Takuyaksat Ep 30 Drinking Pouch, Noah Invue _March 1991
About
Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.
Producer: John Tapatai and Simeon Mikkungwak – Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation.
Host: Simeon Mikkungwak
Camera: Samuel Iqqilik, Simeon Mikkungwak and John Tapatai
Location: Baker Lake
Segment 1: An interview with William Noah about the carving shop and when it was first created in Baker Lake in the 1990s. The NWT Development Corporation approved and funded 1.5 million dollars towards this shop. It was not only for carvers, it was also meant for sewers, painters and artists.
Segment 2: Caribou hunting and survival skills: an elder shows how to make water out of snow using the body heat of a caribou that was just caught.
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.
