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  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 11: Tuktuliaq (Caribou Hunt)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: Transmediale

  Igloolik, Fall 1945. Even here, news of the terrible world war raging outside makes people frightened and uneasy. They talk of the danger of the unknown future, of shamanistic intervention to protect their culture. The weather turns colder. With the north wind blowing, Inuaraq builds his sod house, while Qulitalik cuts the ice blocks for the porch.

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  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 12: Unaaq (Harpoon)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: Jon's Working Channel

  Igloolik, Fall-Winter 1946. Sitting around the stone house carving a harpoon, Qulitalik starts talking about the year gone past. Everyone joins in with stories and laughter. Tea is boiling over the seal lamps, children playing on the caribou skin beds. Grandmother tells the old stories, everybody has a new one. Home is warm and cozy.… Uqalimakkanirit

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  Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 13: Quviasukvik (Happy Day)

  uploaded by: Norman Cohn

  channel: Jon's Working Channel

  Igloolik, Fall-Winter 1946. It's almost a month since the sun disappeared. Back in the stone house everyone wakes up to Christmas Day. For Inuit in 1946, Christmas is a strange mix of ritual, some from the old life and some from the new.… Uqalimakkanirit