BL - 424 Stories from Back River People
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Stories from Back River People
Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.
Producer: Baker Lake – Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Camera: Samson Juuraat, Charley Keenan
Edited by: William Sikatti
Location: Baker Lake, Nunavut
Segment 1: Elders Mannik and Nagjugalik tell stories about their experiences (including starvation) and living off the land in their younger days. Nagjugalik explains what the process was for storing all the different kinds of fish to be used during the winter. They used the fish oil for qulliq.
Both men share an ajaaja song.
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.
