Amitturmiut

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  48m 2s

  Kunuk Family Reunion

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

  In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the ancestors who came before them: a wedding; a burial; messages from the past.

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  … Uqalimakkanirit
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  48m 3s

  Angakkuiit (Shaman Stories)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

  Inuit memories and experiences of shamanism, and oral histories about the last shamans practicing in the region of Igloolik, Nunavut. Interviewees range from young people to elders and politicians, but they all share a belief that things happen, and that shamanism is still a living religion.

  … Uqalimakkanirit
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  28m 55s

  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 3: Qarmaq (Stone House)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: Jon's Working Channel

  Igloolik, Fall 1945. Grandmother remembers the old way. In autumn 1945, five families build a stone house to prepare for the coming winter.

  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 3: Qarmaq (Stone House), Igloolik Isuma Productions 1995, Filmmakers: Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Pauloosie Qulitalik. Inuktut w/Eng s-t.

  
  

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  51m 23s

  Ajainaa! (Almost!)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

  Ajainaa! features Igloolik Elders discussing their views of contemporary Inuit life. Topics include the role of Inuit and "Southern" forms of education, survival strategies (such as how to save a drowning victim), and the differences between camp and settlement life. Written, produced, and performed by Isuma's Uqallangniq Elders Group.

  … Uqalimakkanirit
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  50m 45s

  Nipi (Voice)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

  Rapid change from traditional to modern life in Nunavut, like many post-colonial societies, has concentrated power, wealth and information in a few hands.… Uqalimakkanirit

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  30m 35s

  Saputi (Fish Traps)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: MICH Living Archives

  As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable....

   

   

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  … Uqalimakkanirit
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  58m 23s

  Qaggiq (Gathering Place)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: MICH Living Archives

  First Isuma recreated fiction. A late-winter Inuit camp in the 1930's. Four families build a qaggiq, a large communal igloo, to celebrate the coming of spring with games, singing and drum dancing. A young man seeks a wife. The girl's father says no, but her mother says yes...

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  29m 31s

  Qitdlassuaq Part 1

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: Paul Apak Expedition Videos

  Qitdlassuaq Part 1, Igloolik Isuma Productions, IBC, 1987. Director Paul Apak Angilirq. Inuktut.

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  29m 20s

  Qitdlassuaq Part 2

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: Paul Apak Expedition Videos

  Qitdlassuaq Part 2, Igloolik Isuma Productions, IBC, 1987. Director Paul Apak Angilirq. Inuktut.

  … Uqalimakkanirit
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  29m 20s

  Qitdlassuaq Part 3

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: Paul Apak Expedition Videos

  Qitdlassuaq Part 3, Igloolik Isuma Productions, IBC, 1987. Director Paul Apak Angilirq. Inuktut.

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  29m 20s

  Qitdlassuaq Part 4

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: Paul Apak Expedition Videos

  Qitdlassuaq Part 4, Igloolik Isuma Productions, IBC, 1987. Director Paul Apak Angilirq. Inuktut.

  … Uqalimakkanirit