00050RI-Kobvakaat
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Kubvaqaat
Program name: Qaggiq
Qaggiq (Gathering Place) was a current affairs program (refers to a large igloo built for the gathering of several families).
Producer: Arviat – Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Location: Arviat
Segment 1: An Arviat elder, Elizabeth Issakiark (Kubvaqaat) tells stories about the starvation period in her life and the lives of her relatives. She talks about how to look after a starving person. She has a very vivid memory of how it was in the early ‘50s, ‘60s. She talks about the police helping people in the camps. She saved a person from starvation, who had come back to their camp. The man’s name was Ajaranni - he had left the camp some time back.
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.
