Igloolik, NU, Canada

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 6: Auriaq (Stalking)

Nunavut (Our Land) TV Series Episode 6. Igloolik, Spring 1946. It is the season of never-ending days. Two dog teams searching the spring ice, men and boys hunting day and night. Seals are everywhere: at the breathing holes, sleeping under the warm sun. Amachlainuk has a lucky day.

Filmmaker: Zacharias Kunuk, Paulossie Qulitalik, Norman Cohn

ᐸᖕᒧᖕᒐ PAMUMGA The beginning

Recorded in 1991, this song is from a CD collection of traditional ajaja songs sung by Elders of Igloolik.

ᐸᑉᐸᔾᔨᑦ PAAPPAJAAT Kept falling

Recorded in 1991, this song is from a CD collection of traditional ajaja songs sung by Elders of Igloolik.

ᓱᒥᒃᓕ SUMIGLI What then?

Recorded in 1991, this song is from a CD collection of traditional ajaja songs sung by Elders of Igloolik.

ᓱᕐᓕᒪᑯᐊ SUURLIMAKUA? Why these?

Recorded in 1991, this song is from a CD collection of traditional ajaja songs sung by Elders of Igloolik.

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 7: Qulangisi (Seal Pups)

Nunavut (Our Land) TV Series Episode 7. Igloolik, Spring 1946. Seal pups: springtime delicacy, prized for their soft fur and tender meat. When the pups start coming out on the ice, even small children and grandmothers can hunt.

Without stories we are lost... - by Hugh Brody

The strangers from Greenland sit in the snow house of Avva, a shaman.  Avva introduces his family to the visitors. The scene is tense, with silences that are awkward or watchful.  Avva puffs on his pipe.

Zacharias Kunuk Speaks with Joysanne Sidimus

An extended interview with Zacharias Kunuk conducted in Igloolik in 2004 by Joysanne Sidimus, originally printed in her book, Reflections in a Dancing Eye: Investigating the Artist's Role in Canadian Society.

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 8: Avamuktulik (Fish Swiming Back and Forth)

Nunavut (Our Land) TV Series Episode 8. Igloolik, Spring 1946. Inuaraq throws his bones at the river and finds the fish swimming back and forth. Back at the tent Qulitalik sends the young men out with fish spears to try their luck. The walk up the rushing river is exciting but treacherous. Fish are hiding. It's easy to fall in.

Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 9: Aiviaq (Walrus Hunt)

Nunavut (Our Land) TV Series Episode 9. Igloolik, Summer 1946. The distant sound of the atookatookatook ¼, the first gas engine to arrive in Igloolik, brings a surprise visitor to Qaisut, island of the walrus hunters. The Priest arrives to study Inuit life, to dig in the ancient ruins and to see the hunt.

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