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About
Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Baker Lake, Nunavut
Host: Casey Tulurialik
Segment 1: Samuilie Ammaq of Igloolik skins a male walrus for taxidermist.
Segment 2: Theresa Kimmaliardjuk of Rankin Inlet sings an ajaaja song with Chesterfield Inlet archives pictures are shown and relates a story about the time her family were starving.
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.