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Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI) principal Katherine LeBlanc presents Grade 12 graduate Katrina Anderson with the Govenor General’s Academic Medal at MUI in Rankin Inlet on Aug. 24.
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Award presented Rankin Inlet Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI) Class of 2019 graduate Katrina Anderson was recently presented with the Governor General’s Academic Medal during graduation ceremonies at MUI in Rankin Inlet. The Governor General’s Academic Medal is awarded annually to the student graduating with the highest gradepoint-average from a Canadian high school, college or university program.
Bus services Rankin Inlet A new community bus service has been established in Rankin Inlet this month, operating from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily. The bus is being operated by Rankin Auto Value Inc. and use of the service if being offered free of charge for the month of September to introduce the community to the bus service and its routes. Beginning in October, single-ride fares will be set at $5 for youth (aged six to 16) and elders (65 and older) and $10 for adults, with monthly passes being available at $50 for youth and elders and $100 for adults. Six-month and yearly passes can also be purchased at further-discounted rates. The company’s buses are equipped with wheelchair lifts and tie-downs, however those requiring the service will have to phone ahead at least one hour prior to their pick-up time to ensure the company has the proper staff available to assist them.
Nico to perform Arviat Rapper and hip-hop artist Biz Nico is scheduled to perform in Arviat on Sept. 28, beginning at 7 p.m. Originally from Saskatoon, Sask., and now operating out of Winnipeg, Nico is perhaps best known for 2016’s Testimony (From the Streets to the Church) and 2017’s Make Them Bells Ring.
Directors meet Arviat The Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) will host a board-of-directors meeting in Arviat from Sept. 17 to 19. The KIA board meetings will be held in the Arviat council chamber beginning at 9 a.m.
Fox fundraiser Naujaat A total of $1,250.35 was raised in support of the Terry Fox fundraiser in Naujaat earlier this month. Acknowledgements sent out by organizers for supporting the fundraiser in the community included the Naujaat Co-op, Northern store, staff at the local health centre, Tuugaalik High School staff, RCMP and Wildlife officers and all volunteers.
(Edward) Iyakak and his wife, Qaaq, were taken to Rankin Inlet in 1956 so Iyakak could work at the nickel mine.
From the land to the mine Nickel mine produced drastic change in lifestyle for many Inuit by Darrell Greer
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Rankin Inlet/Naujaat
The move to Rankin Inlet from Naujaat to work in the nickel mine was an historic change in life for the families involved in the mid-1950s – and Piita Irniq, originally from Naujaat, remembers it well. Irniq said he remembers when the federal government started flying Inuit couples on single-engine airplanes in 1956, as well as those who left Naujaat by dog team to go to Rankin. He said in 1956, those who lived in Naujaat were still very, very traditional people. "There were no houses then and everyone who lived there had nothing except for the animals, sea mammals, Arctic char and things like that," said Irniq. "We were still travelling by dog team in the winter and walking the land to hunt caribou in the summer. "There were only five houses in the community; three belonged to the Hudson Bay Co. and two belonged to the Roman Catholic Church. "There were fewer than 100 Inuit in Naujaat in 1956 and most lived in an iglu in the winter, a tent in the summer, and travelled by dog team hunting and trapping whenever the weather was nice." Irniq said it was through the Roman Catholic Church that Inuit in Naujaat learned of the nickel mine opening in Rankin Inlet and the company was actively recruiting Inuit to move to Rankin. He still remembers many of those who decided to move to the new community. "Kailitaaq Maniilaq (Manilak) and his wife, Veronica, went as well as his older brother, Edward Iyakak, and his wife, Qaaq. A single-engine aircraft went to get them and flew them to Rankin to work in the mine," said Irniq. "Others who moved to Rankin at that time included Jack Anawak’s family,
Lorne Kusugak’s family, and the late Bernadette Saumik, who became quite a good artist. "They were full-time hunters, trappers and fishers who started to work at the mine as soon as they arrived in Rankin – and they stayed." Irniq said their new community was much more modernized than Naujaat. He said there was only a tiny Hudson Bay Co. store in Naujaat that looked like a small confectionery store in southern Canada, and Rankin had so many new things to offer, such as a group of small matchbox houses that have since long faded away with time. "There were a lot of non-Indigenous people from southern Canada in Rankin when they arrived, and everything was much bigger and more advanced in terms of housing development and things like that than Naujaat – with even a few snowmobiles being already in the community. "When I say Inuit are very adaptable people, imagine being a full-time hunter one day and working in a mine the next. That still impresses me a lot." When the new miners and their families arrived in Rankin, for the vast majority it was their first real exposure to the monetary system and things like credit. Irniq said no one really had actual money in 1956 Naujaat, with, maybe, $50 to be found in the entire community with the little bit the Hudson Bay Co. and the Roman Catholic Church possessed. He said trade was the money in Naujaat at that time, so handling money was something they first became used to in Rankin. "They also started having square dances quite often when they moved to Rankin Inlet, getting all dressed up in southern clothes," said Irniq. "So, they had major changes in their lifestyle from an iglu to a working mine basically overnight, and they were intro-
