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Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Baker Lake, Nunavut
Host: Peter Tapatai

Segment 1: Thomas Ugjuk of Rankin Inlet talks about how Inuit survived through the four seasons and obtained supplies through trading.

Segment 2: Jose Papatsie of Iqaluit hunts caribou by boat during the summer season. He also discusses the how and why the caribou population fluctuates year by year.

Segment 3: Tautngi of Rankin Inlet tells a story called ‘Ilimagasugjuk’.

The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, established in Canada's territory of Nunavut, has been producing Inuit language video, by, for and about Inuit since 1981. This video is from their collection and has been made available on the Internet for your enjoyment through funding provided by the Government of Canada and the Government of Nunavut.