Unnukuut EP59 - CEC School Year - Jan 1989
About
Program name: Unnukkut
Unnukkut was a current events program for a general audience produced in Baker Lake. It features interviews with politicians and other current events items and stories in Nunavut.
Producer: Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Location: Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
Host: Peter Tapatai
Camera: John Tapatai, David Quinanaq, and Barney Putungujaq
Interviewer: Michael Haqpi
Segment 1: Tungola Sandy talks about his job as a lands officer for the Keewatin Inuit Association. He talks about the process for claiming land for Inuit as part of the land claims agreement. He is in charge of identifying which areas should be claimed.
Segment 2: Lucassie Ivalu describes the challenge of claiming the land for Inuit during the negotiations with the federal government. The negotiators have to think of the best land for future mining and other resource uses for the benefit of Inuit.
Segment 3: Rosie Aggark is the Kivalliq Inuit regional communication officer for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. She explains that her job is to keep people informed.
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.
