Inuit Sign Language

 The UVAGUT (This is Us) video brings together representations of deaf Nunavummiut from across different communities, demonstrating how shared Inuit Societal Values and customs are expressed in Inuit Sign Language (ISL).… Read more

 Monica is a respected elder from the community of Rankin Inlet.
She and her late husband Thomas have thirteen children, five of
whom are deaf. Monica’s life story provides insight into customary experiences of living on the land in the region of Garry Lake. … Read more

 ᐅᕙᒍᑦ (ᐅᕙᒎᕗᖅ) ᐊᐅᓚᔫᓕᐅᒐᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ, ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᖕᒪᕆᐅᔪᖁᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᑦ
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒡᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒍᓯᖓᒍᑦ (ISL). ᐋᖅᑭᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ,  ᐊᐅᓚᔫᓕᐅᒐᕐᓃᖔᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᓱᕈᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ, ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓲᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ… Read more

 ᒨᓂᑲ ᑕᑎᒋᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᖏᕐᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᖅ. ᐅᐃᓚᐅᓂᓗ ᑖᒪᔅ 13-ᓂᒃ  ᕿᑐᕐᖓᓖᑦ, ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓐᖓᑦ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑑᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᒨᓂᑲᐅᑉ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᑦᓯᐊᕙᖅ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᒋᐅᕆ ᓚᐃᒃ. ᑲᖏᕐᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᕈᕋᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᒨᓂᑲ ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑦᓯᑦᓯᐊᕐᖢᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᒃ ᒪᑭᒪᑦᓯᐊᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒥᓂᒃ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐃᓅᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᒡᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓂᕐᒥᒃ.… Read more

La vidéo UVAGUT (Notre vie) regroupe des représentations de
Nunavummiut sourds issus de différentes communautés et qui
démontrent comment les coutumes et Valeurs Sociétales Inuites … Read more

 Monica est une Aînée respectée de la communauté de Rankin Inlet. Elle et son mari, feu Thomas, ont treize enfants parmi lesquels cinq sont sourds. L’histoire de Monica permet d’avoir un aperçu de ce qu’est la vie courante sur le territoire, dans la région de Garry Lake. … Read more

 Louisa est la plus vieille de cinq enfants sourds nés dans la familleUgjuk, à Rankin Inlet. Plus jeune, elle a eu la polio et a été envoyée au Sud, à l’hôpital de Winnipeg, pour être traitée. Elle a achevé sa scolarité à Vancouver, à l’école pour les sourds Jericho Hills.Louisa a marié feu Vincent Nanooklook, et est la fière maman de cinq enfants.… Read more

 ᓗᐃᓴ ᐊᖏᔪᑦᑎᕐᐹᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂ ᖃᑕᓐᖑᑎᒌᓂ ᐃᓅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᒡᔪᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᕐᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᒥᑭᔫᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᓪᓗᓂ  ᐊᐅᐸᓪᓛᓇᖅᑐᑖᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐴᓕᐅ, ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ.
ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᐃᓂᐱᒡᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕚᓐᑰᕙᒥ ᔨᕆᑯ ᖃᖅᑲᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᒻᒥ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ.
ᓗᐃᓴ ᐅᐃᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕕᓐᓴᓐ ᓇᓄᕐᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᒥᓄᑦ
ᐊᓈᓇᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᓯᑦᓯᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒨᖅᑲᐃᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ… Read more

 Louisa is the eldest of five deaf siblings who were born into the
Ugjuk family in Rankin Inlet. As a young child she developed polio and was sent south to the hospital in Winnipeg for treatment.
She completed her schooling in Vancouver at the Jericho Hills
School for the Deaf. Louisa married the late Vincent Nanooklook,… Read more

 ᐃᓅᒃ ᐃᓐᓈᒃ ᒨᓂᑲ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑖᒪᔅ ᐅᒡᔪᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ
ᐃᓅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᒃ
ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ
ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᒡᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᓱᑎᒃ.
ᐃᑉᐱᒍᓱᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖏᒃ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᐸᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑮᓯᒪᔪᖅ
ᐆᑦᑑᑎᑦᓯᐊᕙᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ
ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᒻᒪᕆᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕐᒥᑎᒍᑦ
ᐱᖕᒪᕆᐅᔪᖁᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ).

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 Yvo Samgushak était un membre très respecté de la communauté sourde de Rankin Inlet. Il exprimait de façon très éloquente ses histoires de vie et ses expériences en utilisant la langue des signes Inuit (ISL).… Read more

 ᐃᕗ ᓴᒻᖑᔅᓴᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔮᖑᑦᓯᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᓵᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ
ᑲᖏᕐᖠᓂᕐᒦᖔᖅᑐᖅ. ᑐᑭᓯᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᑦᑕᓲᖅ
ᐃᓅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᐅᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓯ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
ᐊᒡᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒍᓯᖓᓂᒃ (ISL). ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ
ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕐᒥᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒃᑯᑦ
ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ
ᐃᓅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ, ᑖᑯᐊᓕᒫᑦ ᐊᒡᒐᒻᒥᒍᑦ
ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒡᒐᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒍᓯᖓᒍᑦ.
ᑲᔪᓯᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᒪᕋᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᓂᖓ … Read more

 Yvo Samgushak was a well respected deaf member from the
community of Rankin Inlet. He eloquently expresses his life
stories and experiences using Inuit Sign Language (ISL).
His accounts detail customary Inuit lifestyles involved
with hunting and living on the land with extended family
members, all of whom communicated with him using Inuit … Read more