Uvagut Archives

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  46m 50s

  Kiviaq versus Canada

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

  Kiviaq's extraordinary life story bears testimony to the treatment Indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic have endured for generations due to the government's inhumane colonial policies.… En savoir plus

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  8m 48s

  407

  uploaded by: Artcirq

  chaîne: Artcirq

  407, Artcirq, Igloolik Isuma, NITV productions 2006, Producer Guillaume Saladin, Director Bruce Haulli. Inuktut w/English s-t.

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  42m 55s

  The Making of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: More about The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

  Funny, fascinating, behind the scenes view by Greenland filmmaker Kenneth Rasmussen.

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  47m 5s

  Qallunajatut (Urban Inuk)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: MICH Living Archives

  Qallunajatut (Urban Inuk) follows the lives of three Inuit in Montreal over the course of one hot and humid summer.Only two generations ago Inuit lived in small, nomadic hunting camps scattered across the vast Arctic landscape.… En savoir plus

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  48m 2s

  Kunuk Family Reunion

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

  In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the ancestors who came before them: a wedding; a burial; messages from the past.

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  48m 3s

  Angakkuiit (Shaman Stories)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

  Inuit memories and experiences of shamanism, and oral histories about the last shamans practicing in the region of Igloolik, Nunavut. Interviewees range from young people to elders and politicians, but they all share a belief that things happen, and that shamanism is still a living religion.

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  50m 37s

  Artcirq

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: Exploring Inuit Culture Online

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  Artcirq.

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  28m 51s

  Ningiura

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: Uvagut Archives

  Ningiura is an experimental fiction based on authentic oral histories, traditional knowledge and contemporary reality of Igloolik today.

  Filmmaker: Mary Kunuk, Marie-Hélène Cousineau

  Filmmaker Contact:

   

  Visit our website www.arnaitvideo.ca or www.isuma.ca

  Producer's Name: Arnait Video Productions

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  28m 52s

  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 1: Qimuksik (Dog Team)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: Exploring Inuit Culture Online

  In Qimuksik (Dog Team) one family travels in the immense and beautiful arctic during spring. Inuaraq teaches his young son how to survive in the old way: driving the dogs, building the igloo, catching seals on the open water, running down caribou to feed the family.    

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  28m 50s

  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 2: Avaja

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

  Inuaraq's family finally arrives at Avaja to a warm welcome. Yet, many changes have taken place. On the hill above the tents, they now find a wooden church and a priest. Sharing the fresh caribou feast, telling stories, Inuit are interrupted by the bell ringing. Inside the church the sermon is clear: Paul 4:22, 'Turn away from your old way of life.'

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  28m 55s

  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 3: Qarmaq (Stone House)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

  Igloolik, Fall 1945. Grandmother remembers the old way. In autumn 1945, five families build a stone house to prepare for the coming winter.

  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 3: Qarmaq (Stone House), Igloolik Isuma Productions 1995, Filmmakers: Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Pauloosie Qulitalik. Inuktut w/Eng s-t.

  
  

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  28m 55s

  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 4: Tugaliaq (Ice Blocks)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  chaîne: MICH Living Archives

  Igloolik, Fall 1945. Even here, news of the terrible world war raging outside makes people frightened and uneasy. They talk of the danger of the unknown future, of shamanistic intervention to protect their culture.

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