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Box 638 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Akkitukut Hivayautaat: 1-888-646-0006 Tel: (867) 975-4900 Qaritauyakut: Toll-free:1-888-646-0006 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 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 | COVER | QANGA MAKPIGAQ ᖄᖓᓂ 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 Resolute Bay. 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 Canada 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