ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖓᔪᕐᒥ ᐅᕕᓂᕈᕐᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ 2013–ᒥ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᐅᕙᓂ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖅᑐᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ Three Inuit authors share their stories in Qinuisaarniq Volume 75 Issue 22 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 $.95 (plus GST) Honouring their memories Orange Shirt Day was established in 2013 to raise awareness of the experiences of residential school survivors, in this special edition Nunavut News examines the ongoing impacts Remembering on a path to reconciliation photo courtesy of Piita Irniq Inuit residential students sit in a classroom at Joseph Bernier Federal Day School in Chesterfield Inlet in 1963. From left to right at the front are Marie Uviluk, artist Celina Iyyiraq and artist Germaine Arnayaoyok. Piita Irniq sits on the right, in the third row from the front, with his hand on his face. MLAs and MP want Advocating for Kinngait boy's injuries Orange Shirt Day a historic site in disputed by mom, RCMP recognized as holiday Chesterfield Inlet Publication mail Contract #40012157 "A lot of us who went to residential school experienced a lot of negativity, but that hasn't deterred us." 7 71605 00200 2 – Aggu MLA Paul Quassa speaks to the resiliency of residential school survivors who now balance both worlds, page 3. 2 nunavutnews.com, Monday, September 28, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, y2bWE 28, 2020 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, y2bWE 28, 2020 nunavutnews.com, Monday, September 28, 2020 3 Did we get it wrong? feature news êΩËîΩÇéíÇÀîᓄ á·∆¿ÖÀî Nunavut News is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mistakes and run corrections. If you spot an error in Nunavut News/North, call (867) 979- Measuring the toll 5990 and ask to speak to an editor, or email editor- [email protected]. We'll get a correction or clarification in as soon as we can. NEWS from residential schools Briefs Impacts linger, government duty a point of contention, perseverance of survivors admired ᑎᐊᕆ ᐅᔭᕋᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᓄᑖᒥ by Derek Neary ᑐᓴᕐᓈᒐᒃᓴᒥ, ᐊᓄᕆ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᕇᑦᒥ Northern News Services ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐊᒥᐊᕆᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᙳᐊᒥᒃ ᑭᐳᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ, ᐃᒡᓗ ᓕ ᒃ Nunavut ᑕᐃᔭᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ Frobisher Bay–ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ, ᒪᐃ 1958–ᒥ. ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᑉ ᑎᐊᕆ ᐅᔭᕋᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ "Immeasurable." ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒐᒃᓴᖃᕈᕕᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᖑᔪᕕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔪᒪᔭᕐᓂᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᑐᓴᕐᓈᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ That's how Nunavut member of Parliament ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᒃᑭᑦ bac.centredeli- ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ Mumilaaq Qaqqaq describes the impacts of [email protected]. ᑐᓴᕐᓈᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖓᓂ, ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᙱᓐᓂᐊᓂ . residential schools. ᓄᑖᒥ ᑐᓴᕐᓈᒐᒃᓴᒥ, ᐊᓄᕆ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᖅ "We have seen loss in our way of life, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᙱᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐳᓕᐊᕆᔅ culture and traditional practices – loss of lan- ᓂᔾᔮᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᕇᑦᒥ. ᐊᓄᕆ guage, tradition, culture, child rearing, rela- ᖄᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᐅᕗᖅ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ tionship skills among so many other things. ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᓵᓚᒪᓐ ᐅᔭᕋᓱᖕᒧᑦ, ᑎᐊᕆᐅᑉ Residential schools often taught Inuit that ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᖓᓂ. their way of life was inferior and incorrect. "ᐅᐱᐅᖅᑲᕗᖓ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ Instead of showing respect, care and support ᐆᒪᙵᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ," ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᕇᑦ. the federal government forcibly relocated, put "ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᖓ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᖑᔪᒥ into schools (often experiencing abuse) and ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᙱᐅᓰᑦ ᐃᓗᒃᑯᑦ ensured that Inuit lives were changed nega- ᑐᑭᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ–ᐅᓇ tively forever," Qaqqaq says. "We see people ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᑉ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓯᒪᔭᖓ." trying to instill hope while the federal govern- ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᙱᓐᓂᐊᓂ, ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ment continues to severely underfund basic ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 30–ᒥ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ human rights in Nunavut." ᐅᔭᕋᐅᑉ ᐱᓯᕐᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ The MP points to the federal government's ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ lack of progress on the Truth and Reconcilia- ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᖃᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ. tion's 94 calls to action. ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᙱᓐᓂᐊᓂ, ᑐᑭᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᒥ "We continue to see failures from the fed- ᐃᒪᓐᓇ "before the world ends," eral government. We saw the United Nations ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᔭᐃᔅ ᓚᓯᒃᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᑯᓗᒃ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ᓂᔾᔮᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᓯᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ. peoples voted against (in 2008), this docu- "ᑐᓴᕐᓈᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᑎᕆᓯᒪᕗᖅ ment provides the guidelines to reconciliation, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᓂ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᓂ the right for Indigenous peoples to determine ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᓂᒃ ᐊᒡᔭᖅᓯᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ what their life looks like. We don't have ᓈᓚᒃᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᕿᒧᒃᓯᒃᑯᑦ, to look very far to see racism in Canada. ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐃᓱᖏᓐᓄᑦ," ᐋᑯᓗᒃ ᓂᔾᔮᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ The Indian Act is a document that legalizes ᐅᖃᖅᐳᑦ. racism." ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᙱᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᐸᑭ ᕼᐋᓐ Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᓕᓇ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) sent this statement ᑐᓴᕐᓈᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ. in regards to residential schools: "The mis- Ted Grant / National Film Board of Canada. Phototheque Collection / Library and Archives Canada photo / e010975839 please see Terry, page 11 treatment of Indigenous children is a tragic An Inuk girl paints a sculpture on her desk at school in Iqaluit, then called and shameful part of Canada's history. Can- ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ada deeply regrets any abuse experienced by Frobisher Bay and part of the Northwest Territories, in May 1958. If you former students of residential schools and is have any details relating to this image that you'd like to share with Library $25,000 ᑐᖔᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ committed to justice and healing for former and Archives Canada, please contact bac.centredeliaison-liaisoncentre. ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ students and their families." [email protected]. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ Asked for a figure pertaining to financial ᒧᒥᓛᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ compensation paid to Nunavummiut and how we carried from our childhood. We can live ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ many Nunavut residents have accessed per- in this English-speaking world, English way fact FILE ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 21–ᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ sonal credits and counselling services based of thinking. I always see them as successful." ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ $25,000 ᑐᖔᓂ. on residential schools, CIRNAC declined to Aluki Kotierk, president of land claims COMPENSATION PAYMEnts ᓇᐃᓴᐅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ provide details "to protect the privacy of organization Nunavut Tunngavik Incorpor- ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ survivors." ated, says the federal government ought to AND SERVicES ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓃᑦ Pat Angnakak, MLA for Iqaluit- recognize Inuktut as the founding language of ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ Niaqunnguu would like to see long-term pro- Nunavut and ensure that the language thrives • Since 2008, through the Indian Resi- ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᕝᕕᖓᓄᑦ grams and services to address myriad social in schools, workplaces and elsewhere. dential Schools Settlement Agreement, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ. ills that have resulted from residential school "Each time I speak Inuktitut, I am assert- the federal government has disbursed ᖃᖅᑲᖅ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᖢᓂ NDP–ᑯᓐᓄᑦ, trauma. ing who I am. I am asserting my self-deter- $1.6 billion – known as "common ᐃᓄᒃᑕᑐᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᙳᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ "Inter-generational effects will continue mination," says Kotierk. experience payments"– to approximate- ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖓᓂ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ. ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒍ to haunt affected families for many years to The government used residential schools ly 80,000 former students nationwide $8,111.70–ᒥ ᐅᕙᙶᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ 318–ᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ. come if not properly addressed now. We do as a tool to strip language, culture and fam- • More than 21,000 survivors and their ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ $16,682.47–ᓂ ᓅᑎᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ not have enough, or, in some communities, ilies from the Inuit, she says. families have received in excess of $75 ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ NDP ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ. no support measures to address addictions, "A federal government (was) making deci- million toward educational opportunities ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ $530.05–ᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ mental well-being, proper parenting and so sions on behalf of people with no regard as through the Personal Credits Program ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐅᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᖑᔪᓂ. ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒍ on," Angnakak stated. "Communities need to what the self-determining people wanted. • $20 million has been allocated to fund ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ $24,514.12–ᒧᑦ. more support to make mental wellness initia- Because, of course, it was part of a colonial 144 commemoration projects across ᑕᐃᓐᓇᑐᐊᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ tive more accessible and run by its very own approach and policies that were inflicted on the country ᐊᑐᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᖅᑲᕐᒥ ᑕᒡᓚᔅ people using local initiatives that provide for Indigenous peoples," says Kotierk. "Work ᕈᐊᐃᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ a means for programs to be locally run and needs to happen and investment and supports • Approximately $46 million has been Green Party–ᒥ. ᕈᐊᐃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ managed." need to occur to get Inuit to a point where devoted to a 24/7 national crisis ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᖑᔪᖃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ they were before they were taken to residential phone line (1-866-925-4419) to sup- ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ. school so Inuit are proud of who they are as port residential school survivors and Successful individuals, their families. This service is still Conservatives–ᑯᑦ ᓕᐆᓇ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ but Inuktut recognition lacking Inuit ... and they walk around our commun- ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ Numerous residential school survivors ities with dignity. available and is staffed by trained – $93,000 ᓅᑎᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐊᖏᓛᖓᓂ have gone on to become mayors, hamlet "Through all these public policies, there's crisis counsellors, many of whom are ᐅᕙᙶᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ Conservative Party ᑲᓇᑕᒥ councillors and MLAs. been so much shame put on us as a society Indigenous ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ Paul Quassa, an MLA himself, knows ... that shame does not belong to us. We are a • The Indian Residential Schools Reso- – ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ: many of these individuals because he went to product of the public policies that were placed lution Health Support Program pro- $87,109.03. school with them. on us. Sometimes I think, 'no wonder, no won- vides professional crisis and emotional ᒪᐃᒋᓐ ᐱᑦᓱ-ᓚᐃᔪᓪ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "A lot of these (people) are bilingual. der we're like this' ... in terms of high school support services directly to former $40,000–ᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ Lib- Being bilingual, you can go quite a ways graduations, in terms of high incarceration students and their families, such as eral ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ further in pursuing your dreams. A lot of rates, in terms of high suicide rates – this has emotional support from health support $14,225.74–ᓂ Liberal Party ᑲᓇᑕᒥ (them) are now leaders," he says. "We've gone nothing to do with who we are. workers, cultural support from Elders ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒍ $54,225.74–ᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ.