Arviat project puts Inuit face on local history “We want to be there too”
May 20/2011 article by Sarah Rogers in the Nunatsiaq News:
OTTAWA — When Curtis Konek, 20, recalls the social studies courses he took at school, he remembers learning about Napoleon Bonaparte, a military leader during the French Revolution.
It’s not that the Arviat youth doesn’t appreciate history from other parts of the world — but where, he asks, is the history of the Inuit?
Konek isn’t alone in thinking his own history should have a bigger presence in Nunavut and throughout Canada.
“We want to be there too,” he said.
Amy Owingayak: Stories From Our Land ~ November 2010
During November, Stories From Our Land was held in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Stories From Our Land is a film workshop that was held for one week. The selected people were taught how to work with camera’s, how to approach a story and editing the clips that were shot. Also, the groups had discussed about…
Hivulivut: Iced Tea
Arviat is enjoying their fresh iced tea, boiled tea that is. We have faced a water problem that arose few weeks ago at a bad timing. Each year, flus and other stuff are going on when seasons begin to change.
This ending winter, Arviat people had bad colds and flus. Me and my family took turns…
Fish around Arviat
The routes to carry more traffic than most other trails around Arviat.
Arctic Char; Iqalukpik, Ivitaaruq in their red spawning space or Nutiblik if landlocked.
Arctic Grayling; Hulukpaugaq
Lake Trout; Iqluuraq
Lake Whitefish; Kakkiviaqtuuq
Long Nose Sucker; Aankngiaq
Northern Pike; Hiulik
Sculpin; Kanayuq
Burbot; Tiktaalik
Arctic Cod; Uugaq
Greenland cod; Uugaryuaq
Ninespine Stickleback; Iqalugaq
Lure fish; Nipihaq
Jordan Konek: 20,000 Inuit Dogs Killed
CBC NEWS NORTH INUIT DOGS KILLING NO CONSPIRACY: REPORT
In the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s Inuit dogs were allegedly killed by RCMP officers (CBC). Some dogs died of disease or were abandoned by their owners.
Inuit Commission believed that it was likely not the result of a federal government plan to…