duced to all sorts of things southern Canadians had such as washing machines, toilets – or maybe honey buckets – inside the house. "The whole land was our washroom in Naujaat. All the waste was eaten by either our Inuit Husky dogs or the ravens, because that was the traditional way we lived." Irniq said when the mine closed in 1962, many Inuit who had moved to Rankin Inlet from communities across the region decided to stay. Rankin had become their home and had many more facilities and amenities, a larger nursing station and a community hall. And it offered their children better opportunities through schooling. He said Rankin quickly became the hub of the Keewatin region for business opportunities from southern Canada. "When the mine closed, the Government of Canada opened a ceramic shop, which operated for almost 10 years, and a canning facility for maktaaq, seal meat and things like that in order to provide income for Inuit who had lost their jobs. "There were also some families who went to Yellowknife to work at the Giant Mine, such as Edward Iyakak, Francis Kapuk (still living in Rankin) and his older brother, Lucien Taparti. "They became very good company for me too, because I’d see them once in a while in Yellowknife when I was going to Sir John Franklin High School. "Still other Inuit moved to Lynn Lake to work at the mine there. They had learned to become good miners in Rankin Inlet and many of them went on to work at other places – from that point of view, they were also adapting to life in much larger communities than Rankin Inlet." bf l A ᓄᑖᒥᒃ m4WZz 3
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ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᖅᑖᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ 1956-ᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᒃᑐᓄᑦ 1950-ᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐲᑕ ᐃᕐᓂᖅ ᓇᐅᔮᕐᒥᐅᑕᒃᓴᔭᖅ, ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ. ᐃᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᕉᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᑦᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕇᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᓲᒃᑯᑦ 1956-ᒥ, ᑕᐃᑉᑯᐊᓗ ᓇᐅᔮᓂᙶᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᓕᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ 1956-ᒥᒎᖅ, ᑕᐃᑉᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂᑐᖃᖅᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. "ᐃᒡᓗᓪᓚᑦᑖᖃᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓱᓇᖃᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᐳᐃᔩᑦ, ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᕈᔪᐃᑦ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᕐᓂᖅ. "ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖑᓕᕌᖓᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐱᓱᓗᒃᐸᒃᖢᑕ ᑐᒃᑐᓯᐅᖅᖢᑕ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ. "ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᑦ ᓄᓇᑉᑎᓐᓂ; ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᒃᓯᕋᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ. "100-ᖑᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ 1956-ᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ, ᑐᐱᖅᓯᒪᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑮᔭᖃᑦᑕᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᓯᓚ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑳᖓᑦ."
ᐃᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒃᓯᕋᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑎᒍᒡᒎᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᑕᕆᐊᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᕐᒪᑕ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᑕᕆᐊᑦ ᓴᓇᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖅ ᓱᓕ ᑕᐃᑉᑯᓂᙵ ᐊᒥᓲᔪᓂᒃ ᓅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᑖᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ. "ᑲᐃᓕᑖᖅ ᒪᓃᓚᖅ ᓄᓕᐊᓂᓗ, ᕕᕈᓂ ᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔫᒃ, ᐊᖓᔪᖓ ᐃᔭᑲᒃ ᓄᓕᐊᖓᓗ ᖄᖅ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᓲᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐃᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᓕᐊᕈᔾᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᔭᖅᑐᖅᑎᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᒃᑕᕆᐊᓂᒃ. "ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᔮᒃ ᐊᓇᕈᐊᑉ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ, ᖁᐊᓴ ᑯᓱᒐᐅᑉ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕐᓇᑎ ᓴᐅᒥᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᓪᓚᕆᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. "ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓪᓚᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᑮᔭᖃᑦᑕᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᒃᑎᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒨᑐᐊᕋᒥᒃ - ᑕᐃᑲᓃᖏᓐᓇᓕᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ." ᐃᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᑖᕆᔭᐅᔪᕉᖅ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ’ ᓇᐅᔮᕐᒥᐅᖓᓂ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃᑯᒡᒎᖅ ᒥᑭᔪᕈᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ, ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᐊᓛᖅᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᓕ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᖑᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂᑐᖃᐅᓕᕐᒪᑦ.
ᑲᐃᓕᑖᖅ ᒪᓃᓚᖅ ᓄᓕᐊᓂᓗ ᕕᕈᓂ ᐊᓃᕋᐅᔭᖅᑑᒃ ᑐᐱᖓᑕ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓅᖅᑳᕐᓇᑎᒃ 1956-ᒥ ᓴᓇᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ.
Developing ties Conservation officers help teacher with wildlife course in Baker Lake by Darrell Greer
Northern News Services
Baker Lake
Students at Jonah Amitnaaq Secondary School (JASS) benefitted from a recent partnership of sorts between their school and conservation officers at the local Wildlife Services office in Baker Lake. The process began when first-year JASS senior high social studies teacher Bence Csaba was assigned to teach a course called, appropriately enough, wildlife. Csaba had just moved to Baker to begin his first year teaching in the North, and had never taught a wildlife course previously. At first, said Csaba, he didn’t know which direction he would take with the course material, although he did receive plenty of support from the high school administration and staff at JASS. "While I was looking through the curriculum outcomes and course outline, I realized that, perhaps, I should walk over to Wildlife Services to see if they had any suggestions," said Csaba. "Since then, conservation officers Russell Toolooktook and Robert Arsenault have been giving me advice. "Then, this past month on Friday, Aug. 23, I asked Russell and Robert to come in as guest speakers and, without hesitation, they agreed to come in and provide a presentation for multiple classes. "The two officers also brought their summer student, Erik Ikoe, himself a former student at JASS, to talk to students about his
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Kailitaaq Maniilaq (Manilak) and his wife, Veronica, enjoy nice weather outside their tent in Naujaat shortly before moving to Rankin Inlet in 1956 to work at the nickel mine.
summer job with Wildlife Services." Csaba is teaching the course to a combined group of 35 students from Grades 10 to 12. He said the Government of Nunavut (GN) created an online hunting safety course specifically for Nunavut, which the class is completing. "This is one of their biggest projects, and, hopefully, everyone will have completed the 10-module course by the end of the year and received a certificate, hoodie and cap. "And all this came about from the day I went in and asked the officers to give me some guidance on what I should be teaching the students. "They had plenty of resources and were super co-operative, so I figured why not teach it at high school when it was the GN that created this information about wildlife management, Arctic ecology and management of the land." Csaba also starts every class looking through news items with his students. He said they look at Nunavut news, national news and global news. "It is important for our students to see what is happening around the territory, the country and the world," said Csaba. "I would like to thank my principal, Christopher Snow, and my vice-principal, Catherine Mourot, for supporting me in creating a stronger partnership with Nunavut Wildlife Services. "According to Inuit societal values, if we work together for a common cause, we will be successful."
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A new generation of hunters HTO launches Young Hunters program in Rankin by Darrell Greer
Northern News Services
Rankin Inlet
Upwards of 30 youths aged 13 to 19 are participating in a Young Hunters program the Kangiqliniq Hunters and Trappers Organization (HTO) began in Rankin Inlet earlier this month. Andrew Akerolik said a number of the HTO members were brainstorming on a project they could come up with involving youth when they decided a Young Hunters program would be the best way to pass on traditional skills and knowledge. He said the board members gave their approval to the idea, which fits inside the HTO’s annual budget. "We never talked with anyone outside our own HTO (Arviat has a similarly named Young Hunters program overseen by the Arviat Wellness Committee) about this program," said Akerolik. "We wanted to do this all on our own here in Rankin." Akerolik said a program like this has been long overdue in Rankin Inlet. He said the HTO took out its first group of youth in the program about a month ago and the second group this past week. "We have about 30 kids interested in the program, which I think is a good start. "They can still come here to the
HTO office to sign up, but we’ve made it easier for them by setting things up so they can also register for the program at Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI). "Once we know how many kids we have registered for a trip, we decide how many boats we require to take all the kids out who signed up, set a date for the trip, and keep MUI updated on which kids are participating so they’re not marked absent from school." A boat outing for Rankin’s Young Hunters program will see the youth taken to Marble Island, Angijut or Pikiuliakjuk. Akerolik said the focus of the boat trips will be to teach the kids traditional and survival skills, such as the proper way to clean and butcher a harvested whale properly. He said the trip is a first-time experience for a majority of the kids. "At the end of the first trip, all the kids requested to go again on the next trip as soon as they got off the boat," said Akerolik. "News of the program is slowly spreading throughout our community and in the school. We’ll switch the focus to caribou hunting in the spring, fall and early winter. "We’re off to a good start. We hope our first year of the program continues to do really well so we’ll be able to continue it for a long time to come."
