BL - 147 Thomas Tapatai
About
Thomas Tapatai
Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.
Producer: Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Location: Baker Lake, Nunavut
Camera: Simon Tookomik
Host: William Noah
Interviewer: William Noah
Interviewee: Louis Taparti
Segment 1: Elder Thomas Tapatai talks about the churches coming into the Kivalliq Region. He talks about the two main organizations, the Anglican and Catholic Churches. He focuses mainly on the history of the Anglican Church in Baker Lake, Nunavut.
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.