ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑦ (Inuit Unikkaangit)

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ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑦ (Inuit Unikkaangit) episodes

October 01 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 22: ᒧᕇᓯ ᑰᑭᐊᒃ Episode 22: Maurice Kukkiak
ᒧᕇᓯ ᑰᑭᐊᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᓂ ᓯᕐᓈᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᓲᖃᐃᒪ ᐳᑭᑦᑕᓕᒧᑦ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᑦᑕᐅᓚᐅᓯᒪᖏᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᖅᓱᕉᑎᖃᓗᐊᕐᑎᓗᖏᑦ ᑳᓐᓂᕐᒥᑦ. ᑐᓵᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓂᑳᖓᓂ ᒥᐊᕆᒧᑦ ᐹᐸᓗ ᑰᑭᐊᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᑯᓗ ᓈᓚᓚᐅᕐᑐ. Maurice Kukkiak of Igluligarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet) tells the story of how he finally stood up to an RCMP officer who had been bullying his father. When Mary plays this story for Maurice's wife Paapalut Kukkiak, she learns about how this altercation took place during a time of hardship and hunger in the Kivalliq region.
53 min
September 01 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 21: ᒌ ᑲᑭᐊᕐᓂᐅᓐ Episode 21: Guy Kakkianiun
ᒌ ᑲᑭᐊᕐᓂᐅᓐ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐊᐅᓚᔨᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᑦᐹᒥ ᑲᖓᑕᓲᕐᒥᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖁᒥᐊᒐᕕᓂᐅᑉ ᐴᑯᓗᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᓯᑭᑑᕐᒥᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᒡᒐᓕᐊᕕᓂᐅᑉ ᐴᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᓈᓚᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᐹ ᑐᕇᓴ ᐊᑕᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ. ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᑐᓵᒍᓇᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᑕ ᓂᐱᐊᓂ. Guy Kakkianiun of Kugaaruk clearly remembers the first time he saw an airplane, and other new objects like candy, gum wrappers, skidoos, and cigarettes. When Mary plays this story for Guy’s daughter Teresa, she opens up and shares more about her fathers life.
45 min
August 01 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 20: ᓗᐃ ᐅᖅᓱᑭᑦᑐᖅ Episode 20: Louis Oksokitok
ᓗᐃ ᐅᖅᓱᑭᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᕐᑕᖏ ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᒍᓯᕆᕙᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᓯᒪᓕᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᒥᐊᕆ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓇᐅᑉ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᒪᐅᕐᑕᖓ. ᓲᓵᓐ ᒪᑉᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓ ᓗᐃ ᓇᔭᖓ. ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᓕᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᕐᓂᑦ. Louis Oksokitok shares his knowledge about ravens, including how their voices have changed over the years. When Mary and our new associate producer Anna Ashoona Seagrave play this recording for Louis’ sister Susanna Mablick, they hear a touching story about her unique connection with ravens.

