Clone of Thursday

Duration: 1h 18s

Gathered in the large tent, Zacharias Kunuk and his guests tell stories, drum dance, and play string games. Later, in the show we visit Susan Avingaq and Madeline Ivalu's tent where we watch Susan make bannock, while Madeline plays string games and sews.

Duration: 1h 18m 30s

Host: Zacharias Kunuk

Guests: Theo Ikummaq, Francis Piugattuk, David Aqqiaruq, Joanasie Kigutaq

Translators: Cherylu Piugattuk, Marcy Siakuluk

For this first episode of Silakut, Zacharias invites four Igloolik residents to discuss concerns related to the Baffinland Mary River iron ore mine, located in north Baffin Island.

Duration: 31m 15s

Angela Amarualik's performance at a Celebration of Music for the live broadcast of Silakut Live From the Floe Edge. LIVE on August 15, 2019.

Duration: 28m 6s

Kelly Fraser performs during the Silakut live concert in Igloolik. First broadcast live on August 15, 2019.

Duration: 22m 20s

 Rita Claire talks about common Arctic bugs, like mosquitoes and wolf spiders. We hear a traditional Inuit story about an orphan and the amautalik, and we read the book Grandmother Ptarmigan.
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ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᓂᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᑭᑦᑐᕆᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓯᕙᐃᑦ. ᓈᓚᓐᓂᐊᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑐᖃᖕᒐᓂ ᐃᓕᐊᕐᔪᒃ ᐊᒪᑕᓕᒡᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅ.

Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.

Duration: 22m 20s

ᑐᖖᒐᓱᒋᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᑉ ᑐᐱᖕᒐᓄᑦ! ᐅᓪᓗᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᑎ ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐃᓚᖕᒋᓪᓗ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᑦ ᑐᐱᖕᒐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖕᒐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖕᒋᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖃᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ

Welcome to Anaana’s Tent! Today, host Rita Claire arrives at her family’s tent and learns how important fishing is in Inuit culture. Celina Kalluk stops by to sing a song, and we read the book Fishing with Grandma.
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Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.

Duration: 22m 20s

Rita Claire explains the importance of dogs to Inuit culture. Celina Kalluk and Rita Claire demonstrate a throat song called “The River,” and Rita Claire reads the book Siku and Kamik Go to School.
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Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.

Duration: 22m 20s

 Rita Claire and Qimmiq are getting ready to go for a hike, and she shows how to prepare for a trip. Beatrice Deer teaches us how to count to five in Inuktitut. We hear the Inuit tale of the owl and the lemming and read the book On the Shoulder of a Giant.
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Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.

Duration: 22m 20s

 Rita Claire teaches Qimmiq about parts of the body, eating right and brushing our teeth. Looee Arreak sings “Inuktitut Uqausira” and we read the book My Tooth Hurts.
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ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᒻᒥᕐᒥ ᑎᒥᐅᑉ ᑭᓱᑯᑦᑎᖕᒋᓐᓂᒃ, ᓂᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᒍᑎᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᓗᐃ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ ᐃᖖᒋᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ “ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕋ” ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᑭᒍᓯᕆᔪᖕᒐ.

Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.

Duration: 30m 42s

 In Caribou Storyteller Elders tell stories of people who lived on the land; showing us what the story is today, what it looks like now and who goes there now…with many questions around: are people still hunting caribou?

Is it still a caribou route? Is it still accessable to this day?

Duration: 53m 45s

YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2001
DURATION: 52 min.
GENRE: documentary
FORMAT: video, colour
LANGUAGE: Inuktitut, Fr-Eng st
DIRECTORS: Mary Kunuk, Marie-Hélène Cousineau
PRODUCERS: Mary Kunuk, Marie-Helene Cousineau

Duration: 1h 24m 26s

Lucy Tulugarjuk speaks with guest Gillian Chillibeck, researcher with human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett, to discuss the Mary River Phase 2 Technical Hearings (June, 2019 in Iqaluit). In this show they talk about the topic of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ - Inuit Knowledge) and how it has been misused by Baffinland in the technical hearings process.

Duration: 15m 40s

 Lucy Tulugarjuk, the executive director of Nunavut Independent Television Network, interviews Dr.Patterson, the Chief Public Health Officer for Nunavut, about the coronavirus pandemic.

Duration: 15m 32s

 Lucy Tulugarjuk, the executive director of Nunavut Independent Television Network, interviews Dr.Patterson, the Chief Public Health Officer for Nunavut, about the coronavirus pandemic.

Duration: 28m 54s

Igloolik, Spring 1946. Seal pups: springtime delicacy, prized for their soft fur and tender meat. When the pups start coming out on the ice, even small children and grandmothers can hunt.

Packed up to travel, the families move slowly over the wet ice, through lakes of fresh melting snow, hunting on the way. Finding the breathing holes is a joyful game for everyone.

Duration: 28m 50s

Igloolik, Spring 1946. Inuaraq throws his bones at the river and finds the fish swimming back and forth. Back at the tent Qulitalik sends the young men out with fish spears to try their luck. The walk up the rushing river is exciting but treacherous. Fish are hiding. It's easy to fall in.

Duration: 30m 35s

As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable....

