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March 30 – On-the-land contest
WINNER: Angela Tugak
Arviat
John Tugak, August 2019 at Kuutauniraujaq near his cabin.
ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᐋᓐᔨᓚ ᑑᒑᖅ
ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ
ᔮᓐ ᑑᒑᖅ, ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 2019–ᒥ ᑰᑕᐅᓂᕋᐅᔭᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᖓᑕ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ.
Stephanie Utatnaq
Aasivaryuk
Baker Lake
At the dock June 2019 with my baby sister Blair Madison in front of...
Editorial: Now is not the time for hibernation
As Nunavut enters full-blown lock-down mode, many are probably looking around to see what they'll be doing for the next three weeks, at least, and that's being very optimistic.
With government offices shut down, school...
Editorial: ᐱᓪᓚᕆᒋᐊᖃᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ
ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑯᒻᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᙱᑦᑕᒻᒪᕆᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖓᓐᓂ. ᒥᕐᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕖᑦ, ᐳᐃᔾᔪᕋᕐᕖᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕖᑦ, ᓂᕆᕖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓱᓕᒫᑦ ᕿᑎᐊᓂ ᒪᑐᓯᒪᓂᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᖃᙱᑲᓴᒡᓗᑎᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᖏᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐹᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᙱᓇᓱᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ.
ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅ, ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖃᙱᓚᖅ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐆᒥᖓ...
Editorial: Time to get serious with COVID-19
The world people woke up to this week is a very different one than last.
Parks, pools, schools, restaurants and everything in between will be closed or nearly empty as the world battens down the...
Editorial: Time to heal police relations
The relationship between Nunavummiut and the RCMP has long been strained and a southern Canadian judicial system being thrust upon Northern residents has had many consequences that have rippled throughout the decades.
There has been...
ᒪᒥᓴᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ
ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓗᒃ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓵᓗᖕᓂ.
ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᑦ ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᒥ–ᔭᐃᑲᓕᖕᓂ ᐸᓖᓯᓂᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᖃᕐᔪᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓱᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ...
March 16 – On-the-land contest
WINNER: Joseph Kablutsiak
Arviat
This is my son Kyle James Kablutsiak, taken during our May 2019 hunt with three bears he got himself.
ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᔫᓯᐱ ᖃᑉᓗᑦᓯᐊᖅ
ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ
ᐅᓇ ᐃᕐᓂᕋ ᑲᐃᔪᓪ ᔭᐃᒻᔅ ᖃᑉᓗᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᐃ 2019–ᒥ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐊᒃᖤᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ.
Sabrina Dent-Hastie
Resolute
This...
March 9 – On-the-land contest
Winner: Sheldeen Emingak
Cambridge Bay
Cambridge Bay in mid-February, beautiful northern lights.
ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᓯᐅᓪᑎᓐ ᐃᒥᖓᖅ
ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ
ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᕕᕈᐊᕆᐅ–ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ, ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ.
Erik Ikoe
Baker Lake
45 kilometres south of Baker Lake – my first grizzly bear back in 2017.
ᐃᐊᕆᒃ ᐊᐃᑯ
ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ
45 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᑉ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ...
ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ
ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐃᓅᓂᕆᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ, ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 20–ᓄᑦ ᑕᑖᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔪᒥᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓵᓚᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᔭᒃᓴᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.
ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓇᖏᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔨᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓐᓃᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥ...
Editorial: Women leading the way in Nunavut
Women have a critical role to play in development of Nunavut. From the territory's official birth to now, the past 20 years have been chock full of notable women who broke the mould and...
March 2 – On-the-land contest
Winner: Apia Nakoolak
Coral Harbour
Davidee and Thor, age 1, excited for some hockey!
ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᐊᐱᐊ ᓇᑯᓛᒃ
ᓴᓪᓖᑦ
ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᐊᕐ, ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑐᖅ ᕼᐋᑭᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ!
Isiqut Nicholas Kringayark
Naujaat
Made by me in Naujaat finished Feb. 16. Drum dancing figure.
ᐃᓯᖅᑯᑦ ᓂᑯᓚᔅ ᕿᖓᔭᖅ
ᓇᐅᔮᑦ
ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ...
February 10 – On-the-land contest
WINNER: Ruth Eetuk Pootoolik
Coral Harbour
Maakusi Pootoolik enjoys a fish that's easy for him to hold onto. A fun day of fishing at 16 Mile Brook, fall in Coral Harbour.
ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᑳᓚ ᐃᕙᓗᐊᕐᔪᒃ
ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ
ᐸᓂᒐ ᕋᐃᔭ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ, ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ...
ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᓐᓇᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ
ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ, ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᖅᓴᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᑐᕐᔪᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᓯᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ.
ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᖄᖏᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᒫᕐᔪᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖏᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.
ᑭᒍᑕᐃᖅᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑰᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᒥ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ...
Editorial: Time to act on health
Nunavut has a myriad of health care issues, often far more severe and logistically challenging and expensive to deal with than anywhere else in the country.
As the years march on, Nunavummiut have only inched...
January 13 – On-the-land contest
Winner:
Andrew Panigayak
Taloyoak
Tea breakfast! Going seal hunting Dec. 14, 2019, waiting on the daylight and having tea 23 miles northeast of Taloyoak.
ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ:
ᐋᓐᑐᕉ ᐸᓂᒐᔭᒃ
ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ
ᑏᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᒻᒥᑕᖅ! ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 14, 2019–ᒥ, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑏᑐᖅᑐᑦ 23 ᒪᐃᔪᔅᓂ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ...
Northern law should be Inuit law
There is no doubt that enforcing law and order in Canada's largest territory is a contentious issue between Nunavummiut and law and justice officials alike.
People call the police when they need help and expect...
