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Program name: Inukshuk (Land Mark): This series explores Inuit legends, skills and beliefs through dramatization, conversation and electronic wizardry. Topics which have been explored on Inukshuk include traditional clothes making, living inside an igloo and the making of sleds out of caribou skin. Relying on the unique traditions of the Inland Caribou Inuit from Baker Lake area, Inukshuk compliments Baker Lake productions. Inukshuk is a half hour program for the 16 to 60 year age group produced in Baker Lake, Nunavut. Language: Inuktitut.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Baker Lake, Nunavut
Host: Victor Killulark

Segment 1: Vera Akumalik of Baker Lake, recalls a time when she hiked through a certain area near her camp and experienced an uneasy feeling as well as catching a monster fish when she was a child.

Segment 2: David Mannik talks about Shaman. He also describes seeing a man on a dog team covered in blood that fought a non-human and talks about Inuit mythology of Ijiraq (Shape Sifters).

Segment 3: Mary Iksiktaarjuk of Baker Lake, relates when she and her family faced starvation.

Segment 4: Thomas Suwarak of Baker Lake, remembers a comical incident where in a rush to buy gum at the Co-op forgot to change out of his pajamas.

Segment 5: Vera Akumalik of Baker Lake, remembers a comical incident where her mom caught a strange fish and was frightened and where she and two friends were being followed a person thinking it was a strange being and were terrified.

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.