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᔪᑦ culture to another: This is the first time ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ: ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂᓂᑕᐃᑦ ancient Inuit cultural practices have been ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᖢᒍ performed at the Olympics since the in - ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ternational games began 2,100 years ago. ᑕᐃᒪᖓᓂᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᐊᓂᑦ 2, 100 ᐅᑭᐅᑦ “Inuit games have always been a part of Inuit culture. Eld - ᓈᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ers said sometime blizzards would last for weeks and you couldn’t go out. If you stayed dormant, you’d get fat and lazy and you wouldn’t be able to survive and catch animals, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓯᖏᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᖓᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ so you did drum-dancing and throat-singing and Inuit ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖓᓐᓂ. ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ games to stay physically fit and mentally healthy,” said Issaluk. “This will be something they’ve never seen before. ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᖅᓯᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ It’s a cultural trade-off.” ᐊᓂᔪᓐᓇᕋᑎᒃ. ᐃᒡᓗᒦᖏᓐᓇᕈᕕᑦ ᐃᑎᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒃ, Issaluk is part of a group of 18 Inuit cultural performers ᖁᐃᒃᑎᑉᐸᒃᑲᕕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᕿᐊᑦᑕᐅᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ travelling to Vancouver to showcase Inuit culture. Fourteen

16 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA ᔮᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᔨᐊᓯ ᒪᐃᒃ Johnny Issaluk demonstrates Inuit sports at Nunavut Day last year in Iqaluit. - By Jesse Mike Johnny Issaluk kungiaktiitiyuq Inuit ulapqitjutaitniq tatvani Nunavut Ubluutani aippangani Iqaluitni. - Tiitiraqhimaya Jesse Mike

ᐊᔪᓕᕋᔭᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐊᓐᓇᒃᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᒪᔪᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, na Johnny Issaluk qungiaqtitinahualigumi ᑕᐃᒪ ᓕ ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᖅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ UInuit ulapkivauhiitnik tatvani Olympics-ni ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᑎᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᖃᐃᖅᓯᒪᑦᑎ - Fipuali-guqat, inmi tunnirhimatjutituqaminiq ᐊᕐᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂ ᐊᕋᕕᑦ nutaraugami hinnaqtuaminiq uuktuqnahuaqniaq - ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᒃ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᖅ tuq ikkayuqatauluni takupkailuni in’ngilraqniitat ᓯᕗᓂᐊᒍᑦ. ᐱᖅᑯᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑭᐴᑎᓂᖅ. illiitquhituqaniq: Una hivulikpanguniaqtuq hapkua ᐄᓴᓗᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ 18-ᖑᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ in’ngilraqniitat Inuit illiitkuhituqait kungiaktauti - ᕚᓐᑰᕙᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᔭᖅᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐊᓐᓂᒃ. 14 tlugit tatvani Olympics-ni tatvananin aularuting - ᐃᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑯᑎᒎᓇᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑉᑯᖏᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᑕᒪᑦ mata taimangaqaluk 2,100 ukkiuni hivuliptini. 4 ᐅᑯᑎᒎᓇᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᑲᑕᕝᔭᖅᑎᑦ, Hᐃᑉ Hᐹᑉ “Inuit ulapkivauhiit qangaraluuq illahiutihimayut Inuit illiitquhiitnut. ᒧᒥᖅᑎᑦ, ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᖅᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᕿᑎᒃᑎᑦ Inniqniit uqaqpaktut illani pirhilikpangmat ubluut ammiyut naatugit ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ Artcirq ᐃᓚᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ taimatut pirhiktitlugu annilaikpangmata. Huliyarhaqangitkuvit, ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ. ᐄᓴᓗᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎ - puvvalaklutit iqqiahulikniagaviit taimalu annaumalaitutit angun - nahualaitkuviit, tatva taimatut qilautjaqpaqtut uvalu qiavjaqpaqhutiq ᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆ - uvalu Inuit ulapqivauhiitniq ulapkivaktut iqqairhigahu aqhutiq uvalu ᐅᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒧᖓ. ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᑦ (20) ihumatiq tuutqirhagahuaqhugu,” uqaqtuq Issaluk. “Taimatut takuhi - ᓈᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕋᓱᐊᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. mangitut. Hamna avvatingnut illiitquhiqtutiniaktut.” Issaluk illaliutiniaqtuq pikatauluni hapkununga 18-guniakmata ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕈᓯᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 200-ᓂᒃ ᐅᔭᒥᖕᓂᑦ ᐱᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Inuit iliitquhiqtuqlutiq taunungaulutiq kun’ngiaqtitiniakmata Vancou - ᐃᑲᔪᐃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᓯᐅᖅᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᕿᑎᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ver-mut takupkailutiq Inuit illiitquhiitniq. Hapkua 14-guyut tatvun - ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᒐᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ gaktitauniaktut tatvuna Nunavut Kavamat-kutigut uvalu ukkua hitamat tatvungaktitauniaktut -kutigut. Hapkua ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ. qiavjaqtit, huqqulaqtiit numiktiit, kilautjaqtiit uvalu ukkua Artcirq-kut “ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ (10) ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑕᑯᒐᒃᑭᑦ tamaita pikatauniaktut hapkunani illiitkuhiqtuqtuni. Una Issaluk tili - uqtauhimayuq takupkaktitaiyaqtuquyauvluni Inuit ullapkitjutaitniq ila ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ, ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ qauyimayautiarami ayun’ngittuq hapkuninga ulapqitjutiniq. Taima ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒫᓐᓇ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. 20-nik ukkiunik ullapqiqatauvaligami, tarhivaqhimayuq avvatqutugit

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 17 are attending through the Government of Nunavut and four through “ᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Throat-singers, hip-hop dancers, drum-dancers ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓯᓐᓇᖅᑐᕆᓯᒪᔭᕋ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒍ and Artcirq will all participate in the cultural performances. Issaluk was ᓱᓕᔪᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐳᖅ. ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᕋᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᒪᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ chosen to demonstrate Inuit games because of his well-known skill in the events. After 20 years of competing, he’s won more than 200 medals ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ, ᐃᒪᓐᓇᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖁᙱᐊᖃᑕᐅᓗᖓ. and coached many others in the sport. He said he is tremendously ᐅᒃᐱᕐᓇᖅᑑᔭᙱᓚᖅ ᒫᓐᓇ.” honoured to be asked to perform at the Olympics. ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᔾᔪᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ “I was 10-years-old when I first saw the Olympics on TV,” said Issaluk, who grew up in Chesterfield Inlet and now resides in Iqaluit. “I had my ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓱᓕᓂᐊ ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᐃᓵᓘᑉ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᑖ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ. eye on being part of the Olympics. This is a dream come true. All my ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᕿᑎᒃᑎᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᒋᔮ ᐊᒥᖄᕈᑎᒋᓗᒍ, life I wanted to be a part of it, even just to go watch. It’s unbelievable.” ᐃᓕᓯᒪᔮ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᐊᓐᓂ. That he’s become a role model to many people is a fact that Issaluk takes very seriously. His skill as an athlete is his to share, a trait that is “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐊ ᐊᒥᖄᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᓱᓇᓕᒫᓂᒃ. important in Inuit society. ᐱᒋᙱᑕᕋ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᑐᐊᕆᓗᒍ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ.” “It’s the Inuit way to share everything. This is not mine to keep to myself.”

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ: Inuit cultural performers include: ᐋᓚᓐ ᐊᖅᓵᖅ Allen Auksaq ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᑦ (Artcirq) Artcirq ᑏᑦᑐᕆᒃ Hᐊᓚ Dettrick Hala Johnny Issaluk ᔮᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ Kaiva ᑲᐃᕙ Lamech Kadloo ᓚᒥᒃ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ Celina Kalluk Michael Kusugak ᓯᓕᓇ ᑲᓗᒃ Becky Qilavvaq ᒪᐃᑯ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ Lois Uyaupiq Suluk-Locke and Maria Illungiayok  ᐱᐊᑭ ᕿᓚᕝᕙᖅ ᓘᐊᔅ ᐅᔭᐅᐱᖅ ᓱᓗᒃ ᓛᑭ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᕆᔭ ᐃᓗᖏᐊᔪᖅ.  ima 200-nik takarhaniq uvalu ayuirha ivaqhuni ammihuniq pikatauyu - mayuniq hapkuninga ullapqitjutiniq. Ukkalaktuk inmi arhutaq annan - x0pq8i4 ∫4fx WJmA y @))( gaitjarutigiya hamna turhiqtaugami ullapqiyaqtuquyauvluni tatvani ᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ Olympics-ni. ᐅᓂᑳᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓯ ᐅᕗᖓ: “Uvanga 10-nik ukkiukarhimayunga hivulikpamik takun’ngarhi qi- gama hapkuninga ullapqiyuniq Olympics-ni TV-mi,” uqaqtuq Issaluk, To get a copy of the 2009 pamiktauhimayuk tatvani Igluligakjukmi tatvalu tatja nunaqaliqtuq Annual Report, please write to: Iqaluit-ni. “irrivaqhimayatka hapkua pikatauyumavlunga tatvani Olympics-ni. Hamna hinnaqturhimayaga tautungnarhiliqtuq. Qangar - Piyumaguvit aatjikutainik aluq illauqatauyumahimayunga, kun’ngiaqataunginaqlungalunnit 2009mi Ukiuk Tamaat humagingitara. Ukpirnaituutut ittuq.” Tuhaktakhat, Una inmi ihumariyautiaqhuni tauturauyuq ammihunin inuknit titigalutit hamunga: taimatut una Issaluk aqhuruqtuq. Hamna ayungitani ullapkivauhini inmi pikatiqarhumainaqtuq, hamna illiitkuhituqaq piunnirhaungmat Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Inuit illiitquhituqaitni. Communications “Taimatut Inuit illiitquhituqagingmatjuq ikkayuqatigirahuaqhutiq. Uvamnuinnaq illipqayagiaqangitara.” Department PO Box 638 Iqaluit, Inuit iliitquhituqaitniq kun’ngiatitinahuat hapkua ilaliutihimayut : NU X0A 0H0 Allen Auksaq Artcirq Dettrick Hala Johnny Issaluk xgw8Ns1uJ5 cEbs/4f5 s?i: Kaiva Also available online at: Lamech Kadloo Pilaaktutlu kagitauyakut takulviani: Celina Kalluk www.tunngavik.com Michael Kusugak Becky Qilavvaq Lois Uyaupiq Suluk-Locke uvalu Maria Illungiayok 

18 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA Qitiqmiuni Inuit Katimaqatigiit Ukiup Nunngutaani ᕿᑎᒥᕐᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᓵᓕ ᐃᕙᓕᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᖅ ᕋᐅᕝ ᐳᐊᕐᑐᕐ ᐊᖏᔪᑦᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. Katimaqyuaqtut - ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Kitikmeot Inuit Association President Charlie Evalik (right) presented Ralph Porter with a recognition award for his service as a Board member during the organization’s recent annual general meeting. - Courtesy of Kitikmeot Inuit Association ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ Kitikmeot Inuit Katuyikatigit-kut Ataniat Charlie Evalik aiturhimaya una Ralph Porter Sr. uminga illiitagiyautju - timik aittutimik kivgaktuihimangmat katimayiuqatauhimangmat tatvani ukkua timiuyut kangahaaq katimakju - arhimangmata. ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Kitikmeot Inuit Katuyikatigit ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒃᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᑦ Kitikmeot Inuit Association Annual General Meeting

ᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥᑦ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ his year’s Kitikmeot Inuit kiuq Qitiqmiuni Inuit ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦᑕ TAssociation’s (KitIA) UKatimaqatigiit Ukiup ᑲᑕᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᓂ Annual General Meeting Nunngutaani Katimaqyu - ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒃᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ was held Oct. 26-28 in aqhimayut Oct. 26-28-mut 26ᒥᑦ 28ᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᒃᑎᐊᒥᑦ. Cambridge Bay. With a few Iqaluktuuttiami. Qaffiuyut ᖃᖓᑕᓲᑦ ᑭᖑᕙᓯᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ delays of flights getting in tuuliiqtuugaluit tingmiyut ᑎᑭᕝᕕᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ and out of Cambridge Bay, tikiqattaqhutik aullaqat - ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᕕᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᒥᑦ, we weren’t certain the taqhutiklu Iqaluktuuttiamit, ᓇᓗᓇᓚᐅᑲᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒃᔪᐊ ᕋ- meeting would run on talvuuna naluyugut katimav - ᔭ ᕆᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ schedule. Thanks to our ighaqqut malingniaruptitku. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕗᑦ ᑎᓕᐅᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, president and the dedica - Quanaqquq Angayuqqaaq ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕌᕐᔪᑯᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᕙ - tion of the delegation, the malittiaramiklu katimayit, ᓯᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ. ᐊᑕᖏᐅᒪᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅ ᔪᓐᓇ - meeting fell behind for only katimayut kinguvaqtuugaluit ᓚ ᐅᕐᐳᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᑎᓪᓗᒍ. a few hours. Everything was qaffinik ikaaqninit. Katima - attended to by the end of jjutigiyait tamatkiqtauyut ᐅᓪᓗᒥᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑎᓕᐅᕋᐃ - the meeting. kihimi katimataaramik. ᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ, The first day of the meeting, the dele - Katimalraaramik, katimayit tuniyauhi - ᐊᕕᒃᑐᕐᓯᒪᔪᐃᓪᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ gation was presented with the Presi - mayut Angayuqqaap Naunaitkutainik, ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ dent’s Report, along with departmental havakviillu naunaitkutainik tuniyauhi - ᐊᐅᓚ ᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃᑕᐅᖅ ᐅᑯᓇᙶᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ reports presented by the directors of mayut aulapkaiyinit havakvingnit.

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 19 ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴ - each department. We also had reports Naunaitkutighaqhimayugullu munari- from our subsidiaries, Kitikmeot Corpo - yaptingnit, Qitiqmiut Kuapuriissakunnit ᐅᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑯᐊᐳᕇ - ration and Kitikmeot Economic Devel - taapkualu Qitiqmiuni Kiinauyaghaqhi - ᓴᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃᓗ. opment Commission. uqniqmut Kuapuriissakunnit. With the organization’s focus on eco - Katimaqatigiit ihumagilluaqtait kiina- ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴ ᐅ ᑎᒃᓴᓂ nomic development and management uyaghaqhiuqniq munaqhiniqlu pivigha- ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ of resources, the president reported that ptingnit, angayuqqaaq uqaqhimayuq ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᑖᓐᓇᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳ ᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅ- the three Regional Inuit Associations taimaa taapkua pingahut Aviktuqhima- (RIAs) and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) yut Inuit Katimaqatigiingit (RIA) ᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎ- would work much closer together to Nunavut Tunngavitkullu havaqatigiitti - ᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ (NTI) achieve effectiveness and efficiency, aqlutik ihuatqiyauniaqtuq, ikayuqtautil - ᐱᓕᕇᖃᑎᒌᒃᔫᒥᓇᔭᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᑐᑦᑎᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ while maximizing benefits flowing to lugit Nunataaqhimayut. Beneficiaries. Qitiqmiuni Inuit Katimaqatigiingit ᐃᖏᕐᕋᑦᑎᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓯᒻᒫᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ KitIA has also taken the lead in de - hivulliuliqtut aulavalliangmat Nuna- ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᒃᓴᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ. veloping the Nunavut Resources Corpo - vunmi Pivighanut Kuapuriissakut (NRC). ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ration (NRC). Although NRC is a KitIA Taapkua NRC-kut KIA-kut aullaqtihima y - initiative, the other RIAs are welcome to aat, kihimi ahiit RIA-kut ilaunginnarialgit. ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎ ᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ participate. NRC’s mandate is to achieve NRC-kut havaaghait ilaunahu aqtittiniq ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᓐᖏᓐᓂᒃ (NRC). ᑕᒪᓐᓇ direct equity participation in resources pivighanik hanay ughanut Inungnik ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᒐᓗ ᐊᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ development for Inuit to enhance our ikayuutighaq niuviqtaqniqmut kiinauy- capital position and economic situation. aghaqhiuqniqmullu. ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᐊᓯᖏᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ( RIA) On the evening of the first day of the Unnuktumi katimalraangutaanit, ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ. ᑖᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ meeting, we had an entertainment qunngiaqtittihimayugut talvani Luke ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᓐᖏᑦ (NRC) ᐱᓇᓱᐊᒐᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓚᐅ - night at the Luke Novoligak Community Novoligak ulapqivianit. Numiqpaghutik Hall. There was drum-dancing, square- qilautituqhutik, qiarvaaqpaghutiklu. ᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᒻᒪᕆᒍ ᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᐃᑦ. ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊ - dancing, and throat-singing. Katimajjutaanit aippaanit upluanit, ᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ On the second day of the meeting, uqaqtiqaqhimayugut Kavamatkunnit ᒪᑭᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᖏᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ. we had presenters from the Govern - Nunavunmi, NTI-kunnit, Nunavunmi ment of Nunavut, NTI, Nunavut Imple - Ilihaqpaalliqniqmut Katimayiinit ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᖁᓐᖏ - mentation Training Committee and Nunavunmilu Parnaiyaiyinit. Qitiqmiuni ᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᒍ ᓘᒃ ᓄᕗᓕᒐᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ. Nunavut Planning Commission. KitIA Inuit Katimaqatigiingit Angayuqaangat President Charlie Evalik presented Fred Charlie Evalik aittuqhimayuq Fred Elias- ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᖅᑐᖃᕐᖢᓂ, ᒧᒥᕐᑐᖃᕐᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Elias and Mona Tiktalek each with a 15- mik Mona Tiktalek-miklu aittuutinik 15- ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᖅᑐᖃᓚᐅᕆᓪᓗᓂ. Year Service Award in appreciation of nik ukiunik havakpakkamik quyagiplugit ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᑕ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓᓂ, ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃ - their dedication, loyalty, perseverance havaktittiangugamik, maliktiaqpaghutik, and long service as valuable employees nutqaqtailiniq havaghaaqniqlu havaktit - ᔪᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᙵᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᓂᒃ, of KitIA. tianguplutik Katimaqatigiingnut. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂᖔᕐᑐᓂ, ᓄᓇᑖᕈᒻᒥᒃ On the second evening, we organ - Unnuktumi katimatqiutaanit, nirip - ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ized a community feast with a full night kaqtittihimayugut qunngiaqtittiplutalu of live entertainment from a band from atuqtuuyaqtiqaqhutik Kugaarungmiu - ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᐃ - Kugaaruk. We had a grand door prize for tanik. Taktaghaqaqhutalu tingmijju ti- ᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ. ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᖅ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ one airline ticket to travel anywhere ghamik quyaginnamut nunamut ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓵᓕ ᐃᕙᓕᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᕝᕋᑦ Canadian North flies. The lucky winner tikitpagaita Canadian North. Akimahi - was Cynthia Ekpakohalok. Canadian ma yuq Cynthia Ekpakohalok. Canadian ᐃᓚᐃᔭᔅᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒨᓇ ᑎᒃᑕᓕᒃᒥᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ North donated this ticket. We send our North-kut aittuutigihimayaat tingmijjut. 15ᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑯᑖᖕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᒥᑦ gratitude to the airline for their donation. Quyagiqpiaqtaqqut aittuqhimangmata. ᖁᔭᓕᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᐸᖃᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᓚ ᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, We also presented Ralph Porter and Aittuqhimayaqquttauq taapkua Bob Aknavigak with Recognition Awards Ralph Porter, Bob Aknavigak-lu Ilitari - ᐊᖏᕐᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᕿᓄᐃᓵ ᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ for their dedication to the organization plugit Aittuqtauhimayut ilauttiayukkamik ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆ - as past Board members. katimaqatigiingnut Katimayiuplutik. ᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ. The last day came with heart-felt Kingulliq upluq katimajjutaat tikitau- tears as Elders presented their reports to yuq qulvivaghutik Iniqnirit naunaitku - ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᑉ the delegation. With the new continu - tainik takupkaqtittigamik. Nutaaq ᓂᕆᕕᒃᔪᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕆᕗᒍᑦ ᓱᓕ ᖁᓐᖏᐊᕐᑎ- ing care facility opening in Gjoa Haven, munaqhivighaq iniqnirinik angma - ᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᑎᑕᒃᑎᓂᑦ ᑰᒑᕉᒃᒥᙶᕐᑐᓂᒃ. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯ - Elders requiring more than eight hours utighaat Uqhuqtuumi, Iniqnirit munaq - of daily care will be much closer to tauyughat 8-nik ikaaqninik upluq tamaat ᐊᒃᓴᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᑎᒃᓴᒥᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᑦ

20 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᖢᓂ ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᓇᐃᑎᐊᓐ ᓄᐊᑦᑯᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᒧᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᓯᓐᑎᐊ ᐃᒃᐸᒃᑯᕼᐊᓗᒃᒧᑦ. ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᑕᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᓇᐃᑎᐊᓐ ᓄᐊᑦᑯᑦ ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᑎᒥᑦ. ᖁᔭᒋᑦᑎᐊᒻᒪᕆᒃᐸᕗᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᕆᕗᒍᑦ ᕌᕝ ᐳᐊᑐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐹᑉ ᐊᕐᓇᕕᒐᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎ - ᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓚ ᐅᕐᓯᒪ - ᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᐹᒥᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᑦᑎᐊᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᐅᕆᒃ ᐃᓚᐃᔭᔅ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᖅ 15-ᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᑕ, ᕗᕆᐊᑦ ᐃᓚᐃᔭᔅ. ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᑐᖃᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᑖᑉᑯᓄᖓ - ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Derek Elias accepted a 15-year service award on behalf of his father, Fred Elias. ᑎᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ. ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥᑦ ᐅᒃᑯᐃᕐᑕᐅᔪᖃ - - Courtesy of Kitikmeot Inuit Association

ᓕᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖅ, Derek Elias qaitiyauhimayuq haffuminga 15-nik ukkiunik kivgaktuiyut aittutaitnik inmi kivgaktuiyuqtauq appakminik, Fred Elias. ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑦ 8 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Kitikmeot Inuit Katuyikatigit ᓄᓇᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᓛᓕᕐᒪᑕ. ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᑕ home. Patients who required more than aimavingmingnit qaniklivaalliqniat. eight hours of continuous care used to Taapkua munaqtauyut aullaqtitauhi - ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑦ 8 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ. be sent South for this service. mayuktut Hivuqqamut ikayuqtauyaami. ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᑎᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒍᑎᒥᓂᒃ The youth delegation brought for - Taapkua Inulrammiit katimayiit ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕐᓂᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓐᖏᓗ - ward their concerns of not having a tuhaqtittihimayut ihuigiyamingnik stronger connection with their Elders. Iniqnirinut atatahuiqpalliagamik. Aplu - ᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᓴᖅᑭᔮᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᑕᒻᒪᓐᓇ The gap between Elders and youth was raq akunnganit Iniqnirit inulrammiillu ᐊᒃᑐᐊᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓐᖏᓐᓂᖅ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ, demonstrated at the meeting by Elders ilitturiyauhimayuq katimatillutik uqaqtil - ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ speaking or Inuinnaqtun and lugit Iniqnirit Inuktut inulrammiillu youth speaking mainly English. A lot of uqainnaqhutik Qaplunaatut. Amihut in - ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᑯᐊᓗ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ youth today have turned to drugs and ulrammiit higaaqlungnut imiqlungnullu ᖃᓪᓗᓇᐅᔭᕐᖢᑎᒃ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᓵᓗᐊᓕᕐᒪᑕ alcohol as a result of not having more haavalliayut huliyaghailliuqniqmut. ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᐋᖓᔮᖕᓇᖅᑐᓄᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕ ᒐᒃᓴᖃᓐᖏ - activities to participate in. One of their Atauhiq uqautauhimayuq katimayunit main topics was the creation of a taimaa makitapkainiq Aviktuqhimayumi ᓗᐊᒧᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᐊᓚ ᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓂᖓ Regional Youth Council. Inulramminut Katimayinik. ᐊᕕᒃᑐᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᑎᒪᔩᑦ ( Regional With so many youth at risk of losing Amihut inulrammiit amiqnaqhiyut Youth Council) . their traditional values, it was nice to atuqpalliahuiramik ilitquhinik, quvianaq - see Cambridge Bay turn back to its tuq tautugiami Iqaluktuuttiaqmiutat ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᒐᓚᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ traditional roots with a Traditional Dress aannuraaqtuqtunik pitquhiptingnik ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᒥᓂᒃ, ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ Contest and Inuit Games at the Luke ulapqivaghutiklu Inuit ulapqijjutainik ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎ ᐊᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᑎᕐᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ Novoligak Community Hall on the talvani Luke Novoligak ulapqiviani evening of the final day of the meeting. katimataaqhutik. ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᒥᓄᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕ - Happy New Year for 2010 to Kitik - Haapi Nuuyaaqqugut 2010-mi ᐅᕐᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᓐᖑ - meot Inuit and Nunavummiut. The KitIA Qitiqmiuni Inuit Katimaqatigiinut Nunavunmiunullu. KIA-kut Angay uqqa- ᐊᕐᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓘᒃ ᓄᕗᓕᒐᐅᑉ President, Board of Directors and staff wish you a healthy and prosperous angat, Katimayiillu havaktillu quviahuqu - ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᐹᓕᕐᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ. 2010. New Year’s is the time to reflect iyut 2010-mi. Nuuyaaqvingmi ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥᑦ 2010ᒥᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᕆᑦᑎ on goals and accomplishments.  ihumannaqtuq inirumayaqnik iniqhihi - mayaqniklu.  ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᖅ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑎᖏᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᑎ - ᐊᖁᔨᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᖁᔨᕗᑦ 2010ᒥᑦ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᓄᑖᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓇᖕᓇᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓂᒃ. 

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 21 ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Kivalliq Inuit Association Ki valliqmi

ᒥᐅᕆᐋᓐ ᑕᑦᑐᐃᓂᖅ ᐱᑉᓯᓕᐅᑐᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᓯᒪᕕᖓᓂ Inuit - ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Marianne Tattuinee made pipsi at Pijunnaqsiniq camp. - Courtesy of Kivalliq Inuit Association Katimaqatigiit Marianne Tattuinee piffiliurhimayuq tatvani Pijunnaqsiniq maniqiaqviqmi. - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Kivalliq Inuit Katuyikatigit

2010 Ukiunguyuq Inuin - 2010 ᐅᑭᐅᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 2010 Year of the Inuit naqnut Olympics-nullu ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅᑐᑦ and Olympics

ᑭᐅᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᒧᑦ ᐃᑎᐊᓂᑉᑲᑉᑕ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ e are already into a uutaamik ukiumik ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᑦ 2010 Wnew year. Inuit Tapiriit Natuliqmiyugut. Inuit ᐅᑭᐅᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᖕᓄᑦ. Kanatami has declared 2010 Tapiriit Kanatami taihimayut ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ to be Year of the Inuit. This taimaa 2010 Ukiunguluni 2010-ᒥ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥᐅᑕᖅ is most fitting as the logo Inuinnaqnut. Una inukhuk ᕚᓐᑰᕙᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ ᐱᑉᓗᒍ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ for the 2010 Olympics in ihuaqtumik piniqutauyuq ᐱᕕᒃᔪ ᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᓂ ᐊᖅᑐᖅ 2010-mi Olympics-nik ᒥᓕᔭᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᑦ Vancouver is the . ᑖᓐᓇ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᖅ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᖕᓄᑦ. This event alone will expose ulapqitillugit Vancouver-mi. millions of people world - Una avaliittuq ulapqipkainiq ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗ ᐱᐅᓱᒋᔮᕈ ᑎᒋ ᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᕗᑦ wide to this iconic symbol amihunik inungnik takup - ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪ ᐊᕐᓂ ᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐳᔾᔫᑦ of Inuit. kaqtittinahuaq hapkuninnga ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇ ᐅ ᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᓗᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᓪᓘᓐᓂᑦ Hᐋᑭᒃᑐᓄᑦ naunaitkutamik Inungnut. We are extremely proud to be associ - ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᕿᑎᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ. ated with the Olympics. Speaking of the Quviahukpiaqtugut ilaugapta Olympics- Olympics, Pujjuut Kusugak, Kivalliq Inuit nut. Uqautigiplugit Olympics, Pujjuut ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Association’s (KivIA) Director of Social Kusugak, Kivalliqmi Inuit Katimaqatigiit ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᒧᑦ and Cultural Development participated Aulapkaiyinga Inuuhiqattiaqniqmut Il - ᐊᓯᔩᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖅᑭᒋ ᐊᖅᓯᓗᑎᒃ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ in a workshop with APTN on broadcast - itquhiliqiniqmullu ilauhimayuq ilihaqtit - ing sports on television. Pujjuut will ᒪᑯᐊ ᐃᓕᖓᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓂᒃ tigamik APTN-kut takupkaqtittiniqmut provide Inuktitut commentary for two ulapqiyunik t.v.-ni. Pujjuut Inuktitut ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᕆᔭᖏᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ or three hockey games during the uqaqtiunahuaq haakiqtillugit malrung - ᑐᕌᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᖓᑦᑎᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ Olympics. nik pingahunikluuniit Olympics-ni ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑎᒪᑦᑎᐊᑯᑉᓗᒍ ulapqitillugit. ᓯᕗᓂᒧᑦ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᑎᓗᓪᓗᒍ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ

22 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA ᓱᓴᓐ ᓄᓗᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑑᓐᓄᑦ ᕿᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ. - ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Susan Nuluk showed two youth how to prep a sealskin. - Courtesy of Kivalliq Inuit Association Susan Nuluk ayuriqtuiyuq malruknik inulgamiiknik nattiqmik ammiliqiniqmiq. - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Kivalliq Inuit Katuyikatigit

Kivalliqmi Inuit Katimaqatigiit Kivalliqmi Inuit Katimaqatigiingit aallan - nguivalliavaktut huli ihuaqhaihima- aqhutik. Imaa nutaannguqtirivaktut maligaghainik hakugighainahuaqhutik aturumayait KIA-kut parnaiyaihimalutik. KIA-kut ikayuqpaghutik ilihaqpa alliqni- qmik, 100 qanianik tunihimaliqtut Kivalliq Inuit Association ilihaqpaallirumayunut talvanngat ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐ ᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ KivIA continued to make organizational Ukkusiksalik Park Ilihaqpaalliqniqmut ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ 100 ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑕ - changes and improvements. This in - Ikayuutit talvanngallu KIA/AEM Ilihaq - ᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᐸᐅ ᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᙱᓐᓂᒃ cluded updating policies to strengthen paalliqniqmut Ikayuutainit. ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑕᐅᓵᖅᑲᐅᔪᑦ operations and a strategic plan to en - Brenda Pilakapsi katuhiqhiqhimayuq Mike Osmond-mut taimaa atiriliqtaa ᑕᐃᑲᙵᑦ ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ ᒥᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᐊᑕ ᑐᓂᓯᔾᔪ - sure KivIA is prepared for the future. As puiguqtailiyaghaqqut – Brenda Os - ᑎᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᐸᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ part of KivIA’s support for education and training, close to 100 scholarships were mond. Ilangi havaktivut aullaaqpaktut ᐸᐸᑦᑎᔨᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ recently given out from the Ukkusiksalik ungahiktumut Quviahukvingmi ilaming - ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ/AEM ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᐸ ᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᕈ- Park Scholarship Trust and the KIA/AEM nik pulaarumaplutik – Luis Manzo ᑎᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑕ ᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ Scholarship Program. Guatemala-mut aullaqhimayuq, Darrell ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓂ. On a personal level, Brenda Pilakapsi Lister-tauq British Columbia-mut aullaaqhimayuq, Qilak Kusugak-tauq ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᓱᖅᑐᒧᓪᓕ, ᐳᕆᓐᑕ ᐱᓚᑲᑉᓯᒃ got married to Mike Osmond so we have had to adjust to her new name - ilaminik aullaujjiyuq Mexico-mut ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐆᒧᖓ ᒪᐃᒃ ᐋᔅᒪᓐ-ᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓕ Brenda Osmond. Some of our staff trav - Kangiqhiniqmit. ᓱᙱᐅᑎᓇᓱᒋᐊᖃᓕᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᓄᑖᖅ ᐊᑎᖅᑖᓵᖓ - elled a long distance for the Christmas ᐳᕆᓐᑕ ᐋᔅᒪᓐ. ᐱᓕᕆᔨᕗᑦ ᐃᙱᕐᕋᓚ ᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᒧᑦ season to be with their families - Luis Ilitaqhiniqmut Aittuutit ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᕕᒃ ᐱᑉᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖅᑐᖅᓗᒋᑦ Manzo went to Guatemala and Darrel Kivalliqmi Inuit Katimaqatigiingit Ukiup Nungutaanit Katimaqyuaqtillugit, pin - ᖃᑕᙳᑎᑎᒃ - ᓗᐃᔅ ᒫᔫ ᑕᐅᕗᙵᐅᔪᖅ ᒍᐊᑕᒫᓚᒧᑦ Lister went to British Columbia, while Qilak Kusugak took his family from gahut inuit ilitariyauhimayut havaam - ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᐅᕈ ᓕᔅᑕᕐ ᐳᑎᔅ-ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᓚᒃ Rankin Inlet to Mexico for the holidays. ingnik Kivalliqmi. Tongola Sandy, ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᓇᕐᓴᖅᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᒥᒃᓯᑰ-ᒧᑦ Angayuqqaanguhimagami; Ollie Ittinuar ᕿᑲᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ. Recognition Awards ilauhimaghaarami Canadian Ranger- During KivIA’s Annual General Meeting, kunnut; Norman Attungala-mullu nutqaqhimaittumik ilihaivakkami Inuit ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᑦ three worthy individuals were recog - nized for their work in the Kivalliq: Ton - ilitquhiinik inulramminut Kivalliqmi. ᐋᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ gola Sandy, former KivIA President for ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ, ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᓕᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ his service to KivIA; Ollie Ittinuar for his Apuqtinnaaqtuuq ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭ ᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᑯᙱᓐᓄᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ long-standing service as a Canadian Agnico-Eagle-nguyup Apuqtinnaaqtuuq ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ: ᑕᙳᓛᖅ ᓵᓐᑎ, Ranger; and Norman Attungala for his (Meadowbank) Hanayaghaat aullaqtitau - nahuaq 2010 atulihaaqqat. Amihuuyut ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᙳᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃ - dedication to preserving and teaching Inuit havaktut tajja uyaraghi- uqvingmi ᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ Inuit traditional knowledge to the youth of the Kivalliq. amihuttauq havaktitauniaqtut. Una ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ; ᐆᓕ ᐃᑎᓐᓄᐊᖅ ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᒃ hanayauyuq aulattiaqniaqqat Inungnut, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓵᓛᓄᑦ; ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᐊᒻ Apuqtinnaaqtuuq Inuit havaktitauyughat Inuillu nanmini - ᐊᑕᙵᓛᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒪᓂᕇᒻᒪᕆᒃᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ Agnico-Eagle’s Apuqtinnaaqtuuq (Mea - qaqtut atuqtaulutik. Kivalliqmi Uyaraghi - ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᕋᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎ - dowbank) Project plans to be in uqtit Ilihaqtittiyut makititau y uqlu kiinauyaqtaqnikkut ayuqnai yaqhugu ili - ᕙᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᙱᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ production in early 2010. Many Inuit are working at the mine site with plans for haqtittinahuaqlutiklu uyaraghiuqnikkut. ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ.

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 23 ᔭᓇᑕᓐ ᐃᑯᐊᓛᖅ ᒥᑉᑯᓕᐅᕆᐅᖅᑐᖅ. - ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Jonathan Ekwalak learned how to make mipku. - Courtesy of Kivalliq Inuit Association Jonathan Ekwalak illiitiyuq mipkuliuqniqmiq. - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Kivalliq Inuit Katuyikatigit

ᐊᐳᖅᑎᓐᓈᖅᑑᖅ Agnico-Eagle’s ᐊᐳᖅᑎᓐᓈᖅᑑᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2010. ᐊᒥᓱᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕇᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᓯᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕇᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᙱᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕ - ᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᓄᑦ, ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕇᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᓗᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕇᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᙱᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ. ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᑦ many more Inuit to be hired. For this proj - Inuuhiqattiarnikkut Ilitquhi - ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒥ ect to be deemed successful to Inuit, it is tuqnikkullu Huliyaghat ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑎᒍᓯᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ important that Inuit are hired and Inuit Kivalliqmi Inuit Katimaqatigiingat ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᒻᒪᕇᑦ businesses are utilized. The Kivalliq Mine Inuuhiliqiniqmut Ilitquhiliqiniqmullu Training Society has also been created to Havakviat aulattiaqpaktut aulapkaihi - ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᓂ. access funding and provide much-needed ma yait. Hapkua aulayut tajja Pijun - training for jobs at the mine. naqsi niq, Ukiurmi Pijunnaqsiniq, ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᑦ Inulramminut Qunngialiuqniqmut ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Social and Cultural Activities Ilihaqtaghat , taamnalu Panigijaujut ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᒃ KivIA’s Social and Cultural Development (Kialiqaak Pania ). Hapkua atuqtau - Department has been very successful in ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᙵᓐᓂ. ᑕᒪᑉᑯᐊ yughat Kivalliqmiunik hulipkaivaktut its programs. Their programs include inuuhiqattiarahuaqhutik, inuuttiaqniq - ᐱᓕᕆᐊᙱᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᖅ, Pijunnaqsiniq, Ukiurmi Pijunnaqsiniq, mut ilitquhiptingniklu. ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᖅ, ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ Youth Multimedia Workshop, and Panigi - Una Kivalliqmi Inuit Katimaqatigiit ᑐᓴᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᙱᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ jaujut (Somebody’s Daughter). These naunaitkutigivaat Naniiliqpita-mut. ᐸᓂᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ. ᑕᒪᑉᑯᐊ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᐃᕗᑦ activities provide Kivalliq Inuit with av - Ikayuqtuqhugit NTI/RIA-kut aullaqtihi - ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ enues to improve life, well-being, and mayainik Qaklivaalliqniq Inungnut , cultural identity. quviahukpugut ilauhimagapta hapku - ᐊᖅᑭᒃᓯᕚᓪᓕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᑦ, ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, This is KivIA’s initial submission to nunnga makpiraanut. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᙱᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᑭᒃᑰᖕᒪᖔᕐᒥᒃ. Naniiliqpita. In support of the NTI/RIA Quviahuutigiyaami Ukiunguyuq ᐅᓇ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᙱᓐᓄᑦ initiative Closer to the People , we are glad Inungnut, ilatit munarittiaqlugit ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᑦ ᑐᓂᔾᔪᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᓇᓃᓕᖅᐱᑕ. to be included in this magazine. atuqtuqhami nutaaq ukiumi!  ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ To celebrate the Year of the Inuit, please take care.  ᑎᒥᖓᓐᓄᑦ/ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓂᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᙱᓐᓄᑦ , ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᑕᐅᔭᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒧᑦ. ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᑭᐅᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᙵᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕇᑦ, ᐊᑏ ᐱᒪᑐᑦᑎᐊᕆᑦᑎ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᑉᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᓄᑖᒥ! 

ᐊᔾᔨ ᐸᓂᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ, ᑭᓇᐅᑉ ᐸᓂᒋᔮ. - ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᒋᔭᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᓂ A group shot of Panigijaujut, Somebody’s Daughter. - Courtesy of Kivalliq Inuit Association Atautimittut piksa Panigijaujut, Kiakiaq Pania. - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Kivalliq Inuit Katuyikatigit

24 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA The new Hamna nutangurhuni and ihuatqiyauliktuk improved Katimakjuaknik NTI-kut ikkiklihimaliktait hapkua AGM katimayaktukataktut kitiraqhugit NTI reduces number of Uvani ukkiumi ukkua Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat Katimakjuakmata katimayak - members by half tukatauhimayut tatvuna Iqaluit-nun, Nuvaipa. 17-19, 2009-mi, ukkua katimayak - turhimayut kitirhaqhugu ikkiklilarhimayut aippanganimit. Taimailiurhimayut hapkua katimayaktuqatauhimayut angirhimangmatjuk una pigiaktitjutauhimayuk ikkiklilaru - This year when Nunavut Tunngavik mavlugit katimayiuyut 47-mit imatut 23-nut, tatvalu ikkikliyumavlugit hapkua Inc.’s Annual General Meeting members kaffiutilangit Katimayiit katimakatautait hitamanit imatut pingahunu. NTI-kut assembled in Iqaluit, Nov. 17-19, 2009, Angayukangat Paul Kaludjak ukkaktuk hamna akkirhivaliutauhimaliktuk imatut the membership was half of what it was $325,000. the previous year. That’s because mem - “Kuviahuktunga ima ukkarumavlunga atqunnautiqaqtugut ajjikutaitnik havagi - bers approved a resolution last year to yarhaptingnik innirhihimaligapta uvalu ikkitkiyaun’ngmata katimayakturhimayut reduce the number from 47 to 23, and innirnagirhimayugut,” ukkalaktuk Kaludjak, unipkaktuk hamna katimatjutaat innirhi - to reduce the number of Board meet - mayat hiffuvarhugu ubluk kitikarhugu innirvirhagaluamingnik. “Ihuiyautingitavut ings from four to three. NTI President hapkua Nunakatauhimayut kivgaktugahuarhugit ikkitkiyaugaluaktitlugit katimayak - Paul Kaludjak said this reduced costs by turhimayut. Una nutaak ihuaktuk kivgaktuktiarniagaptitku uvalu ihuarhaitiakniali - an estimated $325,000. gapta ihagiagiyaitnik Inuit taimatut kinguvarhimaitumik ihumarhutiginiakaptitku “I am happy to say that we accom - hapkua ihumalutauyut tirumiaktauyut avikturhimayuni kati mayakturhimayunit.” plished the same amount of work and met all of our goals with fewer members and in less time,” said Kaludjak, noting the meeting finished a half day ahead of schedule. “We have not compromised Beneficiaries by reducing the number ᓄᑖᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ of people around this table. The new efficiency allows us to better represent and discuss the needs of Inuit because ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅ we have more time to focus on issues brought forward by the regional dele - ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᑦᓰᓇᕈᕆᐊᖅᓯᔪᑦ ᐊᕝᕙᓗᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂ gates.” The decision to reduce the number of members stemmed from a strategic ᑕᒫᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ plan NTI has been developing. In addi - ᑲᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ, ᓄᕖᐱᕆ 17-19, 2009, ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᐊᕝᕙᓪᓗᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᓂᓂᒃ. tion, NTI and the Regional Inuit Associ - ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ᐱᖁᔨᕗᖔᕈᑎᓕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᒥᑭᓪᓕᕆᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ 47-ᓂᒃ 23-ᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ations, during the Closer to the People study commissioned earlier this year, ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᖃᑦᓰᓐᓇᕈᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑎᓴᒪᓂᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ will examine ways to further reduce ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐹᓪ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᑐᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖏᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᕆᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ $325,000-ᓂᒃ. duplication and better define the roles “ᖁᕕᐊᒃᐳᖓ ᐅᖃᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᑕᐃᒫᒃᓴᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᕋᑦᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ of NTI and the RIAs. Reports delivered by women, Elders ᑎᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᖅᑐᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᖃᑦᓰᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓪᓗᓂ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ and youth representatives of the RIAs ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓵᓕᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓪᓘᑉ ᐊᕝᕙᖓᓂᒃ were also well-received during the AGM. Members passed a resolution calling for ᐱᔭᕇᕐᕕᒃᓴᖓᑕ. “ᐊᒃᑐᐃᑲᒻᒪᓂᖃᔾᔮᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᑦᓰᓐᓇᕈᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ social issues to be treated more seriously. ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᒥ. ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᖅᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓗᑕᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕋᑦᑕ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑭᒡᒐᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄ ᑦ”.

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 25 Hamna ihumarutauyuq ikkiklilagumavugit katimayakturhimayut ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᑲᑦᓰᓐᓇᕈᕆᐊᖅᓯᓂᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᓚᐅᑐᖅ piyauhimayuk tatanga ihuarhaitjutatnit parnaiyaihimangmata ukkua ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐱᕙᓪᓕ - NTI-kut ihumagivlugit hapkua kitut Inuit timigiyait havagiyait naku - ᐊ ᔪ ᑎᒃᓴᓕ ᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦᑕ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᐊᕈ - rutauvaliktuvlugit. Ilaliutilugit, NTI-kut huli qiniriahimaakniaktut ihuarhivaliutirhaitnik aulatjutirhaita hapkua avatingnut timigiyauyut ᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ uvalu hapkua Avikurhimayut Inuit Katuyikatigit pitjutigilugu una Kan - ᐋᖅᑭᒋ ᐊᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ niqlivaligahuaklugit Inuit havagiyauhimayut ukkiuk atulihaktitlugu. ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌ ᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᖃᓂᓪᓕᕚᓪᓕᕐᓂᖅ Una naunaiyautauyuk qimilruqhugit hapkua ihuaqutirhat ajikuhiun - gitangani havagiyauhimayut uvalu ihuarhakpaligahuaklugit hapkua ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖏ ᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. havagiyait NTI-kut uvalu hapkua Avikturhimayuni Inuit Katuyikatigit. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔪᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓗ ᐊᖅᑐᑦᓂᒃ Unipkangit hapkua aknait, Inniknirit uvalu inulgamiit kivgaktuiyut ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᑦᑎᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ hapkunanga Avikurhimayuni Inuit Katuyikatigit-nin ihuagiyaukpiak - tut hapkua Katimakjuaktitlugit. Katimayakurhimayut pigiaktiitihi - ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ mayut takuyumavlutik hapkua inuliritjutit ayurhautaukataktut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ. ihumagivalikuvlugit. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᑐᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ, ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ “Ukkua katimayakturhimayut tigumiaktut nunaliit ihumalutaitnik hatqiqhugit katimatjutiptingnut. Akhuqutigiyagiaqaqut ikkayukpali - ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂ gahuaklugit taima kivgaktuqpaliquvlugit havagiyamikut, uvalu ᓈᓚᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. qinirhimagiakarhuta ihuakhautirhaitnik hapkua arhuqungnaktut Inuit ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖁᔨᕗᖔᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᖅ ayurhautait uvalu pivaliatjutirhat ayuqhautauyut unipkagiyait nalarhi - malugit,” ukkaktuk Kaludjak.  ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕ ᓂᖅᓴ ᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. “ᑭᒡᒐᑐᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᒃᓴᐸᑉᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᑕ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆ ᐊᖃᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏ “The representatives bring community issues to the forefront of our meetings. We must ensure they receive the support they need to con - ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ tinue to do so, and we have to find ways to deal with the very serious ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ social and economic issues they are reporting on,” said Kaludjak.  ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᒋᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ. 

ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ ᓅᕕᐱᕆ, 2009-ᒥ. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᔮᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ Members of the Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Annual General Meeting met in Iqaluit Nov., 2009. - By Johnny Issaluk Katimayiuyut tatvani Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat Katimakyuaktitlugit tatvani Iqaluit Nuvaipa 2009-mi. - Tiitiraqhimaya Johnny Issaluk 1985-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ - ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᐱᐅᓂᕆᔭᖓᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᐃᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓪᓗ, 330-ᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕇᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ, Nunavut ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᖏᓐᓄᑦ. Sivuniksavut – ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑐᓂ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕋᒃᓴᖅ ᓯᕗᒧᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂ - Innovation and ᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ 1980-ᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᑎᐊᕋᔭᓐᖏᓚᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕋᒃᓴᐅᑉ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᕆᓕᖅᑕᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ. Excellence ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃ - ᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ. ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯ ᕙᓐᓂᖓ n 1985, the Board of Directors of the ᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᖕᒥᓂᖅᓱᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ITungavik Federation of Nunavut ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ. ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓕᖅᑎᑦᓯᑲᓂᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᑎᓐᓂᒃ decided to find a way to help young ᐊᒃᓱᕈᐊᖃᓚ ᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ people learn about land claims. ᓄᓇᕗᑖᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐊᖅᑯᑖᓂ, ᐃᓅᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᓕᖅᐹᓕᒻᒪᕆᒃᐸᒃᑐᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ Twenty-five years and 330 graduates later, the ᓴᙵᑎᑦᑎᑎᔪᒪᓕᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓕᖅᐹ ᓕᖅᑐᑎᒡᓗ Nunavut Sivuniksavut program has become one of the ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ. flagship educational programs serving Inuit youth from Nunavut. ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᑎᑦᓯᓇᓱᑦᑎ ᑖᒪᔅ ᕗᕐᔪ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ Over the years, the program has evolved, largely in 2006-ᒥ, “ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᕆᔭᖓ - ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᖓᓗ - ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᕗᖅ response to the students themselves. Students from the 1980s would hardly recognize the more structured ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕇᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᑯᓐᓂ. ᑕᐃᒫᒃ, way in which the program operates today. ᐃᒡᓗᑎᐊᕙᐅᖏᑐᒥ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᑲᑎᙵᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ Despite all the changes that have occurred, how - ever, the NS experience continues to be a transforma - ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᒥᓂᒃ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒥᓂᒃ, ᐸᕐᓇᑐᑎᒡᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥᓄᑦ. tive one for students. It gives them a chance to ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᒡᔪᐊᒥ, ᑭᒡᒐᑐᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓂᒃ. become independent adults, able to live on their own

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 27 Nunavut Tatvani 1985-mi, ukkua Katima - yiit-nun Illauyut tatvani Tungavik Sivuniksavut – Katuyikatigit Nunavumi ihumali - urhimayut ikkayurumavlugit hap - Hivulikpanguvlutik kua innulgamiit illiitpaliquvlugit uvalu Piunnirhauyuut nunatarutinnik.

25-nik ukkiunik, uvalu 330-guyut ilihagiarhimayut innirhimalikti - tlugit, hamna Nunavut Sivuniksavut havagiyauyuq piunnirha uqata - uyuq ilihakpalirviuqatauvluni uppagauvarhuni Inuit innulgamiitnin qaihimayunnit Nunavut-min. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕇᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ… Ukkiut qangirhimaliktuni, una havariyauhimayuk an’ngiklivalirhi - ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᕈᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕕᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ, maliktuk, ihumariyauluarhimangmat hamna illihaktunin inmikut. Hapkua illiharhimayut taimani 1980s-ni illiitarilaiqpaliayut hap - ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᑯᑦ. kuninga ayurnaqiyauliktuniq illihautauliktunik ublumiungani. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᓗᐊᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᓂ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᑎᒃ, Taimatut allangukpalialigaliaktitlugit, kihianiuyuk, hamna NS- kuni attuqtauhimayuq huli ikkayutauhimakpaktuk illihagiarhimayu - ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᕙᒃᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᓯᕙᒃᑐᑎᒃ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ nik. Uktutigivagat illiquagutirhamingnik inniktitpalialirhutik, ahinni ᖃᓄᐃᒃᑑᔪᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᒃ.” innutjutirhamingnik uvalu ahinni havainarialakivarhutik. Taimaatauk illiituritjutigivangmiyat hamna qujaritjutigivlugit hapkuninga hivu -  liktigiyamingnik hapkua akhuukparhimangmata haffuminga ᖃᓄᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᕆᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᐅᕙ! Nunavut Nunatarutaita Angikutaitnik uvalu haffuminga aulagutirhanik Nunavut. Aullagalitutit, hapkua innuhiktik annan - gaitjarutigivaliavagait Inuinnauvlutik uvalu arhugutigivalialikpagait hakkugirhivaligumavlugit hapkua Inuit illiitquhituqait uvalu ikkayuk - paligumavlutik Nunavut hivunirhanut naunangituk. and work anywhere they want. It also deepens their Una kavamakakaktut Aivajigihimayat Conciliator Thomas Berger appreciation of the political leaders who fought for the titigarhimayuk tatvani 2006-mi, “Ihumagiyara, tunngatjutirha Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the creation of haffuma Nunavut – uvalu hivulirha – naunaipkutigiyat hapkua Nunavut. Along the way, their pride in being Inuit in - illihaktut uvalu illiharhimayut innirhimaliktut tatvani Nunavut creases immeasurably and their determination to Sivuniksavut illihakpalirviatni. Tatvani, iluani illingayumi igluutani strengthen Inuit culture and contribute to Nunavut's Ottawa-mi Byward Market avikturhimayumi, ikkitunnuvlutik future is profound. hapkua Inuit illihakpaktut hapkuninga taimaniiknitamik, illiitqu - As federal Conciliator Thomas Berger wrote in hiqmingniq uvlu parnaiyarhutik hivunirhamingnik Sikuriaqpaqtut 2006, “For me, the spirit of Nunavut – and its future – nunaliit illihakpalikviitni, taima huli kivgakhiuhimarhutik Innuqatim - is exemplified by the students and graduates of the ingniq Nunavumi. Hapkua illiharhimayut tatvani NS-kuni... illiitihi - Nunavut Sivuniksavut program. There, in an unre - maliktut hivuliktiulirhutik nanminiktarutinik, Kavamatkuni, markable building in Ottawa’s Byward Market district, ilihaktulikiyiitni, uvalu hanauyaqtuni. Ammigaqparhutik ikkayuhi - small groups of Inuit students gather to study their his - akutirhamingnik, un’ngahiktuliakparhutik un’nghikturaalutmit tory, their culture, and plan their futures. They take an’ngiravigiyamingnit nunamingningarhutik, inmiknik ikkayuti - courses at local universities, they act as ambassadors varhutik, tatvalu ayuriqtuivarhutik uvaptinik piyumayamingnik for the Inuit of Nunavut. The graduates of NS have... piyungnaktut tunnirhihimagumik” been going on to become leaders in business, gov - ernment, education, and the arts. On a shoestring Qanuqlu uqqalagiaqaqitta!  budget, thousands of kilometers from their home com - munities, they support one another, and they show us what can be done.”

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Nunavut Sivuniksavut: 25 years and going strong

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᔪᑦ 2008/09-ᒥ Nunavut Sivuniksavut: - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᑕᐃᕙᑦ ᑲᐅᕙᐃ Nunavut Sivuniksavut graduating class 2008/09. - By David Kawai 25-nik ukkiunik huli Nunavut Sivuniksavut-mi ilihaktut inniktirhimayut 2008/09-mi. - Tiitiraqhimaya David Kawai hakugirhivalian’nginaktut

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ, 1987/88. - ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ Nunavut Sivuniksavut, 1987/88. - Courtesy of Nunavut Sivuniksavut Nunavut Sivuniksavut, 1987/88. - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Nunavut Sivuniksavut (Left) ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ - ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹ, 1985. (Right) ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹ, 1985 - ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ. (Left) Nunavut Sivuniksavut – Year one, 1985. (Right) Year one, 1985 – orientation at Eskimo Point. (Haumirhiq) Nunavut Sivuniksavut – Hivulikpanguyuq ukkiuk, 1985. (Talikpik) Hivulikpanguyuq ukkiuk, 1985 – Ayuirhaiyut tatvani (Eskimo Point) Arviat-ni.

- ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ - Courtesy of Nunavut Sivuniksavut - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Nunavut Sivuniksavut

ᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ (NS) unavut Sivuniksavut (NS) is a silattuqsarvik, dedicated ᓯᓚᑦᑐᓴᕐᕕᐅᕗᖅ, ᑐᕌᖓᓪᓗᓂ Nto providing Inuit youth with a unique cultural and ᒪᓄᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂ - academic learning experience that will allow them to ᐊᕐᕕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕐᓂᑦ develop the knowledge, skills and positive attitudes needed ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ to contribute to the building of Nunavut. ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᑕᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᓂ, For 25 years, the program has achieved remarkable success in helping Inuit youth ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ make the transition from high school into the workforce and/or further post- ᐃᓱᒪᑦᑎᐊ ᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊ- secondary education. ᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ. What are the indicators of this success? The program’s retention rates are in the 80-85 per cent range, far higher than the typical rate for youth coming South for post-secondary education. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 25ᓄᑦ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓯ- Students demonstrate a dramatic increase in pride in their cultural identity, con - ᒪᒻᒪᕆᒃᐳᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ fidence in themselves as individuals, and enthusiasm for Nunavut and its future. ᐱᔭᕇᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊ - Approximately half of NS grads go on to complete at least two more years of post-secondary education. ᓕᕐᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

ᖃᓄᕐᓕ ᖃᐅᔨᔾᔪᑕᐅᕙ unavut Sivuniksavut (NS-kut) una illihakpalirviuyuk, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊ ᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ? Nahurutiqaqtut ikayurahuaqhugit hapkua Inuit inul - ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᒫᓂ 80-85 gamiit hapkuninga pinnikpiaktumik illiitquhiqtuqtumik ᐳᓴᓐᒥᑦᑐᑦ, ᐅᓄᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ uvalu illihakpalirutiqhaitnik attukuvlugit taimatut iliitpaliku - ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂᑦ. vlugit qauyimatjutirhaitnik,sikuutiarutiqhaitnik uvalu ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑏᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓪᓚᒃᓯᒪᕙᒃᐳᑦ quvianaktumik ihumatukpalikuvlugit taimatut ikayukpali - ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᖢᑎᒃ, gian’ngita tunngavirhanik tamaita Nunavumiut. ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃᓗ ᖁᓱᙱᓐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᑦᑏᐊᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ 25 ukkiut kangirhimaliktut, una havariyauyuk atkunautauhimaliktuk ikkayutauvluni ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᖓᑦ. Inuit inulgamiitnik sikurutimingnik innirhigiarangata havarhakhiurutivlugit uvaluin ᓇᑉᐸᓪᓗᐊᐸᓗᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑐᑦ ilihakpalirutiqhaitnik ihuarhaitivaqhugit. ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᕐᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆ - Hunavat hapkua naunaipkutauyut hapkuninga atkunautauyunik Haffuma havariyauyup sikuriaqhimayut inniqataktut naunaipkutiqaqtut imatut 80-85-mik, quttinniqpamiq ammiraitqiyauyut hapkua inulgamiit kaplunnatnun nunaitnut ilihakpaligiaktunik.

30 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA (Left) ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒻᒧᑦ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᒐᓱᐊᖅᑏᑦ, 1986. ᓴᐅᒥᐊᓂᒃ: ᐹᑉ ᑲᑦᓗᓐ, ᐹᓪ ᖁᐊᓴ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐹᓪ ᐅᑲᓕᒃ. (Right) ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ, 1986. (Left) Nunavut Land Claims Agreement negotiators, 1986. From left: Bob Kadlun, Paul Quassa and Paul Okalik. (Right) Nunavut Sivuniksavut, 1986. (Haumirhiq) Nunavumi Nunataknikut Angirahuakutaitnik Aivayiuyut, 1986-mi. Tatvanga haumirhikmit: Bob Kadlun, Paul Quassa uvalu Paul Okalik. (Talikpik) Nunavut Sivuniksavut, 1986.

- ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ - Courtesy of Nunavut Sivuniksavut - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Nunavut Sivuniksavut

A recent survey of 143 graduates showed that virtually all are ᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕌᖓᒥ ᐃᒻᒪᖃ ᐊᕐᕌᓐᓂᒃᑲᓂᕐᓄᑦ working back home, contributing to Nunavut. ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ. Demand for entry into the program is consistently twice its ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕈᑏᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ 143 capacity. NS enjoys strong support among educators, parents, and politi - ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅ - cal leaders throughout Nunavut. ᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᖕᓂᒃ, ᐃᑲᔪᐃᓕᕐᖢᑎᒃ In 2006, NS was presented with a national award for innovation ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ. and effectiveness in the area of Aboriginal learning by the Canadian Council of Learning. ᑕᕝᕗᖓᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕈᒪᔪᑦ In 2008, NS was named one of Canada’s “Top 10 Social Change ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓪᓗᐊᕐᖢᑎᒃ Organizations” by the Tides Canada Foundation. ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᓇᔭᕐᑐᓂᒃ. In the end, what matters is the program’s impact on students themselves. Here are some typical comments by NS grads: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᖅᑕ ᐅᑦᑎ - ᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆ ᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂᒃ. Ilihagiarhimayut hapkua naunaitut annangaitjaqutiqaliqpaqtut illi - 2006ᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ itquhiqmingniq,ayuruiqpaliqpaqtut inmikut, uvalu ihumavigalik - ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓐᖓᑦ pakhutk Nunavut uvalu hamna hivunirha. ᑲᓇᑕᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ (Canadian Naunaitut kitiraqhimayut hapkua NS-kuni innirhihimayut huli innirhivangmiyut malruknik ukkiunik ilihakpalikviuyuni humilikak. Council of Learning) ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎ - Qangahaak naunaiyautauhimayuq hapkua 143-guyut innirhihi - ᕙᖕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ mayut sikurutimingnik naunaitut tamaita annilgakvigiyamingni ᓄᓇᖃᖄᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ. havakpaliktut, ikkayurhimaqhutiq Nunavumiunik. Piyumayauyut hapkua tuqtutirhat tatvunga ilihakpalikvikmut am - 2008ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ miraiqniqhauyut innirhaqaquiqpaqtut illihagiarumayut. ᐃᓕᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ NS-kut kuviagiyauyut ikkayuktautiarhutik hapkunanga sikuktitiyu - ᖁᓕᓃᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ nit, angayuqanguhunit uvalu hivuliktiuyunit humilikak Nunavumi. Uvani 2006-mi, NS-kut aittuktauhimayut haffuminga kanatami ᑎᒥᐅᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᙵᑦ Tides Canada akkitarutimik iliitpaliqutauvlutiq uvalu ihuarhivalikutauvlutik hap - Foundation-ᑯᓐᓂᑦ. kuninga Nunakakaktut ilihautaitnik sikuktitivlutik aituktauhimayut ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᓇᕐᓂᕐᓴ - hapkunanga Kanatami Katimayiuyut Illihautinik. Tatvani 2008-mi, NS-kut attiktauhimayut imatut pikatauvlutik ᐅᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑏᑦ Kanatami 10-guyut Inurilikinikut Allanguyautut Katimayiuvlutik” ᐊᒃᑐᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ. ᐅᕝᕙ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ tatvanga Tides Canada Foundation-kunin. Kinguani, hamna ihumagiyauluaktuk haffuma ilihakpalirutauyup ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᒐᔪᒃᑕᖏᑦ. ikpiriyangat hapkununga sikurhiaqhimayunut innuhiitnut. Hamma illangit unnirhiutait hapkua NS-kuni inniktirhimayut: “Qauyimatialiktunga tatja Inuinnaugaluaqhunga, Illitpalirhimalik - tunga. Ihu mavarhimayunga ‘Inuinnaugama taimatut qauyimangi - tunga uvalunin illitpalilaitunga.’ Tatja ayungitjutigiliktaga hamna innuhiqa.” — Angela Nuliayok, Ohoktok .

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 31 (Left) ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒻᒧᑦ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᒐᓱᐊᖅᑎ ᑕᐃᕙᑦ ᐊᒡᓗᒃᑲᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᒻᒥ 1985-ᒥ. (Right) ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓅᔪᐊᒃᒥ 1990. - ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ (Left) Nunavut Land Claims Agreement negotiator David Aglukark briefed students on the NLCA in 1985. (Right) Nunavut Sivuniksavut students at a mock United Nations assembly in New York in 1990. - Courtesy of Nunavut Sivuniksavut. (Haumirhiq) Nunavumi Nunataknikut Angirahuakutaitnik Aivayi - uyuq David Aglukark unipkakvigiyait ukkua ilihaktut tatvuna Nunatakahuaknikut (NLCA) tatvani 1985-mi. (Talikpik) Nunavut Sivuniksavut-mi ilihaktut pinguaqtut tatvani United Nations-mi maligaliurviatni New York-mi uvani 1990-mi. - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Nunavut Sivuniksavut.

“I definitely know that just because I’m Inuk, I’m not limited. I used to think ‘I’m “ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᒻᒪᕆᒃᐳᖓ ᐊᑕᒪᓐᓇ Inuk and therefore I can't do this, or I can’t do that.’ Now I’m very confident in my ᐃᓅᒐᒪ, ᐊᔪᙱᑦᑐᖓ. ᐃᓱᒪᕙᓚᐅᕋᒪ identity.” “ᐃᓅᒐᒪ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᔪᖅᑐᖓ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ — Angela Nuliayok, Gjoa Haven.

ᐊᔪᖅᑕᕋ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ”. ᒪᓐᓇᓕ “What you learn at NS about yourself and your culture will surprise you in many ᑯᒃᓴᓱᒍᓐᓃᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᓅᒐᒪ”. ways. It will be the best experience of your life.” — ᐋᓐᔨᓚ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᒃ, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ. — Robbie Nuyalia, Iqaluit. 

“ᐃᓕᑕᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥᑦ ᐃᕝᕕᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕕᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᓇᔭᕐᐸᑎᑦ. “Qanuq iliitpaliutiriyat tatvani NS-kuni illikut mirhagut uvalu iliitkuhiriyaqniq up - pingautiginiaktatit hapkua ammigaitut qauyimangitatit. Hamna piunirhaunniaqtuq ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᓂᕐᐹᒥᑦ ᐊᑐᕋᔭᕐᐳᑎᑦ.” aturhimayaqnit tatja innuhiriyaqni.” —  ᕌᐱ ᓄᔭᓕᐊ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ — Robbie Nuyalia, Iqaluit. 