35 min
July 09 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 19: ᐃᒃᑲᕆᐊᓗ ᕼᒻ ᑲᑦᓗ Episode 19: Ikkarialu Ham Kadloo
ᐃᒃᑲᕆᐊᓗ ᕼᒻ ᑲᑦᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪ ᐃᒫᑲᓴᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᕐᓯᒪᑎᒡᓗᒍ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖓᒃᑯᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓ ᑐᓵᑎᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓ ᕋᐃᒋᓕ ᐆᑐᕙᒧᑦ ᐸᓂᖓ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐅᕈᑎᓚᐅᕐᐹ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᑕ ᐊᖅᓱᕈᓇᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ. Ikkarialu Ham Kadloo shares his experience of travelling by dogteam and almost drowning when a shaman put a spell on him. When Mary shares the story with his daughter Ragilee Ootoova, Mary learns some new details of what happened on that frightening day.
57 min
June 01, 2024 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 18: ᑑᒪᓯ ᐆᑦᑑᒃ Episode 18: Thomas Ootook
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 18: ᑑᒪᓯ ᐆᑦᑑᒃ ᐅᓂᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑳᓕᕐᐸᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᖅᓱᕈᓇᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂᒡᓗ. ᐆᑑᑉ ᓄᓕᐊᖓ ᕋᐃᒋᓕ ᐆᑐᒃ ᐃᖃᐅᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂ ᐅᐃᖓ ᕿᓂᕆᐊᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ. Episode 18: Thomas Ootook shares a story about experiencing hardship and hunger. When Mary shares the story with Ootook’s wife Ragilee, she remembers vividly the day that her late husband set out in search of food.
56 min
May 01, 2024 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 17: ᒨᓱᓯ ᐊᓕᔭᒃ Episode 17: Moses Aliyak
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 17: **ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖁᔨᕗᒍᑦ ᐅᓇ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖑᔪ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᑐᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓂᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ** ᒨᓱᓯ ᐊᓕᔭᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᐊᖑᑎᐅᔪᒎᖅ ᕿᑐᖓᒥᓂ ᓂᕆᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓐᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂ, ᓄᓕᐊᖓᓗ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᓂᑰᓗᓂ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᕙᓕᖅᑐᕉᖅ − ᐃᓄᒃᑐᖅᕕᖅ − ᐊᓕᔭᐅᑉ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᐋᓐᑎ ᐊᓕᔭᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒎᖅ ᐊᑎᖃᕐᓂᕕᓂᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕐᕕᕕᓂᕐᒥᑦ. Episode 17: **Warning - this story contains sensitive material on eating human flesh.** Moses Aliyak shares a story about a place called “Inukturvik.” When Mary shares this story with Aliyak’s biological son Andy Aliyak, Andy learns how this place got its name.
33 min
April 01, 2024 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 16: ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᖁᕝᕙᖄ ᐃᓴᑭᐊᒃ Episode 16: Elizabeth Quvvaqqaa Issakiark
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 16: ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᖁᕝᕙᖄ ᐃᓴᑭᐊᒃ ᑖᓇᐅᒍᓇᐃᕐᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᓅᓕᒃᓯᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᖁᕝᕙᖄ ᐸᓂᖓ ᓯᒨᓇ ᐸᐃᒍ, ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓᓗ ᐅᖃᓱᓂᓗ, ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓇᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᓐᓇᕋᓗᐊᕐᑎᒡᓗᒍ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᑐᖅ. Episode 16: The late Elizabeth Quvvaqqaa Issakiark shares a story about nursing a young man back to health who had been close to starvation. When Mary shares this story with Issakiark’s daughter Simona Baker, Simona is touched by her mothers desire to help in that difficult time.
43 min
March 01, 2024 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 15: ᔨᒥ ᒋᐸᓐᔅ ᐅᕕᓂᒃ Episode 15: Jimmy Gibbons Uvinik
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 15: ᔨᒥ ᒋᐸᓐᔅ ᐅᕕᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᒎᖅ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓖᑦ ᖁᓖᓪᓗ. ᔨᒥᐅᑉ ᐃᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᒪᐃᒃᒥ ᒋᐸᓐᔅ ᑐᓵᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ, ᖃᐅᔨᑲᓪᓂᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᐹ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ. Episode 15: In this story from our archive, Jimmy Gibbons Uvinik talks about his life working for the RCMP and the Hudson’s Bay Company for 30 years. When Mary shares this story with Jimmy’s son Mike, she learns about the impact Jimmy’s travel had on the Gibbons family.
56 min
February 08, 2024 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 14: ᒪᐃᒃ ᐳᕉᔅ Episode 14: Mike Bruce
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 14: 1940’s - ᓂᑦ ᒪᐃᒃ ᐳᕉᔅ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᒻᒦᓚᐅᕐᕈᓯᕕᓂᖓᓂᑦ. ᖃᖏᐊᖓ ᒪᓃᑐᒃ ᑖᒻᓴᓐ ᑐᓵᑎᓚᐅᕐᑕᕗᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓᓂᑦ , ᐅᒡᔨᕈᓱᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᒪᐃᒃ ᐳᕉᔅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕋᒥᑦ. Episode 14: The late Mike Bruce was one of many Inuit to contract Tuberculosis in the 1940’s. In his story from our archives, he talks about how life was in the hospital and what it took to recover. When Mary plays this story for Bruce’s niece Manitok Thompson, she learns about the other things that had changed about Bruce when he returned home
42 min
February 23, 2022 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 9: ᓵᓕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᑎᓇᔅᖢ Episode 9: Charlie and Elizabeth Tinashlu
ᐃᔪᕐᓇᑐᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᑐᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᓵᓕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᑎᓇᔅᖢ ᖃᓄᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᓕᕐᐸᓕᐊᓕᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᑐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᑭᑑᖅᑖᕆᐅᒍᑎᒋᔭᕕᓂᖓᓂᑦ. ᐅᖃᕐᑎᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐ ᓲᓯ ᓇᑲᓱᒃ ᑖᑯᐊ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓᓂ ᑐᓵᑎᑎᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ. ᐸᓂᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑖᑯᓄᖓ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᑐᓄ ᓯᐊᔭ ᕝᓕᒥᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ. Charlie and Elizabeth Tinashlu tell a funny story about the changes they experienced including living in government housing and their first snowmobile. Guest host Susie Nakashuk plays the story for their daughter Sara Flynn who enjoys this story from long ago.
53 min

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ᑕᕿᑕᒫ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓂᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᖃᑕᓛᕐᑐᑦ. ᒥᐊᕆ ᐸᐅᑐ ᐅᖃᕐᑎ, ᑐᑭᒧᐊᕐᑎᑎᔨᐅᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑎᖓ ᐋᓇ ᐊᓲᓇ ᐅᓂᑳᕐᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓛᐱᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᑐᓵᑎᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᑐᑦ . ᐃᓛᓂᑯᓪᓗ ᑐᓴᕆᐅᖃᑕᕐᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐹᑦᓯᐊᒥ ᐅᓂᑳᖏᓐᓂᑦ. Inuit Unikkaangit is back with a new…