umiak

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: Host Akinisie Sivuaraapik interviews Inukjuak elders Lucassie Echalook and Elisapi Inukpuk about the origins, the significance and the making of the traditional skin boat, the Umiaq.

Copyright: © T.N.I. 2017

 Language: Inuktitut

Synopsis: Host Akinisie Sivuaraapik interviews Inukjuak elders Lucassie Echalook and Elisapi Inukpuk about the origins, the significance and the making of a traditional skin boat, the Umiaq.

Copyright: T.N.I. 2018

 The building of a fleet of seven qajait and two umiaak for Arnait's film "Before Tomorrow" during the 2006-2007 school year in Puvirnituq.

They're on their wat to Montreal by jet then to Havre-St-Pierre by truck.

Puvirnituq students at Iguarsivik school building two umiak frames as props for the movie "Maïna".
These umiaks are inspired by the 1885 Hudson Strait Umiak from the Adney & Chapelle's book "The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America".