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Footage of Uqausiqaqatigiingniq,
the Inuit Standardization Symposium.

The symposium dealt with the standardization of Inuktitut. Questions were brought up such as whether or not the language should be standardized, what would be the challenges of standardizing a language with such a variety of dialects, and how would one undertake such a project.

ᓇᑲᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᑕᒫᙵᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂ − ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑲᐅᑎᒋᓪᓗᑎ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᔪᑦ, ᓴᓇᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᖅ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ, ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕆᔭᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓃᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒃᑯᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᖓᑦ 1997−ᒥᑦ 2005−ᒧᑦ.

The Hon. Paul Quassa, Minister of Education and Minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College speaks during the opening ceremonies at the Northern Adult Basic Education Symposium in Whitehorse, Nunavut April 29-May 2, 2014.

For more information on the symposium, visit: www.nabesymposium.com

Video News from TAC, January 2013 (Volunteers catalog Utah artifacts, abandoned Irish island, indigenous tale from Brazil)

(1) Lay volunteers catalog artifacts through the Forest Service Passport In Time (PIT) program at  the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum in Blanding, Utah.

 Sam Gardipe of Albuquerque, New Mexico-based group The Red Nation calls on the city to abolish Columbus Day and places the demand in the context of indigenous struggle, particuarly Wounded Knee

Paul Irngaut, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
Inuit, Iqaluit, Nunavut

James Qillaq, Qikiqtaaluk Wildlife Board
Inuit, Clyde River, Nunavut

Adamie Nuna, Cape Dorset Hunters and Trappers Association (and Interpreter)
Inuit (Sikusilarmiut), Cape Dorset, Nunavut

Today, in sunny but -45o, with snow mobile and komatik and Niko twin dogteam sleed, we go wind-seeking 40km Est of Pond Inlet to find the wind in the narrower channel between Bylot Island just after Mont Herodier. Niko Inuarak and his brother Daniel are quicly getting familiar with the kites with the help of Eepa Qappik and Alex Killabuk both from Pangnirtung.