Digital Indigenous Democracy

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Interview with Louis Uttak, Elder from Igloolik (4 minutes, Part 1 of 3). In Inuktitut with simultaneous English translation by Zacharias Kunuk. Louis is one of Igloolik's six members of the 42-member Baffinland Working Committee representing the seven impacted communities of Igloolik, Hall Beach, Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Kimmirut and Cape Dorset. Louis talks about the land and the animals, how things have changed since he was a child and how it can be affected by the mining that is going on.

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NEXT ONLINE RADIO SHOW: May 23, 2012: Part 2, About Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB). Follow-up second show with Amanda Hanson, NIRB, and human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett answering questions live online.

Community radio online is the first step in DID's pilot project, Angiqatigingniq Deciding Together, to adapt today's media communication tools to the traditional Inuit skill of listening respectfully to different points of view until reaching one unified decision everyone can support.

Angiqatigingniq Deciding Together and Nipivut Nunatinnii Our Voice at Home link seven Baffin Island communities facing development of a $6 billion iron mine, railroad and deep-water port for supertanker shipping by Baffinland Iron Mine Corporation (BIM), 70% owned by Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel-maker. Deciding Together through new media gives Inuit communities more power and influence at upcoming Public Hearings and the negotiating table with Baffinland and government agencies.

DID now is fully financed for 2012-13 for $1.35 million from Canada Media Fund Experimental Stream and project partners including Nunavut Independent Television (NITV), Municipality of Igloolik, Nunavut Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth (CLEY), Carlton University Centre for Innovation and Mt. Allison University.

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