> Nunavut Nunavut ᓄᓇᕗᑦ Sivuniksavut Sivuniksavut ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ Board of Katimayi it - ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ Directors nun Illauyut ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᑎᒥᓐᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS) was incor - Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS) timin - 1999-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᖅᑎᐅᒐᓂ porated in 1999 as a non-profit edu - guqtitauhimayut tatvani 1999-mi ima ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᐅᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᑦ: cational institution. Its current Board maniliurtiungitutiq illihaqpaliqviu- of Directors is as follows: yuyut. Tatjauyuq ukkua Katimayi - ᕗᕆᐊᓐᑕ ᔮᓐᑭ (ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅ), ᐃᖃᓗᑦᑑᑎᐊᖅ. uyunut Illauyut attiliurtauhimayut: ᓯᑏᕙᓐ ᓛᓐᔅᑕᐃᐅ (ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᐅᑉ ᑐᒡᓕᐊ), ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ. * Brenda Jancke (Chair), Cambridge Bay. Brenda Jancke (Irhivautalik), Ikaluktutiak. ᕼᐃᐊᓚᓐ ᓚᕌᒃ, (ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨ), ᐃᖃᓗᑦᑑᑎᐊᖅ Steven Lonsdale (Vice-chair), Iqaluit. * Helen Larocque, (Sec-Tres), Steven Lonsdale (Tuglia-Irhivautaliup), ᐴᑦ ᕉᔅ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ. Cambridge Bay. Iqaluit. * ᔫᓐ ᓴᐸ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/ᓄᐊᕐᕗᐊᐃ. * Bert Rose, Iqaluit. Helen Larocque, (Tiitiraqti-Maniliqiyii), ᑕᐃᕙᑦ ᑯᓄᒃ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ. June Shappa, Iqaluit/Norway. * Ikaluktutiak. ᐱᕐᓇᑎ ᑏᓐ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ. David Kunuk, Iqaluit. Bert Rose, Iqaluit. June Shappa, Iqaluit/Norway. * ᐋᓕᔅ ᐃᕼᐊᓗᐊᒃ (2009-10 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ. Bernadette Dean, Rankin Inlet. David Kunuk, Iqaluit. ᑭᒡᒐᑐᖅᑎ), ᐃᖃᓗᑦᑑᑎᐊᖅ.  Alice Ehaloak (2009-10 student rep), Bernadette Dean, Kangirhiniq. Cambridge Bay.  Alice Ehaloak (2009-10 illihaqtuniq * ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕇᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ * indicates alumni kivgaqtuiyuq), Ikaluktutiak.  * naunaipkutaat tatvunga ilihariaqhimayut 32 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA uviagikpiarhimayaga illauqatauhimagama tatvani “QNS-kuni ila illiitpaliutigihimagapku hapkuninga Inuit illiitquhituqaitniq uvalu Nunavut mirhagut sikurutitka ilihautikigaluarhugit." 25 – Siobhan Iksiktaaryuk, Kamanirjuak, NS 2009 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᑦ … Nunavut Sivuniksavut alumni remember … Nunavut Sivuniksavut illihagi - arhimayut iqqaumayut … "Taimaninguliktuk tatvani 1991-mi, NS-kut illiitugipka- Nunavut Sivuniksavut ikpigitiarhimayaga innuhimnut rhimayanga innuyungnaktunga qimmaumalugu una attatiarhimaliktuk. Una piunnirhauyuk, hatqiqpaliatju- an’ngilgakvigiyaga nunnaga illihakpaligiaktuklunga. tigihimayaga atqunautigivlugu ammihunik illannagi- Tatja qauyimautigihimaliktaga hamna anginirhauyuk ligiyapnik tavunga attainakniaktunik. NS-kut hannalgutivut hamani nunaptini innautigiyagiakangi - piyuna utigiyatka hapkua arhukutigiyarhamnik uvamik. tavut hamani 'Ukkiukaktumi' taimatut pinahuagutigi y - Pitjutigiyaga hamna annangaitjakutigivlugu illiitkuhi - agiakaktavut allamik innuhirhamtinik ahiani tuqamnik uvalu illiitpaliutigiyaga illihaitjutiginahuak - nunagiyaptini." lugit hapkua allanut. Tatvuna illihautikut, - Jerry Natanine, Kangikturapik, NS 1991 Illiha kpa lirhimaliktunga huuk hapkua kinguvaaqut hivuliktigihimayavut takuhimavat apqutirhaptingniq "NS-kut parnaiyautigitiarhimayatka tamaat uvalu qanuq tigumiagiaqaqtavut. Innirhihimaligama illihakpaligutirhamik." tatvani ilihakpalikvikmi, ammihut hapkua uqquarhi - - Teevi Mackay, Iqaluit, NS 2009 mayuyaqtut uqquiqpaliayuyaqtut ikkayukpaliutirhatka uvalu ukkalagungnaliktunga tahamanilimaitunga "Pingahut ukkiut kangirhimaligaluaktut sikkurutimnik ublumi ihivunirhiktaun’ngitkuma tatvunga NS-kut innirhihimaliktitlunga, illiharhimagamga tatvani NS- Illihakpalikviatnun. kuni huli piunnirhaugiyaga innuhigiyamik. Illiitpaliuti- - Christy Sinclair, Yellowknife, NS 1991 giyaga hapkuninga illiitquhituqaptingniq, illikut innuhimnik uvalu pitjutaun’ninganik ilihautauyut. "NS-kut illagiyauyut iiviktiitak tamaita Inuit tiguyagi- NS-kut quviannaknirhauyuk illihakpalikviuyuk, uvalu akaktat. Una ukkautiitut ittut angmagiami kapliagiyat, uvanga atkunautigihimayaga tatvunga illauqata- an’ngilgaumayuttut innaktuk ahiniitkaliarhuni ... Una uhimagama." illihakpalikviuyuk ihumanaktuk ima taimaktiitaukun’ng - - Jeela Maniapik, Pangnirtung, NS 2007 nangitugaluak." - Karen Flaherty, Iqaluit, NS 2008/09

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 33 “ uvanga 17-nik ukkiukarhunga illihaliktunga tatvani pitjutigiyatka ublumiuyuk sikkuktitiuligama. NS-kuni, innirhihaqhimavlunga siikuqutimik uvalu Arhugutigiyaga hapkua ilihaktitatka uuktuquhi - qillanariyaga qimagumalirhugu una nunaga ahinuut maquvlugit taima ilihaktitauhimagamga. Nigiukival - nuutumavlunga. Quviahurhimayunga tingmiakmut iutigiyatka ilihaktitamnik, taimatutauk NS-kut ikkihimaligama uvalu uuktutirhaga tikkitpalialiktuyak - nigiukivarhimangmaga arhuutaq. Quyariqpiaqtatqa mat ihivgiurhiyamni hilakjuamik. Uppinagani, illiituri - ukkua NS-kut, Allianakpiaktuk hamna atturhimayaga.” valiatjutigihimayaga nakligiyumirhugit hapkua - Neevee Wilkins, Iqaluit, NS 2001 illiitquhituqait innuqatima, illiitquhituqaqutlu, ukkauhikutlu uvalu quyarilikpaliavlugu “Allianaknirhauyuk tatvaninama NS-kuni tatva ublua hamna illihautiriyaga haffuminga una Murray Angus qattuhiriqmat. Ikkitunuyugut ilihak - Nunatarutiginiaktaptingnik tut huli tatvaniitugit Ottawa-mi, kihiani kattihimay - Nunavut-mik. Quana NS-kut aittuq - ugut, pikatigivlugit hapkua allani ukkiuni iliharhimayut, tauhima gama quyaritjutirhami tatva taima quviagukatigitiarhimayavut una Murray illiitquhituqamiq tatvalu kihiani piu - quvianaktumik ubluutiqarhimangmat. Iqqaumayunga nirhauyuk, quyaritjutigivaktara uvalu tauturhugit hapkua inulgamiit innuqatitka ihu - ikpigitialirhugu an’nangaitjarutigi- mavlunga una nakuatuuktuk, ila tamapta piqpagi - lirhugu Inuinnaugama - Qujannamiin - himagaptitku, siikuktitigivlugu uvalu illanagivlugu, givusi! ” inmi uma, pikatigivlugit hapkua allaat inuit aulapkaiyut - Rita Anilniliak, Pangnirtung/ hapkuning NS-kunik, katirhuqtatigut, tiitquaqturhugit Iqaluit, NS 1999 ilihakurhat humilikak Nunavut-min, taima qatangutili - urhimayatigut .” “Nunavut Sivuniksavut illitpaliruti giy- - Anguti Johnston, Igloolik/Iqaluit, NS 2007

/Genevieve Killulark aga qanuqitaliaqat ammihuyut hap - ᔩᓃ ᕿᓪᓗᓛᖅ kua ilihautirhavut uvalu ilihimaliktunga “Quyaqpiaqtunga amihunik puiguqnaittunik atuqtitti - illiitungnaktugut sikkukvinnaungituni. Qauyivaliutigi- vakkamik NS-kut; qanuq ilihaqpagiamnik ihumavalli - yaga nunatakatauhimavlunga uvalu qaulivaliutigiyara ayunga, iniqhimayatka hanahimaaqniaqtatkalu, tamapta tigumiagiakaktavut havakatigirluta ilihaqtittianguyut avaliinngittut, ilalgit iliharumayunik nakutqiyamik pinahuakluta Nunavut-mik. NS-kut

ᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ “ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓂ ᐃᐊᓕᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ.” - ᓯᑉᐳᐊᓐ ᐃᒃᓯᒃᑖᕐᔪᒃ, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2009

“ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ 1991-ᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᓴᕗᑦ ᖃᐃᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ “ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐱᙵᓱᑦ ᓈᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒐ, ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᒐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ ᓱᓕ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᓗᒐᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓯᔪᖓ ᐅᑭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕆᓂᖅᐹᕆᓚᐅᕋᒃᑯ ᐃᓅᓯᕋᓂ. ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᙱᓂᖅᐹᒥᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓴᓇᕐᕈᑎᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᓗ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᖕᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕗᑦ, ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᕿᓚᕈᔾᔮᖅᓯᔪᓐᓇᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᑯᓇᖓᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᖢᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ. ‘ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑕᓂᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ’ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐅᐱᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᒃᑯᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖁᑎᑦᑕ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᙱᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ.” ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒃᑐᖓ ᐱᐅᔪᐊᓗᖕᒥᑦ - ᔨᐅᕆ ᓈᑕᓇᐃ, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᐊᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᐃᓚᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᕋᓂᒃ.” ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 1991. - ᔩᓚ ᒪᓐᓂᐊᐱᒃ. ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2007

“ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑖᖓ “ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᕋᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ.” ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ. ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᖅ, ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᐃᕝᕕᐅ- - ᑏᕕ ᒪᑲᐃ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2009 ᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓚᓐᓈᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ

34 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA really enjoyed being a part of NS because it “Ihas taught me more about Inuit history and Nunavut than I learned in school.” - Siobhan Iksiktaaryuk, Baker Lake, NS 2009

25 “At the time in 1991, NS gave me the courage to to turn on, it's the home away from home...A program live away from my home community and pursue you wish would never end.” further education. Now I realize that it's our biggest - Karen Flaherty, Iqaluit, NS 2008/09 tool in our territory that can free our people from the 'Arctic Bug' and pursue a different life than in our “I was 17 years old when I got to NS, fresh out of high communities.” school and I couldn't wait to leave my home town and - Jerry Natanine, Clyde River, NS 1991 live somewhere else. I felt a sense of relief getting on the plane and finally having a chance to explore the “NS fully prepared me in every way for university.” world. To my surprise, I would learn to love the history - Teevi Mackay, Iqaluit, NS 2009 of my people, the culture, the language and learned to appreciate the process leading up to the territory that “Three years after graduation, my year at NS still we now know as Nunavut. Thank you NS for giving remains the best year of my life. I learned important me the gift of not only appreciating my culture but lessons about culture, personal identity and the im - more importantly, appreciating and feeling a sense of portance of education. NS is an amazing program, and pride as an Inuk - Qujannamiingivusi!” I feel incredibly fortunate to have been a part of it.” - Rita Anilniliak, Pangnirtung/Iqaluit, NS 1999 - Jeela Maniapik, Pangnirtung, NS 2007 “Nunavut Sivuniksavut taught me that learning happens in all forms and more importantly not only in class - “Nunavut Sivuniksavut has had a pro - rooms. It showed me my true potential as a citizen and found effect on my life in so many made me aware that we all have a responsibility to carry ways. Most importantly, it has pro - on the work for a better Nunavut. NS is the reason I am vided me with the blessing of friend - teaching today. I strive to encourage my students the ships that will last a life time. NS has way my instructors encouraged me. I expect more from provided me with the confidence to my students, just like NS expected of me. I am so grate - challenge myself. It has allowed me ful for NS, what an amazing experience I had. ” the ability to express pride in my cul - - Neevee Wilkins, Iqaluit, NS 2001 ture and taught me how to share it with others. Through this program, I “The highlight of my time with NS was the day Mur - have been formally educated about ray Angus got married. There were only a handful of us why our past leaders saw a vision and students still in Ottawa, but we got together, along ᑯᕆᔅᑎ ᓯᖕᑭᓕᐊ /Christy Sinclair what we can do to carry it on. After with other year's alumni, and came to be a part of one completing the program, many doors have opened for of Murray's happiest days. I remember looking around me to do my part and I can honestly say that I would at the other young Inuit and thinking he must be not be where I am today without the guidance and doing something right, because we all respected him, leadership of the NS Program.” as a teacher and as a friend, and he, along with the - Christy Sinclair, Yellowknife, NS 1991 other great people who run NS, brought us together, semi-random selected students from around Nunavut, “NS is the piece to a puzzle that every Inuk should get and made us a family.” a hold of. It's the microphone you were always scared - Anguti Johnston, Igloolik/Iqaluit, NS 2007

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 35 Nunavunmiunit itiqpaktut ilihaqvingmut ukiuq unipkaariaqtuqhimayuq Nunattiamik. Amihunik inutti- tamaat!” anik uqaqtiqaqpaktugut inuuhuktunik uqautiyunik - Mishael Gordon, Iqaluit, NS 2006/07 qanuq ayuqhautit atuqtauvaktut inuuhiptingni havaaptingnilu. Quviahukpaghutalu talvani, amihu - “Arnaruhinnuuyunga, 20-nik ukiuqaqtunga takunnga- mik. Hiniktariaqpaktugut Senator Willie Adams aima - rapkit Murray-lu Virginia-lu Iqalungni ilihaqtittigamik. vianut ilihaqnairaangat. NS-kut uittaqtitaanga Qakugunnguqman, Ottawa-mun nunaqyuaptingnut. Talvuuna quviahuqpiaqqunga! tingmiyugut talvani takunngaqhi - Ikayuutaupluni ilitturiniqmut nakinngaariaghaptingnik mayunga angiyumik nunamik! inuit. Talvuunalu nakurutigiyara inuuhimnut uukturu - Nunamut tikinnapta, aturiannaqtuq mayamnullu. Tajja, havaktunga Kavamatkunni takuyaami inungnik amihunik, Nunavunmi atannguyatut, talvani Inuit Qauyimay - aghaluutinik, paisikanik, aghaluutiry - atuqangit atuqtauliqtut. NS-kut aulattailiquyatka uaniklu! Hangulluaqtut nunaptingnit ukiuni atuqtughani! ” aallanngapluni Pangnirtungmi. Ihu - - Madeleine Qumuatuq, Pangnirtung, NS 1987/88 mavaktunga humunngauvakkamik inuit? Huuqtauq havanngittut? Huna - “Itqaumagillualiqpaktara ilihaqtillunga Nunavut Sivu - uvva, hanguyut! Aallanik uqauhi - niksavunmi taimaa ilannaliurniq ilitturivallianiqlu an - qaqhutik. Uittaqtinnaqtuq. Aallamik girutaat kavamaryuatkut Inuillu aviktuqhinahuaqhutik nunaptingnik nunaliktauq. Talvani tajja nunaptingnik Nunavunmik. Ilihaqtaaqhimayunga takuvaliqtunga aallanik inungnik 6-inik ukiunik Nunavut aullaqtinnagu. Quviagittiaqta- Nunattiamiutanik ilihaqatigiyatka, rattauq NS-kunni ilihaqtillunga taimaa ilitquhiptingnik ᒥᓯᐅᓪ ᒍᐊᑕᓐ /Mishael Gordon uittaqtittutiklu. Ilihaqpaktaqqut NS-mi, ilihaqpalliahimagama. Inuuhiptingnik ilihimay ughau - attiqhimayarattauq, atighaanik akihaqtitaugapta, gapta hivumuuqpalliagiami. ” akimaplunga. Attiqtauffaaqtughaq. Uqauhimni, - Gabriel Panipakoocho, Mittimatalik, NS 1993 “Hivunighaptingnut-Nunavut Sivuniksavut.” Uplumi, Nunavuqaliqtugut. Ilihaqhimayunga amihumik “Itqaumavangniaqtunga taimaa NS-kunnut ilihaqhi - pitquhiptingnik, Kanatamiklu Britain-miklu qanuqlu magama inuuhimnut nakurutauyuq. Nutaamik inu - atajjuhiqaqtugut. Ilihimayara Gordon Robertson uhirnik takupkaqtittihimayuq, ilihaqpaallirumaplunga,

ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᕋᓂ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᐃᓯᒪᕗᖅ - ᑭᐅᕋᓐ ᕕᓕᐅᕆᑎ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᒪᑭᑕᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃᓗ 2008/09 ᓵᑦᑐᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋᓂᒃ. ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎ- ᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓴᕆᒪᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐱᒃᑯᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ “ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ 17-ᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᖄᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒧᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᒥᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᓯᒐᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒨᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᓲᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᓄᓇᒐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᙳᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓗᖓ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᑦ. ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᖃᓱᓂᕋᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᖅᑰᖅᑕᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓇᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ. ᐃᑭᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒐ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕕᖃᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᐊᓂᓯᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒥᑦ, ᐊᒥᓱᐃᑦ ᐅᒃᑯᐊᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥᑦ. ᖁᐊᖅᓵᖅᖢᒐ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᒃᑯᐃᖅᓯ ᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓗᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓱᓕᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᕋᓃᒐᔭᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖅ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᒃᑯᒪ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖃᓚ - ᐱᓐᓇᕆᓕᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᐊᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐅᙱᒃᑯᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᓂ. ” ᓄᓇᕗᒋᓕᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ - ᑯᕆᔅᑎ ᓯᖕᑭᓕᐊ, ᔭᓗᓇᐃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 1991 ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᕋᕕᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᒥᑦ ᐱᓐᓇᕈᓱᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕋᓂᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓗ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ, ᐱᓐᓇᕆᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ “ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᓱᒐᖅᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᑦ ᑎᒍᔭᕆ - ᐃᒃᐱᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᓴᕆᒪᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ. ” ᐊᖃᖅᑕᖓᑦ. ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᑐᑦ ᓂᐱᑐᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᖅ - ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᙳᕗᓯ - ᕇᑕ ᐊᓂᕐᓂᓕᐊᖅ/ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᑭᑦᑕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ, ᐊᙱᕐᕋᖅ ᐊᙱᕐᕋᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 1999 ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᑕ…ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᖁᓇᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᑕᐅᕗᖓ.”

36 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA “I'm grateful for the many experiences that NS has Canada and Britain and the connection we had with provided me; it’s enabled me to think differently about them. I remember Gordon Robertson coming in to talk how I learn, and the work that I have done and will about the NWT. We had great speakers to teach young continue to do, not only because of the exceptional Inuit about resilience and how to endure the chal - instructors at the program, but the bright Nunavum - lenges of life and work. We had funny moments there miut that enter their classrooms year after year!” too, lots. I remember going up to Senator Willie Adams - Mishael Gordon, Iqaluit, NS 2006/07 home for the weekend. NS opened my eyes to the rest of the world. For that I'm grateful! It also helped me to “I was a young, naïve girl of 20-years old when I first understand more about where my people have come met Murray and Virginia in Iqaluit for orientation. A from. Therefore, it helped me for my own future en - couple of weeks later, we flew down to Ottawa and deavours. And now, I work for the Government of got my first taste of city life! Once we got to the city, Nunavut as a manager, where Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit it was amazing to see all the people, cars, bicycles, is being implemented. I hope NS remains as is for trucks and buses! years to come!” So busy compared to our small Inuit community of - Madeleine Qumuatuq, Pangnirtung, NS 1987/88 25 Pangnirtung. I wondered where all these people were going? How come they’re not working? Sunakva, they “The thing I remember best about my days at Nunavut were commuting! Such new words to find in a city. It Sivuniksavut was making new friends and getting to opened my eyes. There is a world other than ours. understand the details of the agreement between the Then I got to meet new people from all over the federal government and the Inuit in creating the terri - Northwest Territories who were taking the same course tory that we now know as Nunavut. Of course my time as I was and they were just as enthralled as I was. Our with the program ended six years before the territory courses at NS, I named it even, as we had a contest was realized. The other thing that I appreciated about about a new name and mine won. But it needs to be my time with NS was the rediscovering of our history, changed now. As I put it, ‘It is for the both the known and the acquired. I feel that it's im - future-Nunavut Sivuniksavut.’ Well, portant for us to at least know something about our - we have Nunavut now. I learned so selves in order for us to move forward.” much about our history and about - Gabriel Panipakoocho, Pond Inlet, NS 1993

“ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᑉᑕ, ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑉᐸᖕᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᙳᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᓚ ᐅᖅᓯ- ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᒪᔪᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐃᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃᓗ ᒨᕆ ᖁᕕᐊ ᓱᓛᙳ- ᐃᓕᓴᐃᕝᕕᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ. ᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᑉᓗᐊᓂ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖓ ᕿᒥᕐᕈ ᕈᓘ ᔭᖅᖢᖓ ᐊᓯᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᓱᓕᔪᒥᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐊᓂᒃ

ᐳᔾᔫᑦ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ /Pujjuut Kusugak ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕆᔭᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᒥᐅᖃᑕᐅ- ᑕᒻᒪᕋᓂ ᓱᓕᔪᒥᑦ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᐱᒋᓚᐅᕋᑉᑎᒍ, ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨ - ᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᒋᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᓐᓈᕆᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᔫᕆ, ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᑕᒪᑉᑕ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᓗᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᐊ ᕆᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᙱᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᐊᕌᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᓂᖅᓴᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᑉᓗᒍ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ, ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕋᑉᑕ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ, ᐃᓚᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓕᕐᓂᕋᓄᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ. ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᑐᖓ ᐱᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ, ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᒋᓚ - ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᒌᓂᕐᒧᑦ.” ᐊᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᐃ ᕙᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ. ᓂᕆᐅᒃᑐᖓ ᓱᓕ - ᐊᙳᑎ ᔮᓐᓴᓐ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ/ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᑕᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2007 ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐸᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᔪᖏᓐᓂᕋᓂᒃ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᐱᒋᔭᕋ “ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᖓ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᓵᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲᓂ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐊᖅᑯᓵᖅᓗᒋᑦ. ” ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᐃᓚᐅᕐᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ; - ᓃᕕ ᕕᐅᑲᓐᔅ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2001 ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᒪ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᑲ “ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᖅᐹᕋ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᕋ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᕐᓗᖓ, ᐅᑉᓗ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᒨᕆ ᐋᓐᒐᔅ ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐃᒥᓲᓚ - ᐃᒪᓐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᐊ ᐱᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂᑦ

