Canadian Inuit

Ferguson Lake - Part 3

Producer: Baker Lake Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Location: Baker Lake

Segment 1: A family/elders from Baker Lake went out on the land to teach Inuit traditional ways of living. They describe what tools and equipment were used according to the way they lived before easier ways and tools were introduced.

Easter Games – 1988

Producer: Baker Lake- Inuit Broadcasting Corporatoin
Host: Victor Qilulaaq
Location: Baker Lake

Segment 1: Easter games in Baker Lake – men race with skidoos pulling barrels on their sleds (qamutiik).

Segment 2: Igloo building competition.

Segment 3: Women’s dog team race.

Segment 4: Men’s dog team race.

Caribou Hunting

Producer: Pond Inlet TV (part of the Inukshuk Project)
Location: Pond Inlet

Segment 1: An interview with David Arnatsiaq about caribou hunting. David describes and shows where a caribou should be shot, how it should be skinned, and how they used to preserve the bullets because they weren’t abundantly available at the time.

Program name: Unnukkut
Unnukkut was a current events program for a general audience produced in Baker Lake. It features interviews with politicians and other current events items and stories in Nunavut.
Producer: Barney Patungayuk – Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: Peter Tapatai
Camera: David Quinarnaq and Michael Haqpik
Location: Baker Lake

Program name: Inukshuk
Producer: Martin Kreelak (Qilak) - Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: Sam Iqqilik
Camera: Martin Qilak
Location: Baker Lake

Segment 1: St. Theresa Hospital was started in 1912. This video is about the programs they offer in the hospital to help handicapped and disabled people.

Elders Conference on Family, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, Baker Lake, Producer-Host William Noah, Camera Barney Patunguyak and Sam Tarraq. Inuktitut no subtitles.

Segment 1: William Anowtalik tells the story about the time when animals were hard to find and there was Inuit starvation.

Producer: Baker Lake Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: William Noah
Camera: Barney Pattunguyak
Location: Baker Lake

Segment 1: William Anaotalik talks about the time of starvation in their settlement.
A time it was hard to find and hunt any animals for food and supplies.

IBC Takuyaksat BL-575, Modern-Traditional Instrument, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation Baker Lake, Host: William Noah. Inuktut.

Segment 1: Elders sing ajaaja with a drum dancer. Segment 2: Ruth and Hugh Tulurialik sing in Inuktitut during a concert. Segment 3: Elders tell stories about their earlier days.

Christmas in Baker Lake

Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat – was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.
Producer: Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Location: Baker Lake

String games

Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.
Producer: Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: William Noah
Location: Baker Lake

Sewing Centre in Baker Lake

Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.
Producer: Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: William Noah
Location: Baker Lake

Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat – was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.
Producer: Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Location: Baker Lake

Segment 1: Two women elders sew with caribou skins while telling stories of their life.

Segment 2: William Tagoona sings in a concert.

Nunatsiakmiut (Nunaliralaat)
Nunatsiakmiut Community Television Society / Nunatsiakmiut Film Society – 1975 launched in Frobisher Bay – this was the earliest Inuit filmmaking group in the Eastern Arctic. Nunatsiakmiut means ‘People From the Beautiful Land’.
Producer: Nunatsiakmiut Film Society
Location: Iqaluit

IBC Takuyaksat BL457, How to make a fish harpoon – Part 1, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation Baker Lake, Host: William Noah. Inuktut.

Segment 1: Samson Quinaqnaq teaches how to make a fish harpoon (kakivak). It takes time and effort to carve the bones and make sure they are cut bones properly.

Story about Being Lost

Program name: Takuyaksat
Takuyaksat was a Baker Lake production involving cultural activities, storytelling, hunting, sewing, and legends.

Producer: Baker Lake - Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Location: Baker Lake

Pond Inlet People Carving

Producer: Pond Inlet TV (part of the Inukshuk Project)
Location: Pond Inlet

Segment 1: An interview with Arnatsiak, Qanguq, and Anaviapik about their carvings. Each carver has their own answers as to which tools and equipment are better to use.