ᐊᖅᓴᑳᖅ ᑕᓄᔭᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒦᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᑕᒥ ᑕᐃᐸᓈᖅ, ᐳᕋᓐᓴᓐ ᐅᓗᖅᓯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᒃᐸ ᐅᓗᖅᓯ ᐅᖅᓱᕆᐊᓕᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 5-ᒥ.
photo courtesy of Andrew Akerolik
Aksakaaq Tanuyak, from left, Adam Taipana, Bronson Ulurksit and Makpa Ulurksit are ready to head out on a trip to Marble Island as part of the Young Hunters program in Rankin Inlet on Sept. 5.
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ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ
30 ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓖᑦ 13-ᓂᒃ 19-ᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. ᐊᓐᑐᕈ ᐊᑭᕈᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒃᑯᒡᒎᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᒐᒥᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᕕᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᓂᒡᓗ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᒡᒎᖅ ᐊᖏᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ, ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦᑕ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. "ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑉᑕ ᓯᓚᑖᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ (ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᕐᓚᖕᒥᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓖᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᓲᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᓄᑦ) ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑑᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᑭᕈᓕᒃ. "ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᒐᑉᑕ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓗᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ." ᐊᑭᕈᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑲᒻᒥᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᓂᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᒡᓕᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥ. "30 ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐱᔫᒥᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᒡᕘᓇ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ.
"ᐊᖓᓇᓱᒃᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᐊᖅᑐᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎᓯᒪᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᒫᓂ ᐅᓗᔪᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ. "ᑐᓴᖅᓯᒪᓕᕈᑉᑕ ᖃᑉᓯᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ, ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓕᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᖃᑉᓯᓂᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑉᑕ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ, ᐅᑉᓗᖓᓂᒡᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᑉᓗᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑏᓐᓇᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᒫᓂ ᐅᓗᔪᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ." ᐅᒥᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᕈᔾᔭᐅᓲᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᕆᐊᓄᑦ, ᐊᖏᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᑭᐅᓕᐊᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ. ᐊᑭᕈᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓴᓗᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓚᒃᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᖑᔭᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᕿᓇᓗᒐᕐᒥ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᒡᒎᖅ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. "ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᖅᑐᖃᑎᖃᕋᑉᑕ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᔪᒫᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᒧᐊᑐᐊᕋᒥᒃ. "ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔭᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᑐᒃᑐᓕᐊᕈᔾᔨᖔᕈᒫᓕᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᐸᑦ. "ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᒋᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐊᓗᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑯᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ."
