Michelle van Beusekom

Words by Michaela McGuire

Video by EVIL Patrick Shannon 

In 2009, Rachel Uyarasuk, elder of the Inuit community of Igloolik (Nunavut), evokes the ancestors whose name she received at birth. She explains how this transmission ensured their return among the world of the living.

A film by Christin Merlhiot

France, 2014, 11 minutes, animation

Inuktitut with English & French subtitles

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Louie Uttak NIRB Community Roundtable, July 23, 2012, Igloolik, 5:58 Inuktitut, Igloolik Elder expresses his concerns for protection of marine mammals and wildlife and Inuit way of life, 'Don't hide anything from me.'

Virtual ceremony for the Nunavik Sivunitsavut graduating class of 2020-2021. Congratulations to all the graduates!!

Virtual celebration for Nunavut Sivuniksavut's graduating class of 2020-2021. Featuring special guest Northern Haze, Elisapee, Silla & Rise, Julia & Jerry, and many more!

Congratulations to all the graduates!

ᓵᓚᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᖅ + ᕋᐃᔅ ᐋᓴᓐ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᙵᑦ ᓯᓚ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕋᐃᔅ, ᐊᐃᕗᕆ ᑮᓇᐃᓐᓇᖅ, ᑯᕆᔅᑎ ᑭᖕ, ᕕᓕ ᖁᖅᓱᖅ CHARLOTTE QAMANIQ + RISE ASHEN OF SILLA AND RISE, AVERY KEENAINAK ,KRISTY KING & BILLY KUKSUK

 21 ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY

 ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᕐᑭᕐᓈᙵᔪᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᕐᑲᕐᒥᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᕐᑲᑎᒋ NUNAVUT BLACK HISTORY SOCIETY

 ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᖁᖅᓱᒃ + ᐊᓪᐸ5 + ᓯᑯ DAVID KUKSUK + ALPHA5 + SIKU

 ᕗᕌᓐᓯᔅᑲ ᒪᓐᑎᔭ ᐱᖃᓐᓂᕆᔭᖏᓪᓗ FRANCISCA MANDEYA

 ᓵᒻ ᑐᑕᓐᓄᐊᖅ Sam Tutanuak + ᕈᓴᓕ ᐱᔅᓱᒃ Rosalie Pissuk