04106IQ-QIMAI-00-05-INUK
About
Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Igloolik, Nunavut
Host: Julie Ivalu
Segment 1: Ben Arnarjuaq of Hall Beach discusses raising and maintaining a dog team.
Segment 2: Hattie Atutuva of Baker Lake describes how to use caribou fat for fuel for the qulliq and discusses the tools Inuit use like fire starters, bow drill and flint and the caribou skin scraper.
Segment 3: Scenes of Igloolik hunters on a seal hunt.
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.