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About
Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.
Producer: Baker Lake – Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: Semi Nukiruaq
Segment 1: This is a 1992 update on the process and timelines for the new Government of Nunavut. It’s an information package on what to expect, including the funding. There is also information about the boundary for the new Territory. John Amagoalik from the Inuit Committee on Constitutional Issues talks about the significance of Nunavut.
Segment 2: Marion Pattunguyak, an elder woman from Baker Lake, recovers cached caribou meat. Using an ulu, she prepares it for drying on the rocks demonstrating how it is done. She then gathers the dry meat (nipku) packing it in a caribou skin for transport. She also gathers and carries brush from the tundra.
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.