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Duration: 22m 20s

 Rita Claire teaches how to count to five by counting items in the tent. Beatrice Deer visits the qarmmaq to sing the juggling song, and we read the book Out on the Ice and count fish.
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ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓈᓴᐃᓗᓂ ᐱᖁᑎᓂᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᐱᕐᒥ. ᕖᐊᑐᕆᔅ ᑎᐅ ᐳᓛᕆᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᕐᒪᕐᒧ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᓵᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᖖᒋᕐᓗᓂᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᑯᒥ ᓈᓴᐃᓗᑕᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᑦ.

Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.

Duration: 46m 22s

Rooted in tradition, adoption is a reality that all Inuit families have experienced. In Inuit culture, adopting a child from a relative, friend or acquaintance is a common practice. Marie-Hélène Cousineau, the adoptive mother of Alexandre Apak, lived in Igloolik, a small island southwest of Baffin Island in the Arctic, for many years.

Duration: 1m 4s

Put garbage where it belongs! An anti-littering video made by ArtCirq in collaboration with the Nunavut Department of Environment.

Duration: 50m 37s

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Duration: 8m 12s

 This video was shot by Zacharias Kunnuk while Artcic Collage students taking Early Childhood Education were having a juggling workshop with Artcirq.

Duration: 46m 34s

Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond team up to research the events and historical impacts of an 18th century conflict between Inuit and Cree in Northern Québec, and to bring people together finally in 2013.

Inuit Cree Reconciliation, Kingulliit Productions, NITV 2013, Directors Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond. Inuktut, Cree, English w/English s-t.

Duration: 32m 27s

In October of 2015 Zach travelled to Arviat, one of the southernmost communities in Nunavut, along the western coast of Hudson Bay. The area is known for its incredibly large herds of caribou.

Duration: 58m 16s

Nunaqpa is the second Isuma recreated fiction, filmed with actors in 1990 recreating a Summer caribou hunt in the 1930's. For Igloolik Inuit, it is the time of Nunaqpa, 'going inland,' the long walk in search of summer-fat caribou to catch enough meat for the hard winter ahead. Two families leave for the hunt, while the old couple and grandmother wait by the shore for their return.

Duration: 50m 45s

Rapid change from traditional to modern life in Nunavut, like many post-colonial societies, has concentrated power, wealth and information in a few hands.

Duration: 36m 14s

On Baffin Island, two mountains of ore will be cut down at Mary River. Some residents of Igloolik react to this development : they worry that this industrial development will destroy their environment and the marine mammals as well as their culture and hunting life style.

Duration: 1h 24m 26s

Lucy Tulugarjuk speaks with guest Gillian Chillibeck, researcher with human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett, to discuss the Mary River Phase 2 Technical Hearings (June, 2019 in Iqaluit). In this show they talk about the topic of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ - Inuit Knowledge) and how it has been misused by Baffinland in the technical hearings process.

Duration: 15m 40s

 Lucy Tulugarjuk, the executive director of Nunavut Independent Television Network, interviews Dr.Patterson, the Chief Public Health Officer for Nunavut, about the coronavirus pandemic.

Duration: 15m 32s

 Lucy Tulugarjuk, the executive director of Nunavut Independent Television Network, interviews Dr.Patterson, the Chief Public Health Officer for Nunavut, about the coronavirus pandemic.

Duration: 43m 11s

In 1963 families living on the land at Kivitoo were relocated by RCMP to Qikiqtarjuaq, a town 50 km to the south, with the promise they could return, only to return to find their homes bulldozed and belongings destroyed.

Duration: 1h 20s

Inuit Midwives, Interview with Atuat Akkitirq, 1991, Arnait Video Productions, Director Marie-Helene Cousineau.

Interviewed by Madeline Ivalu in Igloolik Point and Igloolik in 1991.English transcript available here.

Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.

Duration: 47m 38s

Inuit Midwives, Interview with Rachel Uyarasuk, Arnait Video Productions 1991. Inuktut no subtitles.

Duration: 2m 13s

English Transcript:

We weren't supposed to make fun of animals because they are our only food. Even insects. We weren't supposed to have make fun of them. I don't know about mosquitoes. There were strict rules regarding animals. If you're not going to kill them for food, don't bother them.

There used to be a lot of mosquitoes and it was warm.

Duration: 3m 51s

Therese Mattaq of Pond Inlet speaks about Inuit teaching: "They wanted me to know the environment. They wanted to me to know the stars. Things that are not made by Inuit but made by things we do not know. God made them from the beginning. That was our teaching."

Full English Transcript:

Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.

Duration: 43m 38s

Madeline Ivalu interviews Mary Kutiq in Igloolik Point and Igloolik in 1991.

Inuit Midwives, Interview with Mary Kutiq, 1991, Arnait Video Productions, Director Marie-Helene Cousineau.

.English transcript available here.

Duration: 22m 20s

 Rita Claire teaches us about the importance of Inuit clothing and how it protects against the cold. Rita Claire and Celina Kalluk perform a throat song together, and we read the book Viivi’s New Kamiks.
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ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖕᒋᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖕᒋᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᕿᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖕᒑᑦᑕ. ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖕᒐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓖᓇ ᑲᓪᓗᒃ ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᕐᓂᐊᑑᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᕖᕕᐅᑉ ᑲᒥᒃᑖᖅᑲᐅᖕᒋᒃ.

Duration: 5m 30s

For thousands of years they guided us through this world, teaching us invaluable lessons about life and death. They strengthened our resolve and reinforced our connection to this land, to each other, and to the animals we share it with. They enriched our souls, empowered our imaginations, and defined who we are as a people. These are the stories of our elders.