Stéphane Rituit

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  • Nuqallak character outline

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Inuit Culture Education

    My name is Nuqallak, and I am the son of Umik. When I was 20 years old, I worked on the whaling schooner of Captain George C. Comer, along with Apak, who was my first sweetheart. Apak and I almost married when she was a teenager, but Aua, her father, didn't approve and kicked me out of camp.… Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 27-11-2009

  • Umik character outline

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Inuit Culture Education

    My name is Umik and I am a Prophet and leader among the Iglulik people. My son Nuqallaq and I converted to Christianity and now my work is to bring others to Jesus. This is a difficult task at times as many elders, such as Aua, do not believe in the ways of Jesus. As they will learn, all Christians take care of each other.… Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 27-11-2009

  • Apak character outline

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Inuit Culture Education

    My father is Aua, a great and powerful shaman, and I too have the power to call spirits. My father and I argue and he thinks I waste this power, for I use it only to spend time with my dead husband. My first sweetheart, Nuqallaq, was kicked out of camp when I was a teenager, and I soon fell in love and married.… Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 27-11-2009

  • Aua character outline

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Inuit Culture Education

    Before I was born, my mother was cursed by an evil shaman who whispered in her ear, 'All your children will be born dead!' and it was so. But when my mother broke taboo, I began struggling and kicking to get out through her navel, a sensitiveness that was a sign I should live to become a great shaman.… Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 27-11-2009

  • Knud Rasmussen

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Inuit Culture Education

    My name is Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen, and I was born in Jakobshavn, Greenland on June 7, 1879. I am of both Inuit and Danish descent and speak fluent Inuktitut. I am an experienced arctic traveler whose life's work has been dedicated to the study of the Eskimos.… Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 27-11-2009

  • Introduction

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Inuit Culture Education

    After completing “Atanarjuat The Fast Runner,” set in the mythological past in a community whose balance of life had not changed for 4,000 years, Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn chose to depict a series of events that took place in 1922, when Shamanism was replaced by Christianity – and the balance of life was changed forever.  Kunuk was inspired to make the film for “a first audience that… Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 26-11-2009

  • ARNAIT NIPINGIT : WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

    uploaded by: Marie-Hélène Cousineau

    Collecting, Connecting and Creating Women’s Voices in Nunavut

    September 13-17, 2010 Iqaluit, Nunavut

    Welcome to the blog we created during the Symposium! We want to keep you  updated on what happened in Iqaluit during this exciting meeting. You will find here photos, videos and texts, in Inuktitut and English from the Symposium participants.

    … Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 03-09-2010

  • Distribution

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    These urls are direct links to 1080p h264 files for Isuma Productions. They can be copied (right-click and select "Copy Link Location") and pasted and emailed directly to authorized clients. These urls are specially encoded and stop working after 24 hours from the time you loaded this page.… Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 27-01-2010

  • The Fast Runner Trilogy

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    Three unique Inuit films expressing the dramatic history of one of the world’s oldest oral cultures from it’s own point of view.
    “A masterpiece... The first national cinema of the 21st century.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times review of Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, 2002.

    … Uqalimakkanirit

    uploaded date: 23-10-2009