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Placement as key as creation with education Northern News Services
Rankin Inlet was still under the flag of the NWT when I first arrived, and there were going to be many challenges awaiting the Government of Nunavut when our territory first came into being the following year. I arrived here staunch in my determination to not have any preconceived notions or opinions and be like a giant sponge in the Sanikiluaq soaking-up of facts and informed opinions before regaling the Kivalliq region with any of my own. The first determination I made was that education was key to Nunavut’s success and its delivery system had to include strong cultural content from Inuit teachers and support providers. That quickly became obvious to me, as did the fact the initial timeframes often decided upon for a majority of our teachers to be Inuit and full primary instruction to be delivered across the board in Inuktitut were hopelessly optimistic. Fast-forward almost 21 years and not much has changed in that
regard and, right now, concerns are simply do not want to hear as they walk down their garden path of being raised in some corners over how low the number of Inuit teach- utopia, while denying dystopia can ever exist – placement can play a ers in the Kivalliq remains. vital role in the overall First and foremost, success of NTEP grads if we’re going to solely and severely retard the focus on Nunavut Teacher program’s progress in our Education Program schools to all but those (NTEP) grads in gauging who only care about success in those regards, quotas and numbers. the contributions being And that’s especially made in the areas of true when other governculture, tradition and lanment departments are guage instruction (Inuktitut) by a number of Inuit DARRELL able to swoop in and hire them away when they support staff in Kivalliq GREER realize the impossible schools takes a big hit – predicament they’re in. and unfairly so. And that can often be Many of these folks are doing outstanding jobs in the roles the case of those NTEP grads who opted for the two-year post degree of Inuktitut instruction, cultural over the four-year Bachelor of Eduinstruction, student support assistcation program and began their ants, school-and-community councareer above the elementary school sellors, etc. level. That’s the good news and it Any chain is only as strong as its should in no way, shape or form be weakest link and when that link is ignored when either looking at the continually the one at the start of a ‘big picture,’ or tossing numbers process, the results are predictable. around on surface value. Too many students continue to On the bad news front that many land in the laps of middle school teachers who are far below the grade level they should be at when leaving elementary school – a trait one sees with regularity in communities where ‘teachers’ remain who have their jobs through the desperation of the local District Education Authority (DEA). The chain has started! Fast forward four years and some of these students end up A RARE SIGHT entering Grade 9 with a reading level averaging around Grade 5 (the A group of people gathones with talented, tough and dedier around to stare in cated teachers in middle school awe at a young bearded seal (tirirluk) that who made up some of the gap), was caught by Casey while others enter high school with Tulurialik and Solomon a reading level at Grade 2 or below Mariq on Aug. 27 near (those who didn’t). Baker Lake. The sight Three terms should never have was a rarity in that existed in a territory trying to build Baker Lake is the Arcits own educational system from tic's only inland comwithin: grandfathering, social promunity. motion and letters of authority Photo courtesy Tim Tunguaq (granted by aforementioned desperate DEA members to fill positions). Advancements in some areas are taking place, yet the issues facing education in Nunavut remain numerous and complex, and there remains damage still to be undone – but some idioms remain undeniable, especially those concerning chains and foundations.
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The 2019 Rankin Inlet Co-ed Softball League champion New Era are, back from left, Amaujaq Lindell, Darren Ikakhik, Yvonne Mamgark, Moses Aupilardjuk, Wager Tatty, Craig Beardsall and James Connelly and, front from left, Gloria Kaludjak, Loren Kaludjak and Amy Kaludjak in Rankin Inlet on Sept. 5. photo courtesy of Darren Ikakhik
New Age champs Team defeats Juggernauts to claim Rankin softball title by Darrell Greer
Northern News Services
Rankin Inlet
Team New Age rose to the occasion and took down the Juggernauts 10-8 to claim the 2019 Rankin Inlet Co-ed Softball League title in Rankin last month. The championship series was a back-and-forth affair, with New Era nipping the Juggernauts three games to two on Aug. 5. In a strange twist of fate, the co-ed title was the second in a row for Craig Beardsall, who was part of the 2018 Legionaries team that defeated New Era in straight games to take the league title. Gloria Kaludjak took the win on the mound for New Era, while Catherine Ayaruak took the loss on the hill for the Juggernauts. New Era’s James Connelly said he thought play went up a notch in the six-team Rankin league this season. He said at least three of the six squads were very competitive. "With teams that win different tournaments getting to advance to provincial-andnational tournaments now, that pumps up the level of play in the league a little bit, I’d say," said Connelly. "The important part about winning the league title is that you get bragging rights for a year. "The two teams were pretty evenly matched, and the final series went back and forth from game one until game five." Connelly played in most New Era games this season, and he said players on the different teams in the league showed up for their games, competed and had a lot of fun. He said while some members of his team celebrated the championship win, he had just come in from boating before the game and elected to head home following the final. "The best part of playing
with New Era is that our team is always positive, and that plays a big part for the whole team in boosting everyone up. "It’s always positive with this team. We’re always helping each other out and that makes it a lot of fun.
Darren Ikakhik of New Age celebrates with the championship cup after his team defeated the Juggernauts 12-10 to capture the 2019 Rankin Inlet Co-Ed Softball League title in Rankin Inlet on Aug. 5. photo courtesy of New Era
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Community: Chesterfield Inlet School: Victor Sammurtok Grade: Two Linden is this edition’s student of the week for the excellent leadership he shows in class, and for helping students in Grades 1 and 2 follow classroom routines. Great work, Linden!
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