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Comment on Timeline of Inuit Social History by murphy

murphy — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:27:11 +0000

thx alot i needed that im studying inuitsin american history thx.

Comment on Social Cohesion by casanovas bcn

casanovas bcn — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:09:46 +0000

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Comment on Honouring Sarah Ekoomiak, (b. 1933 Umiujaq, Nuanvik) by Nelson Graburn Nilisi Apirqu Aupalutaluk atiqaktitaulayuvunga

Nelson Graburn Nilisi Apirqu Aupalutaluk atiqaktitaulayuvunga — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:38:34 +0000

Kuvianattuk unikkalauravitik. Nakurmimarialuk ilipsinut.
I travelled North on the Mattavvik (CD Howe) in June 1959. The interpreters were Lizzie Quakai and Annie Panigusiak (?). There were many Inuit in the “hold” while Qallunaat lived in cabins. We let off a lot of people for George River [Kangirjualukjuak] to build the first Coop, for fishing for Char iqalukpit and selling them in the South. There was a lot of ice in the Hudson Strait, so it was very slow. We finally stopped at Kangirksujuak (Wakeham Bay) and went ashore by helicopter. We were met by the ‘King of the Hudson Strait’, Father Mascaret Kayuvinaluk iuvitupuiyaluk tanna.
He had a huge house and a servant; Jugini was his “Eskimo boss’ who had a wooden house and a wooden boat with a small motor. All the other Inuit had tents and qajaks. Later that summer I came back from Salluit by Peterhead to hunt qilalugaat at Tinukjavik; after we got 20 or so we went to Qikirktaluk and stayed with the Inuit and mined soapstone – qulliajak, about 400 pounds, to take back for carving. The qulliasajak was yhe same place that later the ‘Satanbasivinaluit kinganguangit’ were found. I walked back over the land with dogs with backpacks, while the umialuk came round the cape Niaquangualuk (?) into the bay. The Mattavvik sailed on and dropped me off at Salluit, where I met Ayukirtuiyi Davii and iksirakjuak Tunishuituk and lived in a tent all summer like everyone else. That was the first year the (four) wooden houses were build for Inuit. In October I left on the Avataaluk, with Aisiki Pallayak and Frere Chauvet (? Kayup kipalunga) and arrived in Montreal in November. Aqunaktumarialulaumata.
Ila, taistumanikallalungai.
Apirqu Nilisi allatuk itumarialukasangurlaukpunga.

Comment on Timeline of Inuit Social History by Leetia E6939 Janes

Leetia E6939 Janes — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:00:07 +0000

Very, very interesting read and thank you, not a lot of sites are dedicated to posting timelines of our ancestry. I will use what I can to educate my own children. I try to practice Inuit traditional Knowledge the best way I know how in this day and age. It’s still engrained in us who came of the land camps to live in settlements and we just need a little encouragement and knudge to start helping. Trying to teach our young people our traditional practices vs ipad and ipod or ds, is so hard, especailly when we still have to fight to be heard, even with our own governments and/or sometimes our inuit orgs, it’s still the same, just different people at the helm, too many rules & regulations or policies, since these practices are not ours traditionally, to just surviving up here (sometimes daily survival in the more remote communities) is still the norm. People just don’t like to offend our leaders, as we have so much respect, we don’t want to make our own look bad so people don’t say anything. thank you, this is very informative.

Comment on Digitage Web 2.0 2012 by nassera alhammad

nassera alhammad — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:56:47 +0000

Great article ,I am studying Web 2.0 now ,so,this information will really help me so much .I regret because I did not find it from the beginning of semester but , it doesn’t matter , it will be useful for the rest of the semester .

Regards,
Nasser
http://nasseralhammad.wordpress.com/