Maps are orders marching men to old places already seen Maps conjure memories of spoil, of plunder and innocence Maps are journeys to illusions no one has learned from Maps are critical revisits with visions, vistas and never before seen repeats … Uqalimakkanirit
The strangers from Greenland sit in the snow house of Avva, a shaman. Avva introduces his family to the visitors. The scene is tense, with silences that are awkward or watchful. Avva puffs on his pipe.… Uqalimakkanirit
I made a trip across the largest lake I’ve ever seen to where the long noses live. There on the hill Boulders sat in a Talking Circle. I walked around and gave tobacco. They squeezed their stone-ground hands… Uqalimakkanirit
The filmmakers of The Journals of Knud Rasmussen write, 'This film asks questions among others, about vanished peoples, colonization, cultural amnesia, effaced memory, Christianization and the complete erasure of a religion - especially in the absence of a literary tradition in most Aboriginal oral cultures.' … Uqalimakkanirit
An extended interview with Zacharias Kunuk conducted in Igloolik in 2004 by Joysanne Sidimus, originally printed in her book, Reflections in a Dancing Eye: Investigating the Artist's Role in Canadian Society.
Mary Simon is President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Canada’s national Inuit organization. She was Canada’s Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs, and Ambassador to Denmark. As an Inuit leader she has been president of Makivik Corporation in Nunavik, and the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC).… Uqalimakkanirit
An interview between Louis Tapardjuk and Peter Irniq. Louis Tapardjuk was born on January 30, 1953 in an igloo out on the sea ice near Igloolik, Nunavut where he later became Councillor and Mayor. Louis was elected to the 2nd Nunavut Legislature in the 2004 Territorial Elections.… Uqalimakkanirit
This is an opportunity for governments who are part of the Arctic Council to respond to the issues addressed at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 21st, 2008.
