Inuinnaujugut / We Are Inuinnait

During PI/KHS interviews held in late November 2024 in Kugluktuk, Rosemarie Meyok told this story from her childhood when she was camping with her family at Tuktutuuq.  Elder Alice Ayalik comments on the story at the end of the recording.

Alice Ayalik told this story in November 2024 during a PI/KHS visit to Kugluktuk.  Susie Evyagotailak interprets for Alice and Rosemarie Meyok comments.

The PI/KHS visited Kugluktuk in November 2024 to share some of the Diveky Collection recordings with Elders and record their reactions.  This podcast includes the discussion that followed these stories.  The Elders present were Alice Ayalik and Bessie Kukilukaak of Kugluktuk and Mary Kaotalok of Cambridge Bay.  Other participants include Susie Evyagotailak, Rosemarie Meyok, Nancy Kadlun, and Emily Angulalik.

The PI/KHS visited Kugluktuk in November 2024 to share some of the Diveky Collection recordings with Elders and record their reactions.  This podcast includes the discussion that followed these stories.  The Elders present were Alice Ayalik and Bessie Kukilukaak of Kugluktuk and Mary Kaotalok of Cambridge Bay.  Other participants include Susie Evyagotailak, Rosemarie Meyok, Nancy Kadlun, and Emily Angulalik.

Robert Kimaktok tells the story to George Diveky December 3, 1976 in Kugluktuk, Nunavut.

Notes from the tape - A traveler comes upon three women, each of whom gives him food he must eat, or be stabbed by one of the women's chin, which is a copper blade.  If he eats all the food they give him, he'll explode: he manages to eat it all and survive with the help of ivik - grass...

In 2021, PI/KHS received a donation of almost three hundred Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut cassette tape and reel-to reel recordings of Inuit Elders and knowledge holders. These recordings were documented by George Diveky throughout the 1970s, during he and his wife Janet's time as teachers in Kugaaruk and Kugluktuk.  As a student of  Anthropology and Inuktut, George envisioned the recording project as a platform for knowledge-keeping during an era of rapid change in the Arctic, and a way to preserve valuable cultural and linguistic information for future generations of learners.

Robert Kimaktok tells the story of the creation of light Cecember 26, 1976 in Kugluktuk, Nunavut.  Interviewer George Diveky.

In 2021, PI/KHS received a donation of almost three hundred Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut cassette tape and reel-to reel recordings of Inuit Elders and knowledge holders. These recordings were documented by George Diveky throughout the 1970s, during he and his wife Janet's time as teachers in Kugaaruk and Kugluktuk.  As a student of  Anthropology and Inuktut, George envisioned the recording project as a platform for knowledge-keeping during an era of rapid change in the Arctic, and a way to preserve valuable cultural and linguistic information for future generations of learners.

Robert Kimaktok tells the story of two brothers November 29, 1976 in Kugluktuk.  Interviewed by  George Diveky.

In 2021, PI/KHS received a donation of almost three hundred Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut cassette tape and reel-to reel recordings of Inuit Elders and knowledge holders. These recordings were documented by George Diveky throughout the 1970s, during he and his wife Janet's time as teachers in Kugaaruk and Kugluktuk.  As a student of  Anthropology and Inuktut, George envisioned the recording project as a platform for knowledge-keeping during an era of rapid change in the Arctic, and a way to preserve valuable cultural and linguistic information for future generations of learners.

Robert Kimaktok was recorded on December 7, 1976 in Kugluktuk, Nunavut by George Diveky.

In 2021, PI/KHS received a donation of almost three hundred Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut cassette tape and reel-to reel recordings of Inuit Elders and knowledge holders. These recordings were documented by George Diveky throughout the 1970s, during he and his wife Janet's time as teachers in Kugaaruk and Kugluktuk.  As a student of  Anthropology and Inuktut, George envisioned the recording project as a platform for knowledge-keeping during an era of rapid change in the Arctic, and a way to preserve valuable cultural and linguistic information for future generations of learners.

Robert Kimaktok tells two stories about Tulugarjuaq.

In 2021, PI/KHS received a donation of almost three hundred Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut cassette tape and reel-to reel recordings of Inuit Elders and knowledge holders. These recordings were documented by George Diveky throughout the 1970s, during he and his wife Janet's time as teachers in Kugaaruk and Kugluktuk.  As a student of  Anthropology and Inuktut, George envisioned the recording project as a platform for knowledge-keeping during an era of rapid change in the Arctic, and a way to preserve valuable cultural and linguistic information for future generations of learners.

Effie Kakayak talks about her life and sings a traditional drum dance song (pihiq) at the end of the recording.

In 2021, PI/KHS received a donation of almost three hundred Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut cassette tape and reel-to reel recordings of Inuit Elders and knowledge holders. These recordings were documented by George Diveky throughout the 1970s, during he and his wife Janet's time as teachers in Kugaaruk and Kugluktuk.  As a student of  Anthropology and Inuktut, George envisioned the recording project as a platform for knowledge-keeping during an era of rapid change in the Arctic, and a way to preserve valuable cultural and linguistic information for future generations of learners.