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Program name: Qimaivvik – was an Igloolik cultural show including storytelling, hunting and sewing techniques, legends, language, igloo building, etc.
Producer: Inuit Broadcasting, Baker Lake, Nunavut
Host: Casey Tulurialik

Segment 1: Samuilie Ammaq of Igloolik skins a male walrus for taxidermist.

 In Caribou Storyteller Elders tell stories of people who lived on the land; showing us what the story is today, what it looks like now and who goes there now…with many questions around: are people still hunting caribou?

Is it still a caribou route? Is it still accessable to this day?

In Caribou Storyteller Elders tell stories of people who lived on the land; showing us what the story is today, what it looks like now and who goes there now…with many questions around: are people still hunting caribou?

Is it still a caribou route? Are there development companies working there now?

 A young boy bonds with his grandmother as she tells him the traditional legend of the Dzunuḵ̓wa.

Ayagaq Game

A little girl is naughty and doesn't listen to her mother. "Be nice! Or Yaanii K'uuka will get you!" One day, a beautiful woman arrives at the longhouse... This is a traditional story told in the Haida language (Xaaydaa Kil) with English subtitles.

With Enuki Kunuk from Igloolik and Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak from Rankin Inlet (www.michaelkusugak.com)

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada