Igloomuit #11 - Dec 1987
About
Program name: Igloomiut
Igloomiut was a program for a general audience. It highlights interesting elder/traditional stories and features traditional music such as ajaaja and drum dancing.
Producer: Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Location: Baker Lake, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut
Host: Susan Niutuq
Interviewer: Nancy Tukumi
Interviewee: Grace Thompson
Segment 1: Grace Thompson is the manager hired from Winnipeg to manage the print shop in Baker Lake, Nunavut. She explains the operation of the print shop and how she manages the artists. Her main goal is to promote the artists outside Nunavut.
Segment 2: Alixis Utarnaaq sings in the background while a variety of photos are shown.
Segment 3: Barnabus Usuaq talks about how the police used to bring food to their camps in the past and how exciting it was to eat the biscuits and the other items. He remembers the good and bad times during his young life with his mother.
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.
