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he second Arctic Inspiration Prize ceremony took place in Halifax in December at the Annual ArcticNet Scientific Meeting. The ceremony began with an extraordinary performance organized by the National Arts Centre as a spin-off from Ottawa’s successful Northern Scene festival last spring. Sylvia Cloutier and Beatrice Deer — both originally from Nunavik — began the ceremonial performance with throat singing while the uniquely talented Nelson Tagoona of Baker Lake chimed in with his personally invented throat boxing (mix of throat singing and beat boxing).
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ᒡᓕᐊᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᕐᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᕼᐊᓕᐹᒃᔅᒦᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑏᓰᒻᕙᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᕐᓯᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖏᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᓂ. ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᕐᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐸᐃᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᑎᑦᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᑦᓴᓕᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓐᖔᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒦᓐᖔᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᑎᑦᓯᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᓯᐅᕕᐊ ᑯᓗᕐᑎ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐲᑐᕆᔅ ᑎᐊ - ᑕᒪᒃᑮᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒦᖔᕐᓯᒪᔫᒃ — ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᕐᓯᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔪᓐᖏᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅᑕᐅᖅ ᐱᒃᑯᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᓂᐅᓴᓐ ᑕᒍᕐᓈᖅ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐃᓚᒍᑦᓯᐅᑎᑎᑦᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᓱᕐ-
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ugliani Ukiuqtaqtumi aulajjattausimanirmut saalaksausiaqtunut nalliunirsiurniq Halifax-miilauqtuq Tisipirimi arraagutamaaqsiummik ukiuqtaqtumi tukisiniaqatigiit Qallunaat qaujisaqtirjuangita katimaningani. Nalliuniqsiurniq pigiarutiqalauqtuq tapairnaqtut takunnatitsillutik saqqijaaqtitaujut Kanatami takunnagatsalirivigjuakkut taikanngaarsimajut Ottawa-mi pivaallirutaulauqtumik ukiuqtaqtumiinngaaqtunik takunnatitsiniulauqtunik upirngaangulauqtuq. Sylvia Cloutier ammalu Beatrice Deer — tamakkiik Nunavingmiingaarsimajuuk — nalliu-
Arctic Inspired
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ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ
He literally grabbed the attention of everyone in the room. Leela Gilday of the Northwest Territories wowed the audience with her extraordinary singing and guitar playing. Alongside her were two upbeat drummers who set the stage for the laureates to receive their welldeserved prizes. I felt a great sense of Northern pride during this performance. Throughout the ceremony, this feeling only grew. On the Arctic Inspiration Prize’s website, the generous donors of the Prize, Sima Sharifi and Arnold Witzig, say, “The purpose of the Prize is to recognize excellence and encourage teamwork among diverse groups in order to use or expand Arctic knowledge and bring it into action for the decisive benefit of the Canadian Arctic, its inhabitants and therefore for Canada as a whole.” Impressively Inuit, Northerners and Southerners are taking on incredible Northern projects and are being recognized and financially supported through this prize. As they work towards bettering the North today, they are simultaneously working towards improving and developing the North’s future.
March/April 2014
Ukiuqtaqtumi Aulajjattausimajuq by / unikkaaqtanga Teevi Mackay / ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᖅ ᑏᕙᐃ ᒪᑲᐃ
ᓯᒪᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᓱᕐᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᖅᑐᓪᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᑦᓴᒐᕐᕙᓗᓪᓗ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᑰᖅᑎᑦᑐᓂᒋᑦ (ᐅᐊᕈᑕᕇᑦ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᑦᓴᒐᕐᕙᓗᓪᓗ). ᓂᐸᐃᑦᑑᑎᑦᓯᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᕝᕙᓃᑦᑐᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᑕᐸᐃᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ. ᓖᓚ ᒋᐅᑕᐃ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐱᒃᑯᒋᔭᐅᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᐱᑦᓯᐊᕚᓗᒻᒥᓄᑦ ᕿᒥᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓐᖏᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᒃᑭᑦᑕᐹᖅᑐᓂ. ᐊᓇᐅᑦᓴᒐᖅᑎᒋᔭᖏᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓂᐅᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓇᐅᑦᓴᒐᕐᕙᓗᑦᑎᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑑᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓕᕋᐃᒻᒪᑕ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᑖᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ. ᐅᐱᒪᓂᕋ ᐃᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᖑᓂᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑉᐱᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥ. ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᕐᓯᐅᕐᓂᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᑉᐱᒋᔭᕋ ᐊᖏᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᔾᔪᑎᖓᓂ, ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓐᖑᐊᑕᕐᓯᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᓰᒪ ᓴᐅᕆᕕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓄᑦ ᐅᐃᑦᔨᒡ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ, “ᐱᔾᔪᑖ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᕐᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᔪᓐᖏᑐᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᔪᖏᕐᓴᐃᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᕋᓗᐊᕐᐸᑕ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖏᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᓗᑎᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᐃᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᕇᖅᑕᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅ, ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒧᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᓐᖑᕐᓯᒪᒍᑕᐅᓗᓂ.” ᑕᐸᐃᕐᓇᕈᑖ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᑎᒍᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᒻᒪᑕ ᑕᐸᐃᕐᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᒍᑎᒋᕙᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐ-
niqsiunirmut pigiarutaullutik katajjanikkut ajunngitummariujuqtauq pikkunatsiaqtuni Nelson Tagoona Qamani’tuarmiutaq ilagutsiutititsilluni nangminiq aaqqisursimajarminik qarisaujakkut aaqqisursimajaminik katajjaqtullu anautsagarvalullu atautsikuuqtittunigit (uarutariit katajjaqtut ammalu anautsagarvalullu). Nipaittuutitsililauqtuq tavvaniittulimaanik tapairsimajunik. Leela Gilday Nunatsiarmiutaq pikkugijaullarilaurmijuq takunnaqtunut nipitsiavaalumminut qimiqatsiaqtunik inngilirmat ammalu kukittapaaqtuni. Anautsagaqtigijangik marruuk tunniqqusiaqtitaulauqtut tuniujauqattatillugit anautsagarvaluttitsiqattalauqtuunnik ilisarijaujut tuniqqusiaqtitauliraimmata pijariaqallataaqtaminik. Upimanira ilunnik ukiuqtaqtumiunguninnik ippigilauqtara tavvani takunnatitsinirmi. Nalliunirsiurnilimaanginni, ippigijara angilivalliatuinnalauqtuq. Ukiuqtaqtumi aulajjattausimajut saalaksausiaqtut ikiaqqijjutingani, saalaksausianik tunisinnguatarsinnalauqtut, Sima Sharifi ammalu Arnold Witzig, uqalauqtuuk, “Pijjutaa saalaksausiarniup ilisarijaujjutiksanginnik ajunngiturjuanguninginnik ammalu kajungirsaigiakkanniru-
above & beyond
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