Shamanism

In this Volume Three of the Contemporary Shamanic Journeys series, the author takes the readers on the roads of North, Central and South America, exploring pre-Columbian civilizations, Indigenous traditional teachings and other ancient cultures, with the ancestral legacy their histories left us with.

In this Volume Three of the Contemporary Shamanic Journeys series, the author takes the readers on the roads of North, Central and South America, exploring pre-Columbian civilizations, Indigenous traditional teachings and other ancient cultures, with the ancestral legacy their histories left us with.

Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Baker Lake, Nunavut
Host: Philip Putumiraqtuq

Segment 1: Silas Aittauq and Eugene Niviatsiak makes an Igloo near Baker Lake.

Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Baker Lake, Nunavut
Host: Peter Tapatai

Segment 1: Drum dancers and ajaaja singers from Kugaaruk, Taloyoak, Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk gather at Gjoa Haven for a performance.

Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Baker Lake, Nunavut
Host: Peter Tapatai

Segment 1: Silas Aittauq of Baker Lake demonstrates the skinning, butchering and caching of caribou meat.

Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Baker Lake Inuit Broadcasting
Host: Hugh Haqpi

Segment 1: Two Baker Lake women remember the hard times and when shamans practiced their spirituality.

Amitturmiut Originals 4735, Religion and traditional beliefs 1988.

IBC Kippinguijautiit 7475, Igloolik Stories, 2001, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation Iqaluit 2001. Inuktut, Host: Simataq Michael.

Program: Program: Kippinguijautiit (Things to Pass Time By): This show entertains the audience with funny and interesting stories on traditional and contemporary Inuit way of life. Kippingujautiit features northern musical talent and coverage of games and special events. Kippinguijautiit was the most popular Inuktitut language program from the audience survey conducted in 1992.… Read more

IBC: Kippinguijautiit (Things to Pass Time By), (11 mins), Inuit Broadcasting Corporation 1995, Taloyoak. Inuktut no subtitles. 

Program name: Amitturmiut
Producer: Igloolik – Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: Zacharias Kunuk

Segment 1: In 1989, Elders talk about shamanism and what they experienced. They talk about travelling to the spiritual world.

Segment 2: People talk about their scary experiences. One man thinks he saw a qallupiluq (a sea monster).

Four years after Atanarjuat The Fast Runner showed Inuit life in the mythological past, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen depicts events in 1922 when Shamanism was replaced by Christianity and the balance of Inuit life was changed forever, while the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen happened to be passing by. Watch this complete film on iTunes.

IBC Inukshuk 330, Mariano Aupilarjuk on Shamanism, 1992, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation Rankin Inlet 1992, Host: Emily Karetak. Inuktut.

IBC Tohaknaak A1142, Shamanism, 1986, Cambridge Bay - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, Host: James Kavogak. Inuktut.

Segment 1: Interview with Sam Immingaq about shamanism.

IBC Takuyaksat, Shamanism, Takunnaraksalirijiit, 1986, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation Baker Lake 1986, Producer: Victor Qilulaaq, Martin Qillaq and Barney Pattunguyak, Host: Victor Qilulaaq. Inuktut.

Segment 1: Angakkuksarniq (Shamanism) - this show is about shamanism and features different people are talking about it.