September 2011
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Inuit Knowledge
by Amy Owingayak
August 31, 2011
Inuit have lived in the Arctic for many, many years. Before moving into a settlement, Inuit were living on the land using only animals for shelter, food and clothing. Therefore, my ancestors knew the animals’ routines and the importance of taking care of animals well. Inuit respect their land because it is their home and their hunting ground. Without the...
August 2011
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iMac Computers
by Jordan Konek
September 29, 2011
I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to Nunavut Research Institute and Jamie Bell for making the iMac computers available for Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project to edit our films for the documentary film.
One of the things our elder was talking about during the meeting tonight was when we need something or want something, we should ask for the...
ᓇᓂᓯᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᔭᖅ 2011
ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᔪᐊᕐᑕᓐ ᑯᓐᓂᒧᑦ
ᓇᓂᓯᓂᖅ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ. ᑕᐃᒍᓯᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕈᒋᔪᖓ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᓯᒪᒃᑎᐊᒥᓕᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑉᖁᓴᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᑕᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᓕᖅᖢᑕᓗ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓯᒪᓕᖅᑕᕋ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᑉᑎᒃᓄᑦ ᓴᕙᒃᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᐊᔪᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑭᑉᔪᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐊᕿᒃᓱᖅᖢᒋᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᐅᑦᖃᖅᖢᒋᑦ youtubeᒧᑦ. ᐱᔪᒥᓴᕆᔪᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᒪᑕ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐅᕐᓂᑯᒻᓂᒃ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖃᑦᑲᓐᓂᓕᕋᖓᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᔨᕈᓱᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᒃᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑭᑐᓗᒃᑕᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᒪᑕ ᓱᓕᕆᓯᒪᓕᖅᒪᖓᑉᑕ. ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᕐᓂᖅᑕᓕᒃ ᓴᕙᓯᒪᓕᒐᒻᓂᒃ...
ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᖓᓴᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᑯᖏᑦᓂᒃ
ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᖓᓴᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᑯᖏᑦᓂᒃ
ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᖅ ᔪᐊᕐᑕᓐ ᑯᓐᓂ
ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒥᓯᐅᓕᕋᒪ, ᐅᔨᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑕᕋ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᐊᖅᑎᒋᒃᒪᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᖁᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᒪᑎᖕᓂᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐊᑭᑐᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᓯᖓᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑦᖃᐅᒪᔭᐅᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᑭᑐᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᕆᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕐᔪᐊᒃᑎᐊᒥᐊᖅᓯᒪᒃᒪᑕ ᑲᔪᓯᖁᔨᑉᔪᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᑉ ᐃᓄᓯᖓᓂᒃ. ᐊᑕᑕᕋᓗ ᐊᓇᒃᑕᕋᓗ ᔨᒥᓯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕼᐃᓕᓐ ᑯᓐᓂᓗ ᕿᕕᒥᐊᓚᐅᕐᓂᖅᐸᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᔪᖕᓇᐃᒥᐊᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᖏᒥᐊᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᐱᓕᕆᕐᔪᐊᒃᑎᐊᒥᐊᖅᓯᒪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓗᓪᓕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒋᑦ ᓇᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒃᑭᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᓯᐅᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ, ᑕᒪᓂᓯᐅᕋᔭᖏᒃᑐᖓ ᐅᑉᓗᒥ.
ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ...
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Looking Closer to Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine...
by Jordan Konek
August 15, 2011
For this past week I was in Rankin Inlet to look a little closer on Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine with the Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Dr. Arn Keeling who is a geography researcher, a student Patricia Boulter and a resident film maker Pallulaaq Freisen. I enjoyed the time here in Rankin with the crew and was happy to meet all the people here that I met in...
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Inuit traditional food diet
by Curtis Konek
Aug, 19, 2011
Inuit have been eating traditional food for a very long time and have been hunting them for centuries. When inuit were nomadic inuit survived by eating traditional food and by following the herds of caribou and by hunting any small animals such as pitarmegin, rabbit, fish, beluga whale, seal, warlus and any other animal. Inuit from up north above the arctic circle...
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Media Release: FROM HUNTING TO WORKING...
Rankin Inlet, NU, Aug 11/2011
The Abandoned Mines Project, led by Memorial University’s Dr. Arn Keeling of Geography and Dr. John Sandlos of History, is in Rankin Inlet from August 8-15th with a team of Inuit participants, researchers, and local students, to examine the impacts of the historic Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine on the community.
This team, which includes Mr. Peter Irniq, cultural...
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Animals are not Stupid
August 10, 2011
This Morning here at the lodge in Rankin Inlet, where we are staying we were watching some videos of Inuit and the Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine. One of the videos we watched reminded me of a documentary video that we watched.
There has been a lot of scientific work in the North, scientists coming to the North to tell Inuit that the Polar Bears are becoming extinct, that caribou...
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Rankin Inlet Research
August 9, 2011
by Jordan Konek
This week I will be in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut to do a research on Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine of the late 1950s and the early 1960s. Yesterday I made it here to Rankin and will be filming for Dr. Arn Keeling from Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Trish from MUN and Paululaat a resident youth film maker of Rankin Inlet. So far since I’ve made it to Rankin...
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Quebec offers redress for mass killing of Inuit... →
QUEBEC — Quebec Premier Jean Charest travelled to northern Quebec Monday to offer redress to the Inuit for the slaughter of more than 1,000 sled dogs during the 1950s and ’60s.
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In Rankin Inlet: Community Workshop on the...
“Abandoned Mines researchers Arn Keeling and John Sandlos are investigators on a new project examining “Adaptation, Industrial Development and Arctic Communities: Experiences of environmental and social change,” funded through the recent ArcticNet Social and Human Health Sciences special call for projects…The project, initially funded for one year, will examine the impacts...
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Nanisiniq on People First Radio →
Click here to listen to University of British Columbia research assistant, April Dutheil, speak about the Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project on People First Radio.