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 37 ataniqtuqtuiyaami ihumaliqpalliayunga, aallaniklu mata quyagivalliavatka taapkua Inuit aghuuqhutik inungnik takuqattaqpaghuni Nunavunmiunik.” angirutitaarahuaqpakkamik Nunavunmi. Huminnga- - Robin Anawak, Kangirhinik/Ottawa, NS 2000/01 ariaghaptingniklu ilihariami quyagivara kinaungman - gapta Inuit ilittuqhautaungmat. Kihimi, qauhima- “NS-kut amihunik ukkuiqhihimayuq. Quyagivalli - la itatka taapkua Iniqnivut ilaminivullu inuuhiit atuq - aplugit inuuhiita hivullivut. Ikayuutigiplugu inuuhim - paghimayait. Qauhimanahuaqniaqqatka aghu - nut, ahiittumik inuuhiralu quyagiplugu. uqlunga. Iniqnivut inuuhiqaqhimayut ilitquhiqtuqhutik Ikayuqpalli ayumayatka Nunavunmiut aanniaqta- uplumilu inuuhiqhaqhutik. Taimaa aghuuqluaqnaqtuq ilinikkut. ” ayuiqhavigiyaami inuuhiptingnik iniqnirinit unip - - Dianne Iyago, Kamanirjuak, NS 2007 kaaqhimayainik makpiraangungittunit. Iniqnivut inu - ughaalaittut. Naalaktaghariyaqqut ayuiqvigilugit. “NS-kut ilihaihimayut inmikkuurniqmut inuuhiqat - Naunaitpuq, ayuiqhavigiyatka NS-kut quyaginiqmik tiarniqmullu. Ilihaqhimayunga taimaa aghut havak - iniqnirinit angirutitaarahuaqtuniklu, uvamnik muna- paghuni ahikkuuqtailiniqlu, quyaginnaq pilaaqtut. qhittiarniqmik ilihaihimayuq imaalu inuunahuaqniq Aghut ihumavaktunga taimaa RCMP-kunnut ilaulait - ahini nunanit. Inuuyaami quviahutaqtunga. Inuinnau - tunaqhiyunga ilihaqtaaqhimalaittunaqhiyunga NS-kut pluta quviahuktughauyuta ilitquhivut atuqpakkaptitku inngitpata. NS-kut amihunik aallatqiinik ihumagiyau - huli kihimi iniqniptivut inuuhiit atulaitkaluaqhugu. ” vangniaq ilihaqhimayunut, kihimi tamapta ilihaqvigi - - Kelly Karpik, Kimmirut, NS 2008 himaptitku ukiuq puiguqtailiyauyughaq. Uvamnut, NS ihumagiliqpaktara imaa, uvangainnaq, iklumi - “NS-kut ihumapkaihimayaanga “ahiagut inuuhipta” uqatitkalu, ilihaqatitka, tahapkualu Murray, Morley, ilitturinahuaqlutalu inuuhiqnik ahinit nunaptingnit Beth, Barb-lu. Quana NS-kut, inuuhiqattiarniqmut Nunavunmi. Ilihaqhimagama ahini, tutqighautauyuq ikayuqhimagangma. ” inuuhiriliqtamnut talvuuna quyagivangniaqtatka. - George Henrie, Kangirhinik, NS 2001 Quanaqqutit NS!” - Lillian Aglukark-Lundrigan, Arviat, 1991/92 “Ilihaqtaaqhimaplunga talvani Nunavut Sivuniksami, puiguqtailivangniaqtara taamna ilaa. Ilihaqtittivaktuq “Puiguqtailivangniaqtugut ilaani atuqhimayaptingnit ilitquhiptingnik qanuqlu havakpaktut makitapkainiq - inuuhiptingnit. Taapkua puiguqtailivaktatka ilihaqhi - mut kavamaqarniqmutlu Nunavunmi. NS-kut ilihaing - matillunga NS-kunnit. Itqaumaliqpaktara itihaarama

ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᑦᑎ- ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᙱᓐᓂᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᑎᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᕝᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐅᕙᑉᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑕᐅᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᕙᑉᑐᑦ. ᒪᓕᒃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ!” ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ, - ᒥᓯᐅᓪ ᒍᐊᑕᓐ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2006/07 ᐊᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᕋ, ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕋᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᓄᑖᒥ ᑕᐃᒎᓯᖅᑖᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕙᕋ. “ᒪᒃᑯᓚᐅᕋᒪ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓗᐊᕐᓇᖓ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᖢᖓᓗ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᒫᓐᓇ. ᐅᖃᕋᒪ, 20 ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑲᑎᒋᐅᕋᒃᑯᑦ ᒧᕇ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕗᔾᔨᓂᐊ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ “ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒨᕐᒪᑦ-ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ.” ᑕᐃᒪᓕ, ᓄᓇᕗᖃᓕᕋᑉᑕ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᑕ. ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰ ᓈᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂᓂᑕᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᐅᓚ- ᖃᖓᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᓕᐊᖅᖢᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᐃᓐ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᕆᐅᖅᖢᑕ ᓄᓇᓕᒡᔪᐊᒥᐅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ! ᑎᑭᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᓄᓇᖓᓂᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᒃᔪᐊᑦ ᐳᕐᑕᓐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᒡᔪᐊᒧᑦ, ᑕᑕᒥᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᑯᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᒃᑯᐃᓐᓈ - ᐊᒃᑐᓂᙱᑦ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᒐᒪ ᒍᐊᑕ ᕌᐳᓐᓴᓐ ᓗᖕᓂᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂᑦ, ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓂᑦ, ᐱᓲᑎᓂᑦ, ᓄᓇᓯᐅ - ᐅᐸᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒫᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᑉᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ. ᑎᕐᔪᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐸᓯᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑯᑖᓂᒃ! ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᕙᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐊᓛᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ. ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᒪᑭᑕᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᒪᑯᐊᑭᐊᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓈᓗᐃᑦ ᓇᒧᖓᐅᔪᑦ? ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᓂᒎᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓵᑕᐅᓯᒪᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓲᑭᐊᕐᒪᑯᐊ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᙱᓚᑦ? ᓱᓇᐅᕝᕙ, ᐅᑎᖅᑕᖅᑐᑦ! ᓄᑖᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒥ. ᐃᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᖅᐸᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᓇᓂᓯᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᒡᔪᐊᒥᑦ. ᐅᐃᔾᔪᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ. ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᐃᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖓ ᓯᓂᑕ ᕕᓕ ᐋᑕᒻᔅ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᖅᑕᖃᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑕ. ᑲᑎᓯᖃᑦᑕᓕᕆᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᙱᕐᕋᖓᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᑦᑕ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓈᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐅᐃᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᔩᒃᑲᖕᓂᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ. ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ

38 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA “I'll always consider attending NS as one of the most “I would never have been encouraged to take up op - important things I've done in my life. It opened up a portunities to gain higher potential if it weren't for NS.” new world to me, encouraged me to continue my ed - - Sylvia Kalluk, Resolute Bay, NS 2009 ucation, sparked my interest in governance, and gave me an opportunity to meet people from all over “As an alumnus of the Nunavut Sivuniksavut Program, Nunavut.” I can honestly say it's been an experience I will never - Robin Anawak, Rankin Inlet/Ottawa, NS 2000/01 regret. This program allowed me to understand and learn more about my culture and what it took to form “NS opened up opportunities for me. It made me our territory and have our own government in appreciate the history of my ancestors. It helped me Nunavut. NS taught me to appreciate all those people discover who I was as a person, as a unique individual who negotiated and worked so hard to get our and still proud of my background. It made me want Nunavut Land Claims Agreement settled. Understand - to help Nunavummiut in the form of health care ing where I come from is the most important knowl - delivery.” edge I can receive because it defines who we are as - Dianne Iyago, Baker Lake, NS 2007 Inuit. One thing I cannot say is I fully understand what 25 our Elders and ancestors have gone through. I can only “NS has taught me to be independent and to have say I will try to understand to the best of my ability. confidence in myself. I learned that with hard work and Our Elders have experienced the traditional life and a focused mind, anything is possible. I strongly believe also the modern life. Therefore, it is very important to that I would not have been able to join the RCMP or learn our history from our Elders because they lived pass RCMP training if it wasn't for NS. Although NS that life and our Elders can tell you their stories from will have many other meanings for its past students, I experience and not books. Our Elders will not be here think that what we will all share in common is that NS forever. It's important to listen to them and learn from also means the people during their year. For me, NS their experience. As you can see, the most important means my time with my roommates, my classmates thing I learned from NS is the appreciation of our Eld - and of course Murray, Morley, Beth and Barb. Thank- ers and negotiators, but it also taught me to be more you NS, for being a positive chapter in my life.” responsible and to gain the experience in living in a - George Henrie, Rankin Inlet, NS 2001 totally different environment. I feel very lucky to be

ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᒋᔭᕋ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ! ᐃᑲᔪᐃᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓱᓕ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᓐᓂᕋᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ 6 ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᑕᐅᕗᙵᑦᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ. ᐅᓇᓗ ᐱᐅᒋᓪᓚᕆᓚ - ᐱᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒃᑲ ᓇᑭᙶᕐᒪᖔᑕ. ᐅᖅᑕᕋᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᓐᓂᕋᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪ, ᐃᑲᔪᐃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᓂᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᒃᑲᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᕆᔭ ᑐᖃᐅ- ᓯᕗᓂᒐᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᑕᒃᑲᓄᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒫᓐᓇ, ᓂᑰᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂᓂᑕᓄᑦ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᕋᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪ ᖏᓪᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᒃᑐᙵ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓗᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓗᑕᓗ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᙱᑦ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᒃᑕᐅ ᕙᓪᓕ - ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᐊᕈᑦᑕ. ” ᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᓂᕆᐅᒍᑎᒐ - ᒌᐳᕆᐅ ᐸᓂᒃᐸᑯᑦᓱᒃ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᐃᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 1993

ᕌᐸᓐ ᐊᓇᕈᐊᖅ /Robin Anawak ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ ᓱᓕ ᓯᕗᓂᒧᑦ! ” - ᒫᑎᓕᓐ ᖁᒻᒪᐊᒃᑐᖅ, ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ, “ᐃᓚᐅᔪᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 1987/88 ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖅᐹᙳᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᐃᓅᓯᕋᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐅᒃᑯᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᑖᒥ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑐᖅ “ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᖅᐹᕋ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᓂ ᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᓄᑦ, ᖃᐅᒻᒪᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ ᐃᓚᓐᓈᖅᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪ - ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓂᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕ ᐊᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᓕᒫᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᙱᕈᑎᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᒃᑲᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᓯᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑕᓕᒫᓂᑦ.” ᐊᑯᓐᓂᐊᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᑉᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎ - - ᕌᐸᓐ ᐊᓇᕈᐊᖅ, ᑲᙱᖅᖠᓂᖅ/ᐋᑐᕚ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᕙᓪᓕ ᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2000/01

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 39 tipaanik. NS-kut ahiittut ilihaqviuyuq Inuinnaqnik mut. Amihunik quvianaqtunik quvianaittuniklu itqau - ikayuqtuiyuq. Ahiittuq Inungnik inuuhiqattiaqniqmut mayaqaqtunga – aimavingnit ahiniittaami, qaffinik ikayuqtuiyut tatqiqhiutit 8-nguyut atuqtillugit, ilihaqvi - piqpagiyamnik tammaihimayunga. Kihimi, quviagiyara givaghugu. NS-kut taimaittut ilihaqvigiinnaqhugu ilihaqhimagama. Itqaumaliqtara ilihaqatigihimayara upluq tamaat Ottawa-miitkaluaqhuni, Inungnik inuaqtauyuq 2000-mi. Ikayuqhimayaanga inuuttiavau - katitirivaktuq iliharumayunik. NS-kut quyagivatka pluni. Puiguqtailiniaqtagit uummatimniittutillu. Piqpa - ilihaqhimaagumagama makpiraaniklu taiguarniq givagit, Sylvia Lyall-Ritchie. ” quyagigapku. Taapkua NS-kut ilittuqhautauyuq - Hannah Oolayou Ebokem, Kimmirut/Ottawa, nunaqyuami utaqqiyauyutit imaalu NS-kut ikayuqpak - 1988/1989 NS student. tut qanuq atuliqniqmut inuuhirnit.” - Tommy Akulukjuk, Ottawa/Pangnirtung, NS “Illihakpaliknik tatvani NS-kuni illiituripkaktanga illiit - 2003/04 paligutirhamik illihakatauvlunga, uvalu happiruiq - paligutigiyatka illihakpalikvikmut ilihagiamni.” “Itqaumagiliqpaktatka ilihaqtillunga NS-kunni taapkua - Genevieve Killulark, Kamanirjuak, NS 2005 angirutitaarahuaqtut kavamatkullu, Nunavunmi An - girutitaarahuaqhutik. TFN-kuuplutik, Tunngavik Feder - “Illiitpalirumaguvit Inuit-nik, illiitkuhiannik Nunavut, ation Nunavunmi. Ilitturiyuminaqtunik ilihaihimayut uvalu illingnik, NS-kut illihakpalikvigiyagiakaktat!” inuuyaami. NS-kut hakugighihimmaaqtut aullaqtiha- - Pujjuut Kusugak, Kangirhinik, NS 2000 aqtumit. Amihunik pivighaqaliqhutik, kiinauyaqta - aqviqaqhutik, ilihaqtullu amigaiqpalliayut. “Tatvani illihakatauhimagama Nunavut Sivuniksavut- Aulla aqpalliaplutik, ilihaqhutik ahinik nunanik. Uplumi kuni, innuutiarutirhanik arhugutikagimayunga, ayuiqhavaktut huminngaariaghainik. Ayuiqhavigiyu - ikkay uutigihimayaga uumaqtuutut illiurhimayunga. mannaqtuq uplumi huli. Ilihaqhimaplunga talvani Uuitpalirutigiyuyaqtara uvalu illiituripkarhimayanga NS-kunnit, quyagilluarumayatka NS-kunni ilihaqtut innuhirhamnik havainnarhimaitumik 9-mit 5-mut. ikayuqhimagamik. Una ilihaqvik aulahimayughaq inu - Naunaiyautirihimayara hamna innuhira quvianaqtuq uyaami aghuuqluarnaqmat nunavullu pihimayaami. uvalu taitai huli illiitpaligungnaktugut uvaptinik uvalu. Ilihaqvigiyara inuuhiptingnik ilitquhiptingniklu. Tamapta aittuqtauhimayugut uvalu ukkua NS-kut illii - Ilitturivigihimayaralu taimaa TFN-kut angirutita arahu - turipkarhimayanga uvanga aittutirhamnik. Taitai huli, aqtut aghuuqhutik nunataarahuaqhimayut. Puigula i - Illiituriyunga nuutqaqtiitauyungnangitunga quvi - tatka qanuq aghuuqhutik havakluaqhimayut agiyamiq huliluqarumayamniq - hamna hilakjuak huli hivunighaptingnut. Quyavunga ilauhimagama NS- ammiraituniq hatqumirhiyungnaqtuq! ” kunnut, anaanattianguliqhunga inngutamnut hivulliq - - Jenny Soucie, Iqaluit, NS 2003 

“ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐅᒃᑯᐃᖅᓯᔪᖅ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᓂᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᖃᕐᒥᔫᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᙱᓐᓂ ᖁᔭᓕᔾᔪᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕆᔭᐅᓂᑐᖃᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂᑕᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᐃᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᓪᓕ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓃᑎᓪᓗᖓ, ᑭᓇᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᕐᒪ ᐃᓂᒐᓂᒃ, ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓕ ᐃᓗᕈᓯᕐᒦᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᓱᒋᔮᕈᑎᒋᔭᕋ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᕋᓂᒃ. ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐅᐱᒍᕐᓇᒍ ᒧᕇ, ᒧᐊᕆ, ᐱᐊᔅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐹᐳᕋ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᓱᓕᔫᓯᒪᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᓯᕋᓂ ᐃᓕᖓᓚᐅᕋᑉᓯ. ” ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ. ” - ᔪᐊᔾ Hᐊᓐᓇᕆ, ᑲ ᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2001 - ᑎᐋᓇ ᐊᔭᒐᖅ, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2007 “ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓐᓇᔭᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒍᓯᓂᕐᒥᑦ “ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᑎᑖᖓ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓗᖓᓗ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋᓂᒃ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᓱᓕᔫᓗᖓ. ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᐅᙱᑉᐸᑦ.” ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓪᓗᔾᔨᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ, - ᓯᐅᕕᐊ ᑲᓗᖅ, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2009 ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᙱᓚᑦ. ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᖓ ᓴᙱᔪᒥᑦ ᐊᔪᕋᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ “ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᐅᕙᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ ᐱᐊᓂᒍᔾᔨᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᐅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓄᑦ, ᓱᓕᔪᒥᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᒃᑯᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᒡᒍᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔾᔮᙱᑕᒃᑲ. ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ

40 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA Inuk. As Inuit, we are all lucky to still practice some “My thoughts and memories as a former student with parts of our culture even though we can't experience NS is when they were still negotiating with the federal what our elders experienced.” government, trying to get the Nunavut Land Claims - Kelly Karpik, Kimmirut, NS 2008 Agreement going. It was TFN, the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut. There were interesting ideas about how it “NS gave me the opportunity to ‘think outside of the was important to be who we are today. NS is much box’ and to experience life away from small town stronger today. I find it has more resources, more fund - Nunavut. Along with my high school experience, it ing, more students. They do more trips, learning more definitely paved the way to where I am today and I will and more about other countries. They are learning always be grateful. Thank you NS!” today about where we came from. It is still as interest - - Lillian Aglukark-Lundrigan, Arviat, 1991/92 ing today as it was yesterday. As a former student from the early beginning of NS, “There are memories that we collect over our lifetime I would like to congratulate all the NS students who and some stick better than others. That memory for helped with this program. This needs to be an ongo - 25 me is NS. I remember the smell when I first entered ing program for newcomers to attend so they know the building and the atmosphere it created. NS is a it’s important to be Inuk, and so they know the land is special program that caters to Inuit educational and important. It has helped me to understand about my intuitive needs. Nowhere else has an Inuk gained so culture and traditions. It has helped me to understand much confidence in eight months than NS, where the how strong negotiators of TFN were very committed experience counts as much as learning. NS is that kind to have us where we are now. I will not forget how of a program where education doesn't disconnect hard they have worked for us. I'm really honored to be from everyday lives and even though it is in Ottawa, it a part of NS, even though I'm a grandmother now of develops a real Inuit community of my first-born son. I have lots of great and sad memo - students and eager minds. I credit NS ries - being away from home, I lost a few of my loved with both my eagerness to learn and ones. But, it was an awesome experience. I'm thinking my love of books. Only in NS do you of my former classmate who was murdered. She was realize that the world is waiting for a blessing to me and helped me see how important your input and NS helps you formu - life is. I will cherish my memories and she is still in my late that input where you can utilize heart. I love you, Sylvia Lyall Ritchie.” it as much as possible.” - Hannah Oolayou Ebokem, Kimmirut/Ottawa, - Tommy Akulukjuk, Ottawa/Pang - NS 1988/1989 nirtung, NS 2003/04

ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᑉᓗᒍ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᒃᒪᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑖᒥ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ /Tommy Akulukjuk ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕋᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐ- ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᙱᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕ ᒫᒐ ᐅᙱᑦᑐᑎᒍᑦ. ᒐᕙᒪᖃᓕᕐ ᖢᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᑕᒫᓃᙱᓐᓇᔾᔮᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᑕᐅᕗᖓᓕᒪᖅ. ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᑕ ᒪᐃ ᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᓈᓚᒃᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕕ ᒋᓗᒋᑦ ᐋᔩᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᐃᕙᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᐊᓗ - ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᙱᓐᓂᒃ. ᑕᑯᔪᓐᓇᕋᕕᑦ, ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᖅ ᐃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᑦ ᐱᓇ ᓱᐊᕐᖢᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᓇᖓᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲ ᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᙱᕈᑏᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓗᖓ ᓇᑭᙶᒪᖔᕐᒪ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖁᑎᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐃᕙᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᖑᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕆᓗᒍ ᑎᒍᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᕋ ᐱᑉᓗᒍ ᑐᑭᐊ ᐊᙱᖃᑎᒌᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓚᐅᖅᑖᖓ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᖅ ᑭᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪᖔᑕ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᒻᒪᕆ - ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕋᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᒍᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗᖓ ᒍᓐᓇᙱᑕᕋ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᕋᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᕋᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᓇᐅᒃᑰᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ. ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᕙᑎᒐᓂ. ᐱᒃᑯᒍᓱᒃᑐᖓ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᒐᒪ. ᐃᓄᒃᑎᒍᑦ, ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓇᓱᖕᓂᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒍ. ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕗᑦ ᐱᒃ ᑲᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᔪᒍᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑦᑕ ᐊᖅᑯᓵᖅᓯᒪᔭᙱᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᒥᑦ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒫᓐᓇ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓱᓕ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᒻᒪᕆᖏᒃᑲᓗ ᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐃᓅᓯᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᕗᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖁᑎᑦᑕ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑕᙱᓐᓂᒃ.” ᐃᓕᖓᓂᑐᖃᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᒪᓂᑕᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖁ - - ᑭᐊᓕ ᖄᐱᒃ, ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2008

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 41 “ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᖃᐃᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᓂᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚ - ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ‘ᐃᓱᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᑭᑉᐹᕆᒃᑑᑉ ᕿᔪᖁᑎᒥ’ ᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ ᑭᓇᒃᑰᓕᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᓕᐊᓛᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ. ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᙱ ᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᒪ ᓂᓂᑦ. ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲ, ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᒫᓐᓇ, ᑮᓇᐅ ᔭᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᐊᑑᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᖅᑯᓯᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐅ ᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕋᔪᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅ- ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᒋᓕᖅᑕᕋᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴ ᐅᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᖁᔭᓕᔾᔪᑎᒌᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᕋ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᒃᔪᐊᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ! ” ᐅᑉᓗᒥ ᓇᑭᙶᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ. ᓱᓕ ᐃᓱᒪᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂ - ᓕᓕᐊᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ-ᓚᓐᕆᒐᓐ, ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, 1991/92 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᓕ ᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒃᓴᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑎᒋᔪᒪᕙᒃᑲ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ “ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖃᖅᑐᖓ ᑲᑎᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒧᖓ . ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑲᔪᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᓄᑖᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᙱᓐᓂᑦ. ᐃᖃᐅᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᖃᐃᓂ ᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᒻᒪᕆ ᐅ ᓂᐊᓂᒃ

ᔨᐊᓐ ᓲᓯ /Jennifer Soucie ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖓ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓇ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐊ ᑎᐱᐊᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᑎᕋᒃᑯ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕋᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕙᓗᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎ ᓂᐊᓂᒃ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓂᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᙳᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᙱᔫᓚᐅᕐᓂᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᐃᕙᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᙱᖃᑎᒌᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎ ᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᒍᔭᕆ ᐊᖃᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᑐᖃᑦᑯᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᒪᔪᐊᓗᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕ > ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓄᒃ ᑎᒍᓯᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᓕᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐳᐃᒍᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᖓ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᓚᐅᕐᓂᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᑭᑕᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᒥᑦ ᓱᓕᔪᒥᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ 8-ᓄᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᓯᙱᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᔾᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᙱᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴ ᕗᑎᑐᑦ, ᐊᖅᑯᓵᖅᓯᒪᔭᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᓕ- ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᓪᒥ, ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᖑᓕᕋᓗᐊᖅᑐᖓ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ . ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᐃᕐᓂᕋᓂᑦ. ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖃᖅᑐᖓ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᙳᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐃᓚ ᖏᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓚ ᖏᑦ ᕿᒃᓵᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ - ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᐱᓯᕙᙱᓐᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᙱᕐᕋᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ, ᔭᒐᐃᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᐊᒥᓱᑲᓴᖕᓂᑦ ᓇᒡᓕᒋᔭᒃᑲᓂᑦ. ᑕᐅᓇᓃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐊᖅᑯᓵᓚᐅᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐱᐅᔪᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᒃᑲ ᓱᓕᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᙱᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑎᒋᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᐃᓄᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᕆᐊ - ᑲᔪᙱᕐᓂᖅᓴ ᐅᖁ ᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᙱᑦ . ᐃᓕᑕᕆᕙᕋ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2000. ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑮᖕᓄᑦᑲ ᔪᖏᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᑲᔪᖏᕈᑎᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᖅ. ᑎᒍᒻᒥᓂ - ᐃᓕᒃᑎᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᒋᔮᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᐃᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓕ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒐᓃᑦᑐᖅ. ᓇᒡᓕᒋᕙᒋᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑯᓐᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᓯᐅᕕᐊ ᓚᐃᔪᓪ ᕆᑦᓯ. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᖕᒪᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᖃᑕᐅ ᔪᓐᓇᓴᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴ - - Hᐋᓇ ᐅᓛᔪᒃ ᐃᐳᑭᒻ/ᑭᒻᒥᕈᖅ/ᐋᑐᕚ, 1988/1989 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᕗᑦ ᐃ ᑲᔪ ᐃᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᖅᑭᓱᐃᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᓂᓯᖃᑕ - ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎ. ᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖏᓐᓂᓕᒫᖓᓂ.” - ᑖᒥ ᐋᑯᓗᒃᔪᒃ, ᐋᑐᕚ/ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑐᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ “ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ ᑕᑯᑎᑕᐅ ᓯᒪ - 2003/04 ᕗᖓ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᖓ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓂᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᓱᓕᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᑐᖓᕕᐊᓂᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᓗᖓ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᒧᑦ.” “ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑲ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᕋᓄᑦ - ᔩᓃ ᕿᓪᓗᓛᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2005 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ ᓱᓕ ᐊᐃᕙᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᙱᖃ ᑎᒌ - ᒐᓱᐊᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᑉᑯᙱᑦ, ᐱᓇᓱ - “ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᖕᓂᑦ, ᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᙱᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᑲᔪ ᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐅᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅᑐᕌᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᖕᓄᑦ! ᑕᐅᕗᖓ. ᑕᐃᒃᓱᒪᓂ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑰᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ, ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. - ᐳᔾᔫᑦ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2000

42 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA “Studying at NS showed me the potential I had as a student, and gave me the confidence to go on to ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᖅᑯᓵᖅᓯᒪᔭᒃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒥ, ᐃᖢ ᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ university.” ᓵᑕᐅᓯᒪᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ, ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎ ᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ - Genevieve Killulark, Baker Lake, NS 2005 ᐆᒻᒪᕆᒃᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᑕᐅᑐᒍᑎᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᐅᒃᑯᐃᖅᓯᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

“If you want to learn about Inuit, about Nunavut, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯ ᓯ ᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒃ and about yourself, NS is the program for you!” ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᑐᐃᓐᓇᕋᓂ 9-ᒥᑦ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓗᒍ 5-ᒧᑦ. - Pujjuut Kusugak, Rankin Inlet, NS 2000 ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᕙᒻᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘ-

“During my experience in Nunavut Sivuniksavut, I ᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᑕᓕᐊᓘᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᒃᓴᓂᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ had healthy challenges, which helped me come ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑎᒍᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᕗᓐᓂᒃ. alive. It opened my eyes and helped me see that ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᐃᓯᒪᕗᖅ there is more to life than just working a 9-5 job. It demonstrated to me that life is exciting and there ᓇᓂᓯᓂ ᕋᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᐊᒃᑲᓂᑦ. ᓱᓕᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪ ᕗᖓ is much to learn about ourselves and skills we can ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ 25 gain. We are all gifted and NS has helped me find ᓱᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓘᑎ ᑕᒃᑲᓂᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔪᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ.” my gifts. Furthermore, I learned that nothing can stop me from doing what I am passionate about - - ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᒃᓴᓕᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ! ᔨᐊᓐ ᓲᓯ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, this world has so much to offer!” ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ 2003  - Jenny Soucie, Iqaluit, NS 2003 

> NS ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ - Alumni ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᒋᑦᓯ!! ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕋᒃᓴᐅᑉ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑖᕐᓂᖓ 25- ᓂᒃ , ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴ - Please ᕗᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓯᒍᒫᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ ᔫᓂ , 2010- ᒥ.

Call Home!! ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯᒪᒌᙱᒃᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ To celebrate the 25th year ᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᒋᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒫᒃ: of the program, Nunavut 1) ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᒃᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᖁᓪᓗᓯ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ [email protected] Sivuniksavut will host an 2) ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᕐᕆᕕᖓ ᑕᖅᑭᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ.  alumni conference in Iqaluit in June, 2010. NS-kuni Illihagiarhimayut - Details remain to be confirmed, but in the meantime, NS alumni are Angilragihimayamingnut encouraged to: 1) Send your contact info to NS at Hivayaquyauyut!! [email protected] Kuviahutigiyumalugu hamna 25-nik ukkiunik aulanninga 2) Monitor the NS web site in the months ahead for details as they haffuma aulanninga, Nunavut Sivuniksavut-kut katimapkaini - emerge .  aktut hapkuninga illihagiarhimayunik tatvani June, 2010-mi.

Naunaiyatiarhimangitut tatja huli, kihiani tatjauyuq, NS-kuni illihagiarhimayut uuktuquyauyut ima: 1) Tuuyuuqlugu hamna qanuq tuhaktiitauyungyaguvit tatvunga [email protected] 2) Takuriqataquyauyut haffuminga NS-kut qariyauyaniq tatqirhiutuni qaiyuni naunaiyautirhaniq hatqitpalianiaktitlugit. 

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 43 Current activity University attendance ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒻᒥ Are NS grads ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ contributing to ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᖅᐹᑦ? Nunavut? ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ Response from a survey of ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕇᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ 2008-2009-ᒥ NS alumni 2008-2009

Current employer Primary residence Ilihaktut Nunavut Sivuniksavumi ikayukpaat Nunavumi? Kiuhimayut ihivgiuktunit Nunavut Sivuniksavumi ilihakhimayut ukiumi 2008mit-2009mut

4 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ 8% 2 ᐊᕐᕌᒎᖕᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ 23% 4 years of College 8% C2 oyelalersg oef C Aolltetgee n23d% ance ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Hitamanik ukiumi Iliniagiakpaalivik 8%mik 3 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ 7% Malguk ukiumik Iliniagiakpaalivimi 23%mik 3 years of College 7% ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ Pingahunik ukiumik Iliniagi ak - 60 ᑭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ (42%) paalivimi 7%mik College Attendance after NS 60 Respondents (42%)

Iliniagiakhimayut inikhimagamik Nunavut 1 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ 23% 1 ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᑐᖔᓂ 39% 1 year of College 23% Less than 1 year 39% Sivuniksavumi Atauhimik ukiumik Iliniagiakpaalivimi 23%mik Ikitkiyainik atauhimik ukiumik 39%mik 60kuyut Kiuyut (42%mik)

Current activity 2 ᐊᕐᕌᒎᖕᓄᑦ ᐃUᓕnᓐiᓂveᐊᕐrᕕsᔾiᔪtᐊyᒻ ᒪaᕆttᒻᒥe n18d% ance 1 ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᑐᖔᓂ 31% ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᒻᒪᕆᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ 2 years of University 18% Less than 1 year 31% Malguk ukiumik Universitimi 18%mik Ikitkiyainik atauimik ukiumik 31%mik ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ 22 ᑭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ (15%) University Attendance after NS 22 Respondents (15%)

1 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᒻᒪᕆᒻᒥ 23% Universitimi Ilihakhimayut inikhimagamik 1 year of University 23% 4 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᒻᒪᕆᒻᒥ 14% Atauhimik ukiumik Universitimi 23%mik Nunavut Sivuniksavumi 4 years of University 14% 3 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᒻᒪᕆᒻᒥ 14% 22kuyut Kiuyut (15%mik) Hitamanik ukiumik Universitimi 14%mik 3 years of University 14% Pingahunik ukiunik Universitimi 14%mik

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᕐᓯᐅᖅᑐᑦ 8% ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖏᑦᑐᑦ 8% Out of Workforce 8% ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᓕCᖅuᓯᒪrᔪrᑦent emLpoolkoinyge for r Work 8% Primary residence Cuᐅrᓪrᓘeᑉn ᐃtᓚ aᐃcᓐtᓇivᖓitᒍy ᑦ 6% Kiniktut Havakhainik 8%mik Havangitut 8%mik ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕆᔭᖏᑦ Employed P/T 6% University attendance ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᖅᑐᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ 11% 143 ᑭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ Havaktut Ilaani 6%mik In School or Training 11% Ilihaktut ovaluniit Ayoikhaiyut 11%mik Current Activity 143 Responses

Ub lumi Huliyait 143kuyut Kiuyut

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᓕᒫᖅᑐᒧᑦ 67% Employed F/T 67% Havaktut Tamaat 67%mik

College Attendance

44 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA Current employer Primary residence

College Attendance Current activity University attendance

Current activity Current activity University attendance University attendance ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᓂ 12% ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂ (ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌPᖏrᑦi)m 15a% ry residence InuitC-ouwrnreed nButs ienemss p12lo% yer Inuit Org. (DIO) 15% Inuit Inminiigutait Busniit 12%mik Inuit Havakviit (DIOkut) 15%mik ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ 13% 105 ᑭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᓂ 9% Feds 13% Other Business 9% Kanatami Kavamatkut 13%mik Current Employer Aalat Busniit 9%mik 105 Responses ᕼᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂ 7% Hamlet 7% Ublumi Havakviit Hamletkut 7%mik 105kuyut Kiuyut ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᕐᓇᑎᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ 5% ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ 39% Non-proffit Org. 5% GN 39% Kinauyaliungituni Havakviit 5%mik Nunavumi Kavamatkut 39%mik

College Attendance ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐊᓂ 6% ᐊᓯᖓᓂ 1% In other Nunavut Regions 6% Other 1% ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ (ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ) 12% PrimaCryu rreesnidte enmceployer In Southern Canada 12% Primary residence Current employer ᓄᓇᒋᔭᖓᑕ Aalanik Nunavumi Aviktukhimayuni Aalani Nunani 1%mik Nigiagani Kanatami 12%mik ᓄᓇᖃᕐᕕᒋᓕᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐊᓂ 20% 6%mik In home Region 20% 144 ᑭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ 1% Angilgamini Aviktukhi - In NWT 1% mayuni 20%mik Nunatiami 1%mik Primary Residence since graduation 144 Responses

Nani Nunamiiliktut inigamik Ilihagutainik

ᓄᓇᒋᔭᖓᑕ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓂ 60% Nunavut Sivuniksavumi In home Community 60% 144kuyut Kiuyut Angilgamini 60%mik

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ 20% College Attendance College Attendance Outside of Nunavut 20% ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᕐᕕᒋᔭᖏᑦ Hilataani Nunavumt 20%mik 144 ᑭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ Current Place of Residence 144 Responses ᓄᓇᕗᒥ 80% Ublumi Nunagiliktait In Nunavut 80% Nunavumi 80%mik 144kuyut Kiuyut

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᒫᓇ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᑖᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᕋᑖᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ $1 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᕿᓂᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᒋᔭᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᒨᕆ ᐊᓐᒐᔅ Nunavut Sivuniksavut is currently raising funds to buy its own building. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the Regional Inuit Associations recently agreed to contribute $1 million over the next five years toward the purchase. NS is also soliciting donations from individuals, foundations, private corporations and government. - By Murray Angus Nunavut Sivuniksavut tatja maniliuqpalianahuaqtut niuvirumavlutik illikut igluutirhamingnik. Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat uvalu ukkua Avikturhimayuni Regional Inuit Katuyikatigit qanga - hannuaq angirhimaliktut aiturumavlutik ima $1 million talamik akkungani talimat ukkiunik attukniaktuni ikkayutirhaita niuvgutirhaita. NS-kut turhikpalikmiyut aittutirhaniq inuknit, nan - minikaktunit uvalu kavamatkunit. - Tiitiraqhimaya Murray Angus

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 45 atvanganin Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS-kut) aularutingmat tatvani > T1985-mi, una Appiqutauqatarhimaliktuq, “Huuq una iliharviuyuq tatvani Ottawa-miitpa, Huuqtauq una tahamaningitpa Nunavummi.

ince Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS) ᐃᒪᓐᖓᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ Sbegan in 1985, the question has ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ 1985-ᒥ, often been asked, “Why is the pro - ᑕᐊᐱᕆᔪᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᓲᖅ, “ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ gram located in Ottawa? Shouldn't ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᐱᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᒥᒃᐸ? it be located in Nunavut?” ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒦᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᙱᒻᒫ?”

Why Ottawa? ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐋᑐᕚ ? The first reason for choosing Ottawa was because ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐋᑐᕚᒦᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ that's where the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NLCA) negotiations were taking place. The program's ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᒐᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ. intent was to give Inuit youth a chance to learn about ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᐃᕐ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᖏᑦ the negotiations, and to communicate back to people ᐃᓕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ in the communities. The second reason for having it in Ottawa is be - ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. cause students themselves recommended it. Even ᐊᐃᒥᐹ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐋᑐᕚᒦᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ though they found it hard to be away from their fam - ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᐅᑦ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐱᔪᒪᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐱᒡᒐᓇᖅᑐᖅᓯ- ilies, they said it benefitted them to live in the South for a while. It gives them a chance to learn how to live on ᐅᖃᑦᑕᕋᓗᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᒪᐃᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ, their own, and to understand how they fit into Canada ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᕋᐃᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ. as a whole. ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐅᖅᐹᓕᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᕚᓕᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᓪᓗ Ottawa also offers a very rich learning ᓇᒦᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐃᓗᐃᑑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. environment. Each year, students visit Parliament Hill, Inuit organi - ᐋᑐᕚᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᑎᐊᕙᐅᓪᓗᓂ. zations, and institutions such as the National Archives and the Museum of Civilization. They are also visited ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᖓᓄ - by Inuit leaders traveling through Ottawa, and learn ᐊᖅᐸᑦᑐᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᓂᒃ about their history and politics first-hand. While the location may be in the South, the stu - ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᒻᒧᑦ. dents' focus throughout the year remains on the ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑎᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᒃᑰᓕ - North. NS courses are all about Inuit history, Inuit ᕋᐃᒐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒐᕙᒪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ.

46 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA Hu uq Ott awa-mi ?

Una hivulirpaaq ihumariyauyuq tiquaqtautjutaa una organizations, and the NLCA. They learn about the Ottawa immaitmat taimani tatvani hamna Nunavut world they are stepping into as young adults, and how Nunatakutikut Angirutirhanik (NLCA) aivatjutauhi - that world came about. mangmat. Una ihumariyauhimagaliakmat uuktu qu - As Jose Kusugak often says, “Sometimes you need vlugit hapkua Inuit inulgamiit illiitpalikuvlugit to step outside of your own world in order to under - hapkuninga aivatjutauyiniq, uvalu tuhaktiitinahu - stand it better.” That's what NS students have been aquvlugit Inuitnun nunaliitni. doing for the last 25 years! Una aippa ihumariyauhimayuq huuq tatvaniitpa Ottawa-mi hapkua illihaqatauhimyut inmingnik taunnani piyumangmatjuk. Inmikut arhugutiqagalu - arhutik qimaumavlugit illatiq, uqqarhimayut tatva ikkayutigivalirhimayaat nuhimagamik taunnunga Kaplunnat nunaitnun qakkuguralun’ngitkaluarhuni. Taimatut uuktuutigiyaat inmikut innunahuarutigi - ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓃᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ nahuarhugu, uvalu illiiturivaligahuarhutik qanuq ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᑐᓕᕇᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᖅ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ illaluitiyunnakmangata nanilikak Kanatami. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ Ottawa tatvatauq tunnirhimatjutaungmat ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂᒃ. hunnanik ilihakpaligumakpat ilihakviqaqmat. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥᒃ ᐃᓯᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔭᒥᓂᒃ Aippagutuagangat ilihagiarhimayut takuyaktuivaktut hapkuninga Maligaliurvikjuamik, Inuit Katima yiit-nik, ᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᕈᕐᓂᕆᐊᖓᓂᒃ. uvalu hapkuninga hannaviuyunik Kanatami Tutquq - ᔫᓯ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᐅᖃᒐᔪᓲᖑᒻᒪᑦ, “ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᑎᓐᓂᒃ tuaqaqviitniq uvalu Takuyarhaqaqviuyumiq ᐊᓂᑲᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕋᑦᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᖅᓴᐅᖁᓪᓗᑕ.” ᑕᕝᕙ Taimanirniitaniq. Pulaktauqataqmiyut hapkunangat Inuit Hivuliktivaluitnin katimayaktugangata tatvunga ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ Ottawa-mut, hapkunangat illitpalikpangmiyut illi - ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 25-ᓄᑦ! itquhiitniq uvalu tuhakvigiqatarhugit hapkuninga kavamaliqitjutinik. Una ilihakpilikvik taunnaniitqaluaqtitlugu kaplu - naat nunatni, ukkua ilihaktut ilihautigiyait ukkiuraluk ihumaginnaktaat hamna Ukkiuktaktuk. NS-kut illiha - utait tamaita tuurangan’ngmata Inuit Illiitkuhiituqait - niq, Inuit katimayiit-nik, uvalu haffuminga Nunavut Nunatarutaitnik (NLCA). Illihakpaktut hapkuninga hilakjuakmik inuuhirhamiknik inniktitpalialiktitlutik, uvalu qaquq hamna hilakjuak hannayauhimava. Uma Jose Kusugak ukkalautigiqatarhimaya imatut, “Illani apluriaqaqtutiit hilatanut illivit innu hiriyaknin qauyivaliriaqni qanurinmangata.” Tatva taimatut ukkua NS-kut ilihagiarhimayut taimailiurhima akpaktut tatva huli 25-nik ukkiunik!

