Rose Ukkumaluk, an Igloolik elder, relates the tale of Attagutaaluk, a woman who survived a starvation and lived to become an honoured resident of Igloolik.
In 1991, Igloolik Isuma Productions gathered 13 Igloolik elders for a week of discussion, to choose and then record 24 traditional ajaja songs considered most important to preserve for the future: where did the songs come from, how where they made and how have they been passed down generation to generation?
In the 1980’s and 90’s, as aging elders and Third Generation children become modern adults, southern radio and television introduced in 1982 increase the impact of foreign language and culture, and quickly alter the community dynamics of the settlement.… Read more
Angirattut (Coming Home) is a 90-minute documentary film directed by Zacharias Kunuk which follows Inuit extended family homecoming voyage to traditional home site, to celebrate ancestors' history of life on the land and to mourn the loss of modern relocation between worlds.
YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2000 DURATION: 29 min GENRE: Docu-drama FORMAT: Video (colour) LANGUAGE: Inuktitut, Eng/Fr s-t DIRECTORS: Mary Kunuk, Marie-Helene Cousineau PRODUCER: Arnait Video Productions… Read more
Rare early footage of Late famous musician Simon Sigjariak aka Johnny Cash of the North. With musicians Paul K Irksuk, John Kuksuk. Original footage IBC. Digitization/Editing Arviat Film.
Song "Uqarumanniruma" or "If I wish to say or not to say".
This video was made by Kalene Gibbons. She entered it in the Dept. of Education's video contest dealing with Inuktitut preservation and won a Blackberry Playbook for her efforts.
The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) public hearing in Pond Inlet (Nunavut) to assess Baffinland’s revised Early Revenue Phase proposal and Environmental Review for the Mary River iron ore mining project.
Day 1 (January 27, 2014)
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation Presentation (Inuktitut Version)
