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Nunavut (Our Land) - Episode 5 - Angiraq (Home)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: MICH Living Archives

Igloolik, Fall 1945. Akkitiq wakes up to a nice day for seal hunting. The stone house is warm and comfortable. Men pack up the dog team and look for seals on the fresh ice,while women work at home. Sometimes, the squabbling of children leads to trouble among families.
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uploaded date: 27-12-1995
28m 50s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 6: Auriaq (Stalking)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Spring 1946. It is the season of never-ending days. Two dog teams searching the spring ice, men and boys hunting day and night. Seals are everywhere: at the breathing holes, sleeping under the warm sun. Amachlainuk has a lucky day.
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uploaded date: 26-12-1995
28m 54s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 7: Qulangisi (Seal Pups)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Spring 1946. Seal pups: springtime delicacy, prized for their soft fur and tender meat. When the pups start coming out on the ice, even small children and grandmothers can hunt.
Packed up to travel, the families move slowly over the wet ice, through lakes of fresh melting snow, hunting on the way. Finding the breathing holes is a joyful game for everyone.
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uploaded date: 05-12-1995
28m 50s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 8: Avamuktulik (Fish Swiming Back and Forth)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Spring 1946. Inuaraq throws his bones at the river and finds the fish swimming back and forth. Back at the tent Qulitalik sends the young men out with fish spears to try their luck. The walk up the rushing river is exciting but treacherous. Fish are hiding. It's easy to fall in.

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uploaded date: 04-12-1995
28m 54s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 9, Aiviaq (Walrus Hunt)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Summer 1946. The distant sound of the atookatookatook, the first gas engine to arrive in Igloolik, brings a surprise visitor to Qaisut, island of the walrus hunters. Father Qaukuluk arrives to study Inuit life, to dig in the ancient ruins and to see the hunt. When it's time to go hunting, Inuaraq thinks the Priest will bring bad luck but Qulitalik finally gives in.… En savoir plus

uploaded date: 03-12-1995
28m 54s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 10, Qaisut

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 10, Qaisut, Igloolik Isuma Productions 1995, Producers Zacharias Kunuk, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Norman Cohn. Inuktut w/English s-t. .
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uploaded date: 02-12-1995
28m 53s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 11: Tuktuliaq (Caribou Hunt)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: Transmediale

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. The weather turns colder. With the north wind blowing, Inuaraq builds his sod house, while Qulitalik cuts the ice blocks for the porch.
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uploaded date: 01-12-1995
28m 51s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 12: Unaaq (Harpoon)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Fall-Winter 1946. Sitting around the stone house carving a harpoon, Qulitalik starts talking about the year gone past. Everyone joins in with stories and laughter. Tea is boiling over the seal lamps, children playing on the caribou skin beds. Grandmother tells the old stories, everybody has a new one. Home is warm and cozy.… En savoir plus

uploaded date: 30-11-1995
28m 53s

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 13: Quviasukvik (Happy Day)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Fall-Winter 1946. It's almost a month since the sun disappeared. Back in the stone house everyone wakes up to Christmas Day. For Inuit in 1946, Christmas is a strange mix of ritual, some from the old life and some from the new.… En savoir plus

uploaded date: 29-11-1995
51m 23s

Ajainaa! (Almost!)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

Ajainaa! features Igloolik Elders discussing their views of contemporary Inuit life. Topics include the role of Inuit and "Southern" forms of education, survival strategies (such as how to save a drowning victim), and the differences between camp and settlement life. Written, produced, and performed by Isuma's Uqallangniq Elders Group.
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uploaded date: 18-11-1994
48m 15s

Nanugiurutiga (My First Polar Bear)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

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Nanugiurutiga (My First Polar Bear), Igloolik Isuma Productions 2000, Director Zacharias Kunuk. Inuktut w/English s-t.
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uploaded date: 16-11-1994
50m 45s

Nipi (Voice)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

chaîne: NITV Nunatinni Igloolik Community-TV 1995-2007

Rapid change from traditional to modern life in Nunavut, like many post-colonial societies, has concentrated power, wealth and information in a few hands.… En savoir plus

uploaded date: 02-11-1994