Marcy Siakuluk sits down with elder Yvonne Kadlutsiak to discuss the Kingulliit team preparations for the Siqinnaarut events. We'll show a recap of the weekends events, and finish off with Zacharias Kunuk talking about the private screening of Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) in Igloolik.
Host Evano Jr. Aggarak sits down with Arviat Elder Peter 2 Aulatjut who shares his insights about the community, reflecting on its growth in the 1950s and 1960s. He will discuss what Arviat was like during those early years, including his experiences with Charlie Akat and the changes that shaped the town's development.
In this episode of Welcome to Our Qammaq, our first live show of 2025, host Marcy Siakuluk welcomes elder Yvonne Kadlutsiak to discuss the lighting of the qullik to mark the start of the year. We’ll also feature a short clip from Igloolik during the lightest part of the day, just before the sun returns.
Polar bears are elusive, even in open tundra landscapes. This video follows Solomon Awa and Jack Allakariallak from Iqaluit as they go out looking and tracking polar bears. They finds lots of tracks, and share their knowledge of what can be learned from these tracks and the environment around them.
Inuit receiving one of the two polar bear licenses in Makkovik, Nunatsiavut, have seven days to hunt a polar bear before the license is passed to another hunter. This video shares an experience of tracking polar bears outside of Makkovik.
This video features the voices of women from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, as they share their experiences with preparing polar bear fur. They offer insights into the cultural significance and techniques involved in working with polar bear fur, an important material for clothing and other items in Arctic life.
Knowledge holders from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, reflect on changes they are witnessing relating to polar bears outside of their community. They discuss the importance of Inuit stewardship, and the history of living alongside polar bears.
As people hunt, fish, and trap on the land, they no longer feel the same sense of safety they once did. Bears are breaking into cabins, making experiences on the land more uncertain. In this video we hear from knowledge holders from Pangnirtung as they share their experiences with bears.
The millennia-old relationship between Inuit and polar bears is cinematically explored through a shared source of food: seals. Bear and human hunters both wait patiently by the tiny breathing holes seals have carved into the frozen icescape. Through bears, Inuit have learned to be still, waiting for the rare moment to strike to eat and survive.
This narrative shares the experience of Melva and her family's experience trying to hunt a polar bear outside of Rigolet, Nunatsiavut. As a female hunter, Melva shares the cultural value of the hunt, and how the fur is now used as an educational resource for youth so that their connection to polar bears can be sustained.