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 47 Strange ᑲᒪᓇᑦᑕᕋᓗᐊ Uppinnarhuni but true ᓱᓕᔪᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ kihiani tudents learn ᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒻᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ ukpiknaktuk their culture while S ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒥᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᐳᑦ NS-kuni illihagiarhimayut in the South ᖃᓄᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓃᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᖢᑎᒃ illiitivaktuut illiitquhituqaming - It seems ironic, but one of the things niq kaplunaat nunani. ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑰᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃᐳᖅ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑏᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ 8ᓄᑦ that students gain during their eight ᐋᑐᕚᒦᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᕚᓕᖅᐸᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖕᒥᓂᒃ months in Ottawa is renewed confi - Taima ukpiknaitpaktugaluak, kihiani una ᖁᓱᓐᖏᓐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᖢᑎᒃ. dence in their culture. attauhiuyuk amihunik hapkua illihagiarhi - mayut illiitpagaat 8-nik tatqirhiutinik iliha - It doesn't just happen by accident. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕙᓐᖏᓚᑦ. giakpalikatauvlutik taunnunga Ottawa-mut nuttanguqpaliutigivlugu hamna illiitquhi - Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS) has formal ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓪᓚᑖᖃᕐᒪᑕ tuqaqtiq. classroom instruction in Inuktitut, en - ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᕝᕕᐅᕙᒃᖢᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓂ abling students to strengthen their lan - ᓴᙱᒃᑎᓴᕐᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓪᓗ. Taimatut pirhuqtuutut piyungnangituk. guage skills in both Inuktitut and ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕐᓂᑦ Inuinnaqtun. ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓲᕐᓗ ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᑲᑕᔾᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS-kut) ilihakviqaq - They also learn a variety of cultural tut sikkukvigiyamingnik imatut Inuktitut, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᑎᖕᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᕐᑐᖕᒥᐅᑎᑐᑦ. performing skills, such as drum-dancing, piyunautigiyat hapkua sikkuktut ayuikpal - ᖁᖖᒋᐊᖅᑕ ᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᕗᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᐅᓐᑐᓘᑦ, throat-singing, and Arctic sports. They iutigivlugit hapkua uqqaurhiqtiq Inuktitut give public performances at such places ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᖓᓂ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᓂᑦ, uvalu. as Winterlude, Parliament Hill, local ᑲᑎᒪᔭᕐᑐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᑐᖃᓕᕌᖓᑦ. Taitai huli illiitpalikpangmiyut ammihu - schools, conferences, and other occa - ᐅᓄᖅᑐᓪᓕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ nik hapkuninga illiitquhituqaniq, hapkuni- sions. ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᖖᒋᑦᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᒑᖓᒥᒃ. nga kilautjaknikut, qiavyaknikut, uvalu Inuit Many students have not done these ᖁᓱᙱᓐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᓲᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᒥᖕᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇ- Ulapkivauhiitnik, Qungiaktitivaktut hapku - activities before, but they leave the pro - ᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᕌᖓᒥᒃ. nani Winterlude-mi, Maligaliurvi qju ami gram confident in their ability to keep ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᓯᖅᑯᐊᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑲᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃ- hillatani, nunaliit sikukviitni, kitut kati - their culture alive once they return makju aktitlugit, uvalu ahiani humilikak. ᔨᐅᕙᒃᐳᖅ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖕᓂᑦ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕐᑐᖅ home. Amihut hapkua illihagiarhimayut ᕿᓚᐅᑎᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂ The lead instructor in cultural activi - taimatut ulapkingarhimangitut, kihiani ties is David Serkoak. He is a well-known ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑏᑦ ᐅᓗᓕᐅᕐᑎᓪᓗᒋ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ illihakvigihimayamingnik qimaivaqtut illiit - drum-maker, and helps students make ᓴᓇᕐᕈᓯᐅᓕᕌᖓᒥᒃ. palirhutik taima illiitkuhituqaqtiq aulapka - ulus and other tools as well. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ galiaqtaat angilgakumik. Each year, cultural retreats are held ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ Una hivuliktiuyuk illihaiyiuyuk illiitquhi - outside of the city, where Elders are ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᑎᑕᐅᔭᕐᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒥᕐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥᑦ, tuqaniq David Serkoak. Qauyimayautiaq - brought down to teach sewing, story- ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖕᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᑲᑕᔾᔭᕆᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒪᒻᓗ tuq qilautiniq havaruyut, uvalu telling, throat-singing, and different ᒧᒥᐅᓯᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓂ. ᔨᐅᕆ ᐳᒃᓕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ikkayukpagait hapkua illihaktut hannap - styles of dances. Jerry Puglik and Julia karhugit ulunik uvalu allanik hannalgutinik. ᔫᓕᐊ ᐅᒋᓇ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᑎᑦᑎ - Ogina from Cambridge Bay are regular - Aippagutuagangat, Illiitkuhiktuktut kati - ᔭᕐᑐᒐᔪᒃᐴᒃ - ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᔪᒪᒻᒪᕆᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ - and very popular - contributors to these itauvaktut hilatani haffuma innukakniup, events. Sylvia Cloutier has also been a ᖃᓄᐃᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᖃᓕᖄᖓᑦ. ᓯᐅᓪᕕᐊᒃᓘᑎ - Tatvunga Innikniriit kaipkaktauvaktut illihai- regular contributor over the years. ᐊᐃᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑎᑦᑎᒐ ᔪᖃᑕᐅ ᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ yagiakturhutik mirhuknikut, unipkariaq - ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᖕᓂᑦ. turhutik, qiavyagiakturhutik, uvalu allatqiniq numiuhikmingnik qungiakti - taivarhutik. Jerry Puglik uvalu Julia Ogina Ikaluktutiakmiutaak qaiqatainaqtuq – uvalu alliagiyaukpiarhutik- ikkayukpiakpaktuk hapkunani qungiakviuyuni. Sylvia Cloutier- tauq qaiqatakpalikmiyut kaffinik ukkiunik.

48 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ Staff hall Taimanganin ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔭ ᕆᐊᓖᑦ of fame havakparhimayut

Barb Foley ᒨᕆ ᐊᓐᒐᔅ/ Murray Angus ᕗᕐᔨᓐᓂᐊ ᒨᓂ/ ᒧᐊᕐᓕ ᕼᐊᓐᓴᓐ/ ᕚᕐᑉ ᕗᓕ/ 1985-1991, Virginia Mooney Morley Hanson 1988- ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ/ present/ 1988- present/ Ublumimut 1997- ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ/ present/ 1985-1988 ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ/ Ublumimut Ublumimut

Aluki Rojas ᐸᓛᓐᑏᓇ ᒪᒃᑭᒃ/ ᒨᓂᑲ ᐃᑦᑐᓴᕐᔪᐊᑦ/ ᐱᐊᑦ ᐅᐃᓕᐊᒻᓴᓐ/ ᐊᓗᑭ ᕈᔭᔅ/ ᔩᓚ ᐸᓪᓗᖅ/ Jeela Palluq Blandina Makkik Monica Ittusardjuat Beth Williamson 2003 2004-2006 1991-1994 1994-1995 1995- ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ/ present/ Ublumimut (ᐅᓪᓘᑉ ᐃᓚᖓᓂᒃ/ part- time/(Havakataktuk)

Jackie Price ᑕᐃᕙᑦ ᓯᖅᑯᐊᖅ/ ᔮᑭ ᐳᕋᐃᔅ/ ᔨᐅᕆ ᑯᒪᒃᓯᐅᑎᒃᓴᒃ/ ᒥᓐ ᑭᒻ/ Min Kim David Serkoak 2006-2008 Jerry Komaksiutiksak 2008- ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ/ present/ 2006- ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ/ present/ 2008- ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ/ present/ Ublumimut Ublumimut Ublumimut (ᐅᓪᓘᑉ ᐃᓚᖓᓂᒃ/ part- time/(Havakataktuk)

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 49 ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ ᑭᖑᕚᓂᒃ

ᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᑐᖃᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕕᖕᒥ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ. ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᑐᖃᕐᑯᕐᕕᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᖃᓂᒋᔮᓃᑦᑐᑦ 50,000 ᐊᔾᔩᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᖑᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 1900 ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᒐᔪᙱᒻᒪᑕ. 2001-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᑐᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᑕᑕᑎᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑦ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ, ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᖑᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᓂᒃ. ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᐊᑦᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐸᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᓯᒪᑎᑦᓯᒍᓐᓇᐸᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᕙᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᔩᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔩᑦ, ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓄᓪᓗ. ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᑐᖃᕐᑯᕐᕕᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᓯᓯᒪᕕᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᑭᐊᕐᕆᕕᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕕᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/inuit/index-e.html.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎ ᓰᐸ ᐊᕙ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᔪᔩᓐ ᐃᑉᑲᒡᓇᒃ ᐃᓄᐊᕋᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑎᓕᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᒨᕆ ᐊᓐᒐᔅ Nunavut Sivuniksavut student Sheba Awa worked with Eugene Ipkangnak on Project Naming. - By Murray Angus Nunavut Sivuniksavut ilihaktuq Sheba Awa havakatigiya una Eugene Ipkangnak tatvani Attiqtuinikut Havagiyauyumik. - Tiitiraqhimaya Murray Angus

50 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA Naming the past

unavut Sivuniksavut N(NS) students have played a central role in an innovative project that is helping to record the names of Inuit in old photos stored Attiktuinik in the national archives in Ottawa. Hivuliptinik

Library and Archives Canada has ap - proximately 50,000 photos taken in the unavut Sivuniksavut (NS-kut) illiharhimayut ikkayuti - North in the early part of the 20th century. In most cases, the Inuit in the Narhimayut haffuminga havariyauhimayumik tatja ikka - photos are not named. yutauliktuk tiitiraqpalialirhutit hapkua attiit Inuit hapkunani In 2001, Project Naming was created to help fill in this information gap. Each uttuqaqni piksani tutqurhimayuni Kanatami tuutquqtu - year, Archives digitizes a batch of photos aqaqviqni Ottawa-mi. and forwards them to NS. NS students, along with other youth groups in Makpiraqaqviat uvalu Tutquqtuaqaqviat Kanatami pihimayakaktut ima 50,000- Nunavut, work with Elders to identify nik piksanik pikaliurtauhimayunik humilikak Ukkiuktaktumi taimmaniraluq 20-tiit the people in those photos. In addition ukkiut attulihaktitlugit. Ammihuyut hapkua, Inuit piksaliuktauhimayut attiktauhi - to collecting information for the mangitut. Archives, the project gives youth and Tatvani 2001-mi, Havariyauyuk Attiktuinik aularutauhimayut ikkayutauvluhi Elders a reason to spend time together hapkuninga kihinguktauhimayunik. Aipparutuagangat, Una Tutquqtuaqaqviat so they can learn about family and com - ajjikuhiukpagait hapkua piksat tuyukparhugit hapkununga NS-kunut. Ukkua NS- munity histories. kuni illihaktut, pikatigivlugit allaat innulgamiit katimayiit nanilikak Nunavumi, Project naming is funded by the Gov - havakatigivagait Innikniriit naunaiyagahuarhugit kiitungmangata hapkua inuit ernment of Nunavut’s Dept. of Culture, piksaliuktauhimayut. Ilaliutivlugit hapkua katirhuqtauyut tuhagarhat tatvani Languages, Elders and Youth. Tutquqtuaqaqviqmi, hamna havaak pitjutauvaktuk tamaitnin innulgamiitnin uvalu Library and Archives Canada has a Inniknirniit hulilukarutigivlugit taimatut illiiturhuitjutigivlugit illaruhikmingnik website devoted to Project Naming uvalu nunaliit illiitquhituqaitniq. where photos also can be identified on- Una Havariyauyuq Attiktuinik akkiliktuqtaat ukkua Nunavut Kavamatkut line: http://www.collectionscanada.gc. Havakviata Illiitquhilikiyiit, Uqqauhilikiyiit, Inniknirniit uvalu Innulgamiit. ca/inuit/index-e.html. Makpiraqaqviat uvalu Tutquqtuaqaqviat Kanatami tiitiraqviqaqtut karitauyami ikkayutauyuq haffuminga Havariyauyimik Attiktuinik taimatutauk hapkua piksat illiitariyaulaakmiyut karitauyakut: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/inuit/ index-e.html.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᐸᐸᑦᓯᕕᖕᒥ. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᒨᕆ ᐊᓐᒐᔅ Nunavut Sivuniksavut students worked on identifying Inuit in photographs at the National Archives. - By Murray Angus Nunavut Sivuniksavut-mi ilihaktut havaktut naunaiyaivlutik Inuknik piksaliuqtauhimayuniq tatvaniitunik Kanatami Tuutqumaviatni. - Tiitiraqhimaya Murray Angus

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 51 ᓱᓕᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᑲᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᒋᑦ Fast facts about ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ Nunavut • ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᒪᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 1985-ᒥ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᙱᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. Sivuniksavut • ᐃᓕᖓᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᑐᖃᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ • Founded in 1985 by the Tungavik Federation ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᓂᑦ. of Nunavut. • ᒫᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᖓᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ-ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓗᔾᔨᓂᕐᒥᑦ • Initially designed to train land claim field workers. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓐᓇᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ • Now an Inuit-focused academic and ᐃᓅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ. independent living program. • ᐃᓕᖓᔪᖅ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ. • Located in Ottawa. • ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᖏᓐᓂᒃ • All courses accredited through Algonquin College, ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᐅᒑᓐᑲᓐ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃ, ᐋᑐᕚᒥ. Ottawa. • 50-65 ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 22 ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ • 50-65 applicants per year for the 22 first year ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃᓗ. positions available. • ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ 80-ᐳᓴᓐ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖏᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᑦ. • More than 80 per cent completion rate. • ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓪᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ • Program incorporated with its own Board of ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᑦ 1999-ᒥᑦ. Directors in 1999. • ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ 330 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᑦ 1985ᒥᑦ. • Over 330 graduates since 1985. • ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᓯᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᓕᖅᑐᑦ • Majority of grads now employed in Nunavut or ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᔪᐊᒥᒃ pursuing further post-secondary education. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ. • Second year initiated in 2003 for those students • ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 2003-ᒥ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ wanting more preparation for university ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓱᓕ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ and college. ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕕᓄᑦ. First year courses include: ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ: • Inuit History. • ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᙱᓐᓂᒃ. • Land Claims. • ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. • Contemporary Issues. • ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᐅᔪᓄᓪᓗ. • Inuit-Government Relations.

ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᕐᓄᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖅ Photo Contest Piksaliugagut Akimanahuarutikhak

ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᕆᔭᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖁᓇᔭᖅᐱᐅᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃ Do you want the opportunity to have one of your Piksaliugarnik takuyumaviit Nuna vut Tunngaviup ᑎᒥᖓᑕ ᓴᖅᑭᖅᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ photographs appear in Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.’s makpigaliugainnii qaritauyakkuurvianiluuniit? ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᔾᔪ ᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ? ᓂᕈᐊᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᖅ publications and on our website? A winning Akimaniaqtuq atauhiq piksaliugak tatqiqhiut ᐊᔾᔨᒥᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴ ᑎᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑕ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᕆᔭᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕ- photo will be chosen each month. If your photo is tamaat. Piksaliugat piyaukpat akimaluni Piksaliu - ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑉᐸᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᑦᓯᐊᓛᖑᓂᖅᐹᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕈᑎᒋᓗᒍ, chosen as Photo of the Year, you will receive a gak Ukiumi, akimaniaqtutit $1,000-mik maning - $1,000 cash award. Pictures of Nunavut land - mik. Piksat Nunavut nunaanik, nunalingnik, ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᒋᓇᓱᐊᖅᑕᑎᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ: ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᕐᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓇᔭᖅᐳᑎᑦ $1,000-ᓂᒃ. ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᔾᔪᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓂᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᕆᔭᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖏᑦ, ᓄᓇᓖᑦ, ᐆᒪᔪᑦ scapes, communities, wildlife and people will be umayunik inungniglu ihumaigyauniaqtut. Una Entries should be sent to: considered. This contest is open to Beneficiaries of akimanahuarut angmaumayuq Nunataqatauhi - Website Photo Contest ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᑕ ᐅᖃᑕ ᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ Piksautitit aulaqtitlugit uvunga: ᐱᓕᐅᑎᓂᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᖅ ᐊᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᔪᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. See NTI’s mayunut Nunavut Nunatarutaani. Takulugu NTI- Qaritauyakkut Piksaliugagut ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓂ. ᑕᑯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᑕᑦ website for complete contest details. aip qaritauyakkuurvia akimanahuagamut Akimanahuarut maliganik. 1-888-646-0006 ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᔾᔪᑎᖓᓂ ᒪᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭ- [email protected] ᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖃᑕᐅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂ ᐊᕐᓂ ᕈᕕᑦ ᐅᕙᓃᑦᑐᖅ. www.tunngavik.com

52 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA • ᐃᓄᐃᑦ-ᒐᕙᒪᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᔪᑦ. Illihimatjutirhat • ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ. • ᑲᑉᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ. illiitkuhiriyaitnik • ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ukkua Nunavut ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ: • ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᙱᕈᑏᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᑦ. Sivuniksavut • ᒐᕙᒪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ (ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᒥ.). • Aulaqtirhimayaat tatvani 1985-mi ukkua • ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ (ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᒥ.) Tungavik Federation Nunavumi. • ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ. • Ihumarhutauhimayuq ilihautigitkuvlugu • ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ. hapkuninga nunataryutirhatigut havaktunik. • ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ (ᑳᕐᕈᑕᓐ • Tatja ima Inuit-nun ihumagiyauvluni ilihakpaliqviu - ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᖓᓂ.). liktuq uvalu inmikut munarivlutiq inuuralitpaktut. • ᑭᒃᑰᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑲᑉᔨᐊᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᙱᓐᓂᒃ • Nayugariyat tatvani Ottawa-mi. (ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ). • Tamaita hapkua illihautit inniktikjutiqaqtut • ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᒍᑎᒃ (ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ tatvunga Algonquin College, Ottawa. ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᔪᐊᕐᒥ).  • 50-65-nik turhiqviuqataqtut aipagukangat tatva 22-nik hivulikpamik ukkiumi ilihakpaliutirhaitnik hatkiumakpata. • Ammigaiknirhauyit naunaipkutait immatut • Inuktitut. 80-%-mik innirhiqatatut. • English. • Illihakvik una Timingurhimayuq illikut Katimayi - • Computers. ikalirhuni tatvani 1999-mi. • Aavatkuhimaliktut ima 330-kuyut innirhihimaliktut Second year courses include: tatvanganin 1985-mi. • NLCA Implementation. • Amigaitkiyauyut hapkua innirhihimayut tatja • Political Science (Ottawa U.). havakaliktut nani Nunavumi uvalunin uukturhi - • English (Ottawa U.). maktut ilihakpalirauqhutiq. • Independent Research. • Aipanik ukkiumi illihaknik aularutauhimayut • Inuktitut. tatvani 2003-mi ihumagivlugit hapkua ilihaktut • Nunavut Public Administration (Carleton U.). parnaiyakpaliayumayut hapkununga ilihakpali u - • Introduction to Circumpolar Peoples (University tirhanik. of the Arctic). • Optional Course (College or University).  Hivulikmi ukkiumi ilihautait hapkua ilaliutihimayut: • Inuit Illiitquhituqaitniq. • Nunatarutiniq. • Ublumi Pivaliatjutinik. • Inuit-Kavamatkut Pikatigiitiaqniq. • Inuktitut. • Kaplunnatut. • Qaritauyaniq.

Tuqliani ukkiumi ilihautait hapkua ilaliutihimayut: • Nunavut Nunatakutaitnik Angikutaitnik (NLCA) Ihuarhautait. • Kavamaliqitjutiniq Illiiturhuitjutit (Ottawa-mi Ilihakpalikviatni.).

• Kablunatut (Ottawa-mi Ilihakpalikviatni.). ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓᑕ ᑐᒡᓕᐊ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᕋᐃᒪᓐ ᓂᖏᐅᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᑉ • Illikut Illiiturhuitjutit. ᑐᒡᓕᐊ ᔭᐃᒥᓯ ᐃᑦᑐᓗᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᖃᑦᑕᑎᑦᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᐱᓰᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓵ ᐋᕐᓗᒃᑐᕐᒥᒃ. • Inuktitut. Nunavut Tunngavik Vice-President of Finance Raymond Ningeocheak and 1st Vice-President James • Nunavumi Kavamalikinikut Havagiyaitnik Eetoolook participated in the annual Year-in-Review call in show with CBC radio host Kowisa (Carleton-mi Ilihakpalikviatni.). Arlooktoo. • Hivunirhitjutait Ukkiuktaktukmiutatnik Inuknik Nunavut Tunngavik Timingata Tuglia Angayuqap Manilikiyiit Raymond Ningeocheak uvalu una Hivulik (Ilihakpalikviatni Ukkiuktaktukmiut). Tuglia Angayuqap James Eetoolook pikatauyuq tatvani aipagurangat Ukkiumi – attuqtumi - ihivgiurhiyuni hivayautiqut ukkarhutik pikatigivlugu una CBC-kuni Ukkatiuyuq Kowisa Arlooktoo. • Ihumarhuqlutiq Ilihainagialgit (Naliakni Ilihakpalikvikmi). 

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 53 ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᐅᓂᖅ Ambassadors ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ to the world

For many years, Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS) students have raised extra ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂ - money to go on a trip at the end of the school year. The purpose of ᐊᖅᑎᙱᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᖄᖓᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ these trips has been to share the Nunavut story with people elsewhere ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᙱᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ in the world, especially with Indigenous Peoples who have been strug - ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒧᑦ. ᑐᑭᐊ ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒪ gling with many of the same issues that Inuit have dealt with. ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᖄᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ Over the years, students have met with Sami in Sweden, Inuit in ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ Greenland, Inupiat in Alaska, Arawak in Guyana, Indians in the Amazon ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑲᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ region of Peru, Brebre in Costa Rica, Ainu in Japan, Maori in New ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᐊᓛᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓴᐃᓐᓇᙱᑦᑎᑐᑦ Zealand, and Aborigine and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia, and the San of South Africa. They have visited with Nuu-chal-nuth in B.C., and ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᙱᓐᓄᑦ. Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia. They have also travelled to London, England, ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᓈᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᖅᓯ - and Brussels, as part of delegations trying to educate Europeans about ᒪᕗᑦ ᓵᒥᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᕙᓂ ᓱᕖᑕᓐᒥ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ the realities of the North. ᐊᑭᐊᓂ, ᐃᓄᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐ ᐃᓄᑉᐱᐊᓂᑦ The encounters that students have had are remarkable, and the ᐊᓛᔅᑲᒥ, ᐊᕌᕚᒃ, ᒍᔮᓐᓇ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐ ᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐ, impressions they've left behind will have long-lasting benefits.  ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐋᒪᔮᓐ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐅᖅᑰᓇᖅᑐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐳᕉᒥ, Brebre ᑳᔅᑕᕇᑲᒥ, ᐊᐃᓄ ᔮᐸᓃᓯᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ, ᒧᐊᕆ ᐃᓄᙱᓐᓂᒃ ᓅᔩᓚᓐ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑲᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑑᐊᕆ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᙱᓐᓂᒥᐅᑕ ᐊᔅᑑᕆᐊᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓵᓐ ᐊᕕᑲᒥ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᐳᓛᖅᓯᒪᔭᕗᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᓅᓴᓐᓄᔅ ᐲᓰ-ᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᒃᒫᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᓄᕙᔅᑰᓴᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᐃᙱᕐᕋᓯᒪᖕᒥᔪᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓄᑦ ᓚᓐᑕ ᐃᙵᓚᒧᑦ ᑯᐃᓐ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Brussels (ᐳᕋᓱᔅ), ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒥᓲᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱ ᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓱᓕᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ. ᑕᒃᑯᓯᒪᔭᙱᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐅᐱᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪ ᕆᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐱᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓯᒪᓂᙱᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᙱᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᒪᖏᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. 

54 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA Kivgaktuiyiuyut Hilakjuami

Amihunguqtut ukkiut, Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS-kuni) ilihaktut maniliuqpaqtut aulaqutirhamingniq sikukutiitik ukkiunga innirhimalikat. Hapkua pitjutauyut aulaquti- riqataktait avvariyumavlugit hapkua Nunavumiut unip - kangit humilikak hilakjuami, ihumagiluarhugit hapkua Nunakakakhimayut Inuit humilikak ayurhautikakpaktut ajikutaitnik ayurhautaitniq Inuit qanganguqtuq. Ukkiut kangirhimaliqtuni, hapkua iliharhimayut kati qa- tigihimaliktait Sami tatvani Sweden-mi, Inuit tatvani Akkukitumi, Inupiat tatvani Alaska-mi, Arawak tatvani Guyana-mi, Itqiliit tatvani Amazon avikurhimayuni uma Peru, Brebre tatvani Costa Rica-mi, Ainu tatvani Japan-mi, Maori tatvani New Zealand-mi, uvalu Aborigine uvalu Torres Strait Qikiktakmiutat tatvani Australia-mi, uvalu ukkua San tatvani South Africa-mi. Pularhimangmiyut hapkuninga Nuu-chal-nuth tatvani B.C.-mi, uvalu ukkua Mi'kmaq-kut tatvani Nova Scotia-mi. Aularhimangmiyut tariup akkianut London-mut, England-mut, uvalu Brus sels- mut, pikatauhimavlutik katimayakturhimayunut ilihati - tarhugit hapkua tariup akkianirmiutat kaplunnat qanuq illiitquhiqaqmangmangata Ukkiuktaktumi. Hapkua atturhimaliktait ukkua iliharhimayut piyunirha - uyut, uvalu takupkaihimayait qimarhimayait qaquguraluq hivunirhami ikkayutauvakniaktut. 

