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Final Baffinland hearings wrap up in Nunavut, Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk is in the middle, cbc.ca

The final hearings into Baffinland's project wrapped up on the weekend.... Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk is in the middle of capturing the life and land of Nunavut on film. "What I want to do is record the wildlife, the land, the beauty of the land," he said. "That's the project we're doing right now – to record it now, elders who are living now, and do it again in 10 years" ... Besides documenting the environmental change, Kunuk has hired a human rights lawyer to study the project. See full story at Zacharias Kunuk hires human rights lawyer.
 

Zacharias Kunuk Formal Intervention to NIRB, English written submission June 8, 2012

My Inuit Point of View by Dr. Zacharias Kunuk O.C.

Pond Inlet and the NLCA: Q&A with Malachi Arreak, former IIBA negotiator, baffinlandwitness.com, July 15, 2012

Malachi Arreak worked as a regional land negotiator on the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in the early 1990s and negotiated the Qikiqtani region’s first IIBA, for the Sirmilik National Park, across Eclipse Sound from Pond Inlet. Last week, I talked with him about the NLCA in relation to Mary River, as well a project he’s working on, the Tununiq beneficiaries corporation, to ensure Pond Inletmiut see direct benefits from Baffinland...See full story at baffinlandwitness.com.

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Louis Uttak Interview, Igloolik, Pt.1 of 3, 4:39

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Louis Uttak Part 1, 4:39 Inuktitut-English May 11, 2012. See also Part 2. See also Part 3. By Zacharias Kunuk and Lloyd Lipsett.

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.

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Louis Uttak Interview, Igloolik, Pt.2 of 3, 3:10

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Louis Uttak, Part 2 of 3, 3:10 Inuktitut-English, May 11, 2012. See also Part 1. See also Part 3. By Zacharias Kunuk and Lloyd Lipsett.

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. Filmed May 11, 2012 by Derek Aqqiaruk for Digital Indigenous Democracy (DID). 3:10. Part 2 of 3.

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Louis Uttak Interview, Igloolik, Pt.3 of 3, 4:00

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Louis Uttak, Part 3 of 3, 4:00 Inuktitut-English, May 11, 2012. See also Part 1. See Part 2.

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.

Q and A with Zach and Ian for Festivals

Here's a conversation with co-directors Zacharias Kunuk and Ian Mauro that can be downloaded and used for Q and A after film screenings.

My Father's Land

My Father's Land

ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ Louie Uttak NIRB Community Roundtable, July 23, 2012, Igloolik, 5:58 Inuktitut; Inuktitut and English Versions of other community comments and Formal Intervention July 23, 2012 by Zacharias Kunuk and Lloyd Lipsett. Read complete Kunuk-Lipsett English Written Submission.

See What's New? below for all video and radio uploaded to My Father's Land including live online radio streaming of NIRB Public Hearings in Igloolik and Iqaluit and more call-in radio shows and video interviews with Inuit Elders and Youth talking about the impacts of mining around Baffin Island on Inuit and wildlife.

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Q&A video from IKCC Churchill Interactive Event

Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change was screened in the northern community of Churchill, Manitoba, on November 5th, 2010. This was our second public screening of the film.

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