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Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Iqaluit, Nunavut
Host: Saimataq Michael

Segment 1: Julia Amarualik of Igloolik accept a gift from Inuit Broadcasting Corporation for the naming contest of new a program called Qimaivvik.

Segment 2: Margaret Kipsigaq of Igloolik demonstrates how to scrape, shave, stretch and mount a bearded seal skin.

Segment 3: Malaya Papatsie and Elisapee Ishulutak of Iqaluit makes ‘akutti’, rendering caribou fat into tallow with other ingredients of seal fat, water and berries.

Segment 4: Barnabas Piryuak, David Tiktaalak and Lucy Kowak of Baker Lake return to their childhood campsite ‘Piqqiq’ with archeologist and a Parks Canada crew and reminisce about a time when they were children.

Segment 5: Scenes of Inuit jigging for arctic char.

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.