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 55 ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᐊᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᙱᕈᑎᑯᓐᓂ

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᔪᑦ

ᐅᐱᕐᖔᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕈᒪᕖᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ? ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᕖᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓇᔪᖅᐸᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ?

ᐊᖏᕈᕕᑦ, ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕆᐊᓪᓚᒋᑦ.

ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖ - ᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓇᔪᒐᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑕᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ 2008-ᒥ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃ ᔭᖅᑎ- ᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓂ ᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᑲᑎᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᓂ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᒍᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᔪᒐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐊᒻᒪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃ ᔭᖅᑎ - ᑖᖑᔪᓐᓇᕐᒥᔪᑎᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒡᕕᖓᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᖅ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆ - ᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂ. 

ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᕈᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᒪᒍᕕᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᒍᒃ: ᕼᐃᐊᑐᕐ ᒪᐃᓐ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᖓ: (867) 975-4748 [email protected] • www.tunngavik.com

56 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA Havarhavaluit qaivaliayut ᕚᓪ ᐊᒪᕈᐊᓕᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᑐᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᖑᓚᐅᑐᖅ. - ᐱᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ tatvangat IIBA-gitnit Val Amarualik worked for Environment Canada last summer. - Courtesy of Environment Canada Inuit maniqami naunaiyaivlutik ikkayuktiit uvalu Inuit Val Amarualik havarhimayuq tatvani Avatilikiyiit Kanatami aipanganninguqtuq auyami. sikurhimaktut ilihakpalikutirhait - Tunnihimayaat ukkua Avatilikiyiit Kanatami Piyumagaluakit auyami havakaklutiit naunaiyaikataulutiit angutirhanik uvalu angutirha- kakniitnik iluani Nunavumi? Sikurhimaaktitlutiit piyumagaluakiit havagiyarhaknik Angu hikiyiuyuni naunaiyaikataulutik?

Kiuhimaguvit angirhimavlutiit, takki taiguarhimagit.

Tatani haffuma Inuit Qanurilinganirhagut uvalu Ikkayuhiagutirhaitigut Angikutani hap - kua Kanatami Angutirhakakniita Nunani uvalu Tikkikataktut Tingmiat Munnariviitni attiliuqtauhimayuq tatvani 2008-mi, Inuit havagiyarhait hatkumikniaktut maniqami naunaiyaikataulutik ikkayuktirhat naatlugit ima 8-nik pingiakninik auyami kaiyumi. Hamna uuktuutitiavauyuk havakakluni hilami, takuhimangitaknik kitunik takukatakluni, uvalu illiitpaliutigilugu hamna angutirhatigut uvalu angu tirhaqaqniuyuniq iluani Nunavumi. Tatvatauq huli havaktitauyungnakmiyutit ukkua Avatilikiyiuyut Kanatami havakviatni hitamanik tatqiriutiniq auyami. Hapkua ilihautirhat hatkumiktitaungiaktut tatvangat Avatilikiyiit-kunin Kanatami ikkayuktigilugit ukkua Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat uvalu hapkua Avikturhimayuni Inuit Katuyikatigit-kut. 

Tuhakpaligumaguviit uvalu uktugumaguvit, hivayainagialik una: Heather Main Avatilikiyiit Kanatami Hivayauta: (867) 975-4748 • [email protected]• www.tunngavik.com

Jobs flow from IIBA Inuit field research assistants and Inuit student mentorship programs

Would you like to have a summer job researching wildlife and wildlife habitat in Nunavut? Are you interested in a career in wildlife or habitat biology?

If the answer is yes, keep reading.

Under the Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreement for National Wildlife Areas and Mi - gratory Bird Sanctuaries signed in 2008, Inuit will be hired to work in the field as research assistants for up to eight weeks this coming summer. This is a great oppor - tunity to work outdoors, meet new people, and learn more about wildlife and habitat science in Nunavut. If you are a student, you could also be hired to work in an Envi - ronment Canada office for four months during the summer. The programs are being offered by Environment Canada in partnership with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the Regional Inuit Associations. 

For more information and to apply, contact: Heather Main Environment Canada Tel: (867) 975-4748 • [email protected] • www.tunngavik.com

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 57 ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᑐᐃᓛᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ ᑕᒫᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ. - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᔮᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ The First Nations Bank of Canada will open in Iqaluit this year. - By Johnny Issaluk Una Itqiliit Maniqaqviat Kanatami angmakniaktuk tatvani Iqaluitni tatvani ukkiumi nutami. - Tiitiraqhimaya Johnny Issaluk

ᓄᓇᖃᖄᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐃᓂᐊᑐᑦ Nunaqaqqaaqhimayut ᐊᕐᕋᒍᒐᓴᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑐᓂ, ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕆᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᒃᑖᕈᓇᕐᒪᖓᑕ Kiinauyaqaqviat Kanatami ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ First Nations Iqalungnungauyuq Bank of Canada−ᑯᓐᓂᒃ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑮᑦ ᒪᕐᑎᐊᓪ, ᐃᒃᓯᕙ- Kiinauyaqaqvik amihunik ikayuutighalik angmarahuaq ᐅ ᑕᖓᑦ, ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖓ ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᓂ Aippaanganiani, Atuqtuarvik Kuapuriissakut qiniqhialiqtut qanuq ihuaqhaivalli - ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖕᒥ, ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᓐ ᓈᒻᒪᓈᕐᔪ ᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ayumaplutik kiinauyaliqiniqmik Inungnut Nunavunmi. Ihivriuqhitillugit tunmiqqa- “ᑕᑯᓇᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓯᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ miiliqtut Nunaqaqqaaqhimayut Kiinauyaqaqviat Kanatami (FNBC). Uqauhiagut ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ, ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ Keith Martell, Ighivautalik Atannguyauplunilu FNBC-kunnut, katimahimagamik ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᓲᖑᖕᒪᖔᑕ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᕐᑎᐊᓪ. “ᖃᐅᒋᐊᑎ- nakurutauqpiaqtuq. ᐊᓚᐅᕋᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ, ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋ - “Qiniqhiavaktut qanuq ikayuqpallianiaqtut utiqhutiklu imaa kiuhimayut”, Martel ᓲᕆᔭᕗᓪᓗ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᓱᑎᒃ.” uqaqhimayuq. “Ihariagiyait ihumagiplugit taimaattauq ikayuutivullu iklugiittiaqtut.” ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᔭᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᖓᑕ ᑕᓂᔅ Taimaattauq Dennis Lyall uqauhiqaqpaktuq. Lyall tuklianik ighivautaliuyuq ᓚᐃᔪᓪ. ᓚᐃᔪᓪ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᒧᑦ ᑐᒡᓕᕆᔭᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄ Katimayiinut Atuqtuarvik Kuapuriisanut. ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᒃᑯᑦ. “Atuqtuarvik Kuapuriissakut ilitaqhihimayut kiinauyaqaqviilliuqniqmik ikayuuta- “ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕆᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ uyughat tutquqtiriniqmut atuqtittiniqmullu Nunavunmi. Kiinauyaghaqhiuqniqmut ᐱᑕᖃᖏᓐᓂᓐᖏᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕖᑦ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕ- hanavalliagumik, ihuaqtunik kiinauyaqaqviilliuqtugut nakurutauyughaq nunallaani ᕆᕕᓪᓚᕇᓪᓗ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ kiinauyaliuqniqmut,” Lyall uqaqhimayuq. Katimaqattaqhutik taapkua FNBC-kut Atuqtuarviklu, talvanngat Atuqtuarvik ᑐᖁᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ aippauliqhuni anginiqhaq Nunaqaqqaaqhimayunut ilagiiktunik FNBC-mi. Una, ᐊᖏᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕ- hamanngat, hanayauyuq 7-nguyuq FNBC-mit kiinauyaqaqvik, angmaqtughauyuq ᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃ, ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖃᑦᑎ - ukiuq Iqalungni. ᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ “Atuqtuarvik Kuapuriissakut ikayuqtigiinnguqhuni FNBC-kunnut niuviqhutik ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ, ᐊᔪᖅᓴᕈᓐᓃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ,” avvanik kiinauyaqaqvingmit. Uvuuna niuviqhutik nakurutauyuq kiinauyaqtaqvili - ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓚᐃᔪᓪ. uqnikkut Nunavunmi. Hapkua ikayuutit Inungnik Nunavunmiuniklu tamangnik, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖄᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯ - ihuaqutauniaqtut kiinauyaqtaqvingnut,” uqaqhimayuq Lyall. ᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᕕᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᓱᓕ ᑲᔪᓯᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, Martell uqaqhimayuq taimaa kiinauyaqaqvik amihunik ikayuutiqaqniaq in - ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᒡᓕᖅᐸᕆᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᓂ ungnut nanminiqaqtunullu Inuinnaqnut Inuinnaunngittunullu, qakugulu ikayuqtu - ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖃᑕᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᑦ ilutik ahini nunallaani Nunavunmi. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓᓐᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓇ, ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ,

58 N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA “Tamangnik ikayuutainik kiinauyaqaqviit pihimanahuat”, uqaqtuq First Nations Martell. “Tautukpaktavut kiinauyaliuquhiat Nunaqaqqaaqhimayut nunallaani Kanatami. Ihumagilluaqpaktavut Nunaqaqqaaqhimayut nunallaangit ahiit kiinauyaqaqviit ikayurahuayuitait, ikayuttiayuitaillu. Bank of Canada Ihumagiyaqqut Nunavut kiinauyaqhiuqviupluni” uqaqhimayuq. Atuqtuarvik Kuapuriissakut aullaqtitauhimayuq Nunavut Tunngav - comes to Iqaluit itkunnit (NTI) taapkuninngalu Nunavunmi Tutquumaviat 2000-mi Branch to provide full commercial Inuit ilauquplugit kiinauyaghaqhiuqnikkut. Kuapuriissakut atuqtitti - and personal services vaktut kiinauyanik niuviqtittiniqmiklu Inuit-nanminiriyainiklu aullaqtittiniqmik, niuviqnikkut aklivaalliqnikkullu. A few years ago, Atuqtuarvik Corporation started to FNBC-kut Kanatamiutat kiinauyaqaqviuyut ihumagiyaqaqtut look at ways to improve banking services for Inuit in ikayuqtuiniqmik Nunaqaqqaaqhimayunut Kanatami. FNBC-kut Nunavut. Their investigation led them to the doorstep aullaqtitauhimayuq 1996-mi Saskatchewan-mi Nunaqaqqaaqhima- of the First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC). According yunit Nunaqaqqaaqhimayunut inmikkullu ihumagiyauvaktuq hivumu- to Keith Martell, the chair and chief executive officer of uqpallianiqmut Nunaqaqqaaqhimayut kiinauyaghaqhiurutighainut.  FNBC, the meeting has proven to be an excellent match. “They were looking at how to enhance the services being offered and they came to ask us how we did it,” said Martell. “We determined their needs and our equity investments to Inuit-owned businesses for the purpose of busi - services were a good match.” ness start-ups, acquisitions and expansions. That’s a sentiment Dennis Lyall echoes. Lyall is the FNBC is a Canadian chartered bank primarily focused on providing vice-chair of the Board of Directors for Atuqtuarvik financial services to the Aboriginal marketplace in Canada. FNBC was Corporation. founded in 1996 in Saskatchewan by Aboriginal People for Aboriginal “Atuqtuarvik Corporation recognized that there was People and regards itself as an important step toward Aboriginal a lack of community banking and financial systems that economic self-sufficiency.  would encourage savings and facilitate the distribution of lending capital throughout Nunavut. If economic development is to occur, we need viable community banking systems to support community economic ᓴᓇᔭᐅ ᓂᖓᓂᒃ 7−ᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯ ᕕᖕᓂᒃ, ᒪᑐᐃᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥ development and wealth generation,” said Lyall. ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. Discussions between FNBC and Atuqtuarvik contin - “ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᓐ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕ ᐅᖅᑎ ᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᑖᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ued, eventually leading to Atuqtuarvik to become the second largest Aboriginal shareholder in FNBC. This, in ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖕᓂ, ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅ ᔭᒃᑯᕕᖕᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ turn, led to the construction of the seventh FNBC ᐊᑭᓖᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅ ᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᕿᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖕᓂᒃ branch, scheduled to open this winter in Iqaluit. ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑏᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ “Atuqtuarvik Corporation became a significant strate - ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᓪᓗ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ, ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᓂᒃ gic partner in FNBC through its purchase of shares in the ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᓂᒡᓗ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓚᐃᔪᓪ. bank. This investment was important in creating viable ᒪᕐᑎᐊᓪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓕᒪᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ banking services in Nunavut. These services will provide ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᓗᓇᓄᓪᓗ, ᓂᕆᐅᒃᓱᑎᒡᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ Inuit and Nunavummiut in general, with increased ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᕈᒫᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. access to financial services and programs,” said Lyall. “ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖕᓂᒃ Martell said the bank will offer the full range of per - ᐱᑕᖃᓲᓂᒃ,” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᕐᑎᐊᓪ. “ᐃᒃᐱᒋᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᕋᔪᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖏᑦ sonal and commercial banking services to Inuit and ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᐅᑕᐅᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᒃᑐᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ non-Inuit, and hopes to eventually offer these services to ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕖᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᓐᖏᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. other communities in Nunavut. ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᕿᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᒐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ “It will have everything a full service chartered bank ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐸᐸᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ 2000−ᒥ, ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᕈᑎᒋᓗᓂᒋᑦ offers,” explained Martell. “We focus on the niche mar - ket of Aboriginal communities across Canada. We tend to ᐊᖏᔪᑎᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᕕᒃᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ. ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᔪᑦ, ᓇᓕᒧᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒡᓗ focus on Aboriginal communities that other banks don’t ᐊᑭᓖᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ understand the opportunity of serving, or don’t service ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑎᒍᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ. sufficiently. We think Nunavut is that market,” he said. ᓄᓇᖃᖄᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᖃᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ Atuqtuarvik Corporation was established by Nunavut ᑕᐅᑐᒐᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᑎᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᒧᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) and the Nunavut Trust in 2000 to ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖄᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓴᕿᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ 1996−ᒥ, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐᒥ, help ensure direct Inuit participation in major economic ᓄᓇᖃᖄᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᖃᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒡᓗ ᑕᐅᑐᒐᖃᖅᓱᑎᒃ opportunities. The corporation provides loans and ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᒋᐊᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖄᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᑭᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. 

N•o 6Wb | NA NII LIQPITA 59 ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᕕᒃᓴᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐋᖅᑮᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖄᓚᕕᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᒃᓴᖃᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖄᓚᕕᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱ ᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕋᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᐃᓕᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᑐᖅ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᑐᒦᑦᑐᓄᑦ. ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒻᒪᑕ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕ ᐅᒻᒪ ᕆᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᔾᔪᐊᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᒃᐸᑕ ᐅᓄᖅᓯᕚᓪᓕᕈᓐᓇᕆᐊᖏᑦ. ᐹᓪ ᐃᕐᖓᐅᑦ ᐊᐅᒪᑦᓯᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲᒥᐅᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᒐᓱᐊᖅᑕᖓ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᖁᔨᓯᒪᒐᓂ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂ . - ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᔮᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᖃᑦᑕᖁᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᒋᔭᓯ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ Paul Irngaut runs the polar bear hotline for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᖄᓚᔪᑦ - By Johnny Issaluk Paul Irngaut aulapkaiyuq uminga nanuit mirhagut ukkautaitniq ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂᒃ, ᓯᑰᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓ havakvigivlugit ukkua Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat. ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓯᒪᓂᖓ ᓇᓄᕐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐊᕋᓱᒋᒻᒪᖔᖅᐱᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ. - Tiitiraqhimaya Johnny Issaluk ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑐᓴᕆᐊᕈᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᓂᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᑐᓄᑦ ᒫᔾᔨ, 2010-ᒥ. 

• Polar bear ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ: 1-877-975-4901 ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ: (867) 979-4101 hotline NTI wants to hear from you Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) set up a Nannutigut toll-free hotline to give Nunavummiut the opportunity to voice concerns about polar bears. akkitut hivayaqvirhait The decision to start the hotline was NTI-kut illiffinit tuhagumayut made in reaction to the United States’ Nunavut Tunngavik Timingat (NTI-kut) ihuarhitihimaliktut haffuminga akkitumik attempt to have all trade on polar bear hivayaqvirhanik tunirhiyumavlutik Nunavummiutnik ukkalaqvirhaitnik ihuma - products banned worldwide under the lutigiyamingnik nanuit mirhagut. Convention on International Trade on Hamna ihumaliurutauhimayuq aularutiyumavlutik haffiminga akkitunik hiva - Endangered Species (CITES). Americans yaqvirhanik halariyumalugit hapkua Amialikani nunait (United States-ni)’ believe polar bears will be adversely nutqaqtitumayait tamaita nanuit niuvgutauqataqtut humilikak hilakjuami atu - affected by climate change and believe gahuarhugu hamna Maligakjuak Hilakjuami Niuviknikut Nunguliktugiyauyunik the CITES ban will help the population. Angutirhanik (CITES). Hapkua Amialikat ukpiumayut nannuit-guq naklirhakniaktut The American initiative does not call for hila alangukpalian’nginaktitlugu uvalu ukpirhimavlutik hamna Maligakjuak Hi - any change to the problems that con - lakjuami Niuvi knikut Nunguliktugiyauyunik Angutirhanik (CITES) attuqumiqqu tribute to climate change, however. ikkayutauniaktuk ammiraiqpalirutauluni nannuitnik. Hapkua Amialikat Nunavummiut are asked to call the toll-free number and express concerns arhugutigiyat pitjutaun’ngitpiaktuk alangutirhanik haffuma ayurhautauyup hillap about polar bears in Inuktitut and Eng - alanguqpaliatjutanut, kihiani. lish to NTI wildlife officials. Callers will Nunavummiut turhiutauyut hivayaquyauvlutiq haffuminga akkitumik hivayau - then be asked a series of four questions timik uvalu ukkautigilugit hapkua ihumalutigiyarhi nannuit mirhagut naliaknik concerning climate change, sea ice con - uqqauhiuyuniq Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun uvalunin Kaplunnatut uqaqatigilugit ditions and the effect on polar bears, NTI-kut annguhikiyiitnun. Hapkua hivayarhimayut appiriyauniaktut hitamanik and your predictions on the future of appiqutauniaktunik ihumalutauyuniq hillap alanguqpalianninganut, tariumi the polar bear. hikuqaqninganiq uvalu qanuq ayurhautigilikatjuk hapkua nannuit, uvalu qanuq NTI plans to use the information ihumavigit nannuit hivunirhaginiaktaptingni. gathered to present at a CITES confer - NTI-kut parnaiyautiginiaktait hapkua unnipkariyauyut katirutauhimayut ence planned for March, 2010.  hatqiqlugit tatvani Maligakjuak Hilakjuami Niuviknikut Nunguliktugiyauyunik Angutirhanik CITES-ni katimakjualikata katimaniarhimangmata Masi, 2010.  Toll-free: 1-877-975-4901 Local: (867) 979-4101 Akkituq-Hivayautat: 1-877-975-4901 • Nunaliit: (867) 979-4101

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ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Kitikmeot Inuit Association Kitikmeot Inuit Katuyikatigit ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊ 18, ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0B 0C0 P.O. Box 18 Cambridge Bay, NU X0B 0C0 Titiraqviat Box 18 Ikaluktutiak, NU X0B 0C0 ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: (867)-983-2458 ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒃᑰᕈᑖ: (867)-983-2701 Tel.: (867) 983-2458 Fax: (867) 983-2701 Hivayautat: (867) 983-2458 Kayumiktukut: (867) 983-2701 ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ www.kitia.ca Website: www.kitia.ca Karitauyakut: www.kitia.ca ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Kivalliq Inuit Association Kivalliq Inuit Katuyikatigit ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊ 340, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0C 0G0 P.O. Box 340 Rankin Inlet, NU X0C 0G0 Titiraqviat Box 340 Kanirhiniq, NU X0C 0G0 ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: (867)-645-2800 ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒃᑰᕈᑖ: (867)-645-2348 Tel.: (867) 645-2800 Fax: (867) 645-2348 Hivayautat: (867) 645-2800 Kayumiktukut: (867) 645-2348 ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ: www.kivalliqinuit.ca Website: www.kivalliqinuit.ca Karitauyakut: www.kivalliqinuit.ca ᕿᑭᒃᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ Qikiqtani Inuit Association Qikiqtani Inuit Katuyikatigit ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊ 1340, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0H0 ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: (867)-975-8400 ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒃᑰᕈᑖ: (867)-979-3238 P.O. Box 1340 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Titiraqviat Box 1340 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 ᐊᑭᖃᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ: 800-667-2742 Tel.: (867) 975-8400 Fax: (867) 979-3238 Hivayautat: (867) 975-8400 Kayumiktukut: (867) 979-3238 ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ: www.qia.ca Toll-free: 800-667-2742 Website: www.qia.ca Akkitukut: 800-667-2742 Karitauyakut: www.qia.ca ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐹᓪ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᖃᑦᑕᑎᑦᓯᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓰᐱᓰᒃᑯᑦ ᓈᓚᐅᑎᖓᑎᒍᑦ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ, 2009-ᒥ. Nunavut Tunngavik President Paul Kaludjak participated in the annual Year in Review call-in program with CBC Radio in Dec ember , 2009. Nunavut Tunngavik-kut Angayuqangat Paul Kaludjak pikatauhimayuq > tatvani aippagurangat Ukkiumi attuqtumi Ihivgiurhiyuniq hivayaktunik kiuqataqtitlugit tatvani CBC-kut Nalautani uvani Disaipa 2009-mi.