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Somebody’s Daughter empowering women Kivalliq News WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 Vol 27 No 38

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ᑭᐊᑭᐊᖅ ᐸᓂᖓ ᓴᙱᒃᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑭᐊᑭᐊᖅ ᐸᓂᖓᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᔪᓚᐃᒥ ᐃᓱᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒐᓯ 22-ᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᒥᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ.

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Participants in the Somebody’s Daughter program which started in July and ended August 22 in Rankin Inlet show of the seal skin kamiik they made. Photo courtesy of Qovik Netser

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ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖁᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ Northern News Services

ᐊᐅᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑑᑉ ᑐᖔᓂ ᓯᓐᑎᐊ ᑐᖑᐊᖅ ᕿᓯᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥ, ᑐᙳᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕋᔪᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᐊᑭᐊᖅ ᐸᓂᖓᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐅᔭᖅ. “ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓪᓚᕆᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᙳᐊᖅ. ᑭᐊᑭᐊᖅ ᐸᓂᖓ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒧᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᕐᓇᑎ ᑏᓐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ 2003-ᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᑖᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᑏᓐ, ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᕉᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᕆᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ

ᐅᑉᓗᒥᐅᓕᖅᑐᕐᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᑉᓗᑕ ᑎᑎᕋᕆᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑕᐅᑐᕐᕉᖃᑦᑕᖁᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒥᑭᔫᑉᓗᑎᒃ, ᐱᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂᒡᓗ. ᓱᓕᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᖕᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ.” ᑐᙳᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂᒎᖅ ᑲᒥᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖕᒥᓄᑦ. “ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᒡᓚᒪᔭᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑕᓗ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᓇᐅᒃᑰᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑉᑕ, ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑉᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᖕᒪᖔᑉᑕ.” ᐊᕐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᐹᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 19-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 63-ᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ. ᐅᑭᐅᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᓕᖓᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ, ᔪᓚᐃ 13-ᒥ 22-ᒧᑦ, ᐊᕐᓇᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ

ᕿᓯᓕᕆᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. “ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᐅᒐᒪ ᓄᓇᒐ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᖅ ᓄᓇᓪᓚᑦᑖᕐᒦᒻᒪᑦ ᕿᓰᑦ ᑎᐱᖏᑦ ᒪᒪᕆᓚᐅᙱᑕᒃᑲ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᙳᐊᖅ. ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒐᓯ 13-ᒥ 22-ᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᒥᓕᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᒪᒪᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᕐᓕ, ᑐᙳᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᑐᙱᖅᖢᓂᒎᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᐹᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ. “ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᖢᖓ ᕿᐊᓯᖅᑲᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ. ᐲᔭᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕋᑉᑯ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑏᓐ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᒥᓕᐅᖅᖢᑎᒎᖅ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑑᒃᑰᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑑᑎᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑑᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᒃᑯᑦ. “ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕐᒥᒃ ᑎᒍᓯᑉᓗᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

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Around Kivalliq

Active cases: 1 Confirmed cases: 659 Recovered cases: 654 Completed tests in Nunavut: 31,592 Deaths: 4

Vaccine uptake: 24,131 first doses – 82 per cent over age 12 21,216 second doses – 72 per cent over age 12

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Crew change returning to normal for Kivalliq mines

Rankin Inlet Rankinmiut working for Agnico Eagle will be able to return to their regularly scheduled shifts after they were suspended due to concerns over COVID-19.

Agnico Eagle suspended its crew change after the detection of a positive case on Sept. 3, following the recommendation of the chief public health officer (CPHO).

In a statement issued on Sept. 10, the mining company said the CPHO has authorized the Rankin Inlet crew to return to work at both Meadowbank and Meliadine.

“The crew change for residents of all other communities will also proceed as planned,” reads the statement.

The crew change that was cancelled on Sept.

3 will not be added back into the schedule. The affected employees will remain at home until their next scheduled rotations. These will be Oct. 1 for those at the Meliadine mine and Oct. 2 for those at the Meadowbank Complex, both with the appropriate compensation package.

Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health

ᐃᓚᒌᑦ: ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᓂᑑᐸᒥ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑯᐱ ᑲᓇᓕ, ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒦᑦᑐᖅ, ᑯᐱ ᑕᓄᔭᖅ, ᔭᔅᑕᓐ ᐃᓴᑭᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᑎᓐ ᐃᑦᑐᖅ, Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ Norman AAA Northstars-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᑖᒻᓴᓐ, ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᓗ ᐳᕋᐃᒻ ᐸᓐᓂᐅᖅ ᓴᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐊᔾᔨᒦᖃᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ.

Facebook scam alert

Arviat RCMP are warning residents in Arviat to be wary of a Facebook scam targeting people looking to buy ATVs, Ski-Doos and other vehicles.

According to a statement posted online by the Hamlet of Arviat, the scammers are posting ads on Facebook promising people easy access to credit for the purchase of vehicles.

“They claim to work with dealers and then ask you for a down payment in the form of e-transfers and money orders. Then when they have your money, you are no longer able to contact them and the money is gone forever.”

RCMP are advising people to make sure they only deal with real companies that can provide links to websites, manager and sales rep information or references from people who have already sold vehicles to Arviatmiut.

Anyone who has been a victim of such a scam should contact RCMP at 857-0123.

Lacrosse camp

Rankin Inlet Rankin Inlet will be hosting a lacrosse skills and drills camp from Sept. 20 to 23. There will be six different age groups from 7-years-old and under up to 18 and under.

This is the second annual event for the community.

Anyone interested in registering should go to the rec hall from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 17.

Northern pike derby

Arviat Arviat will be holding its fall Northern pike derby from Sept. 17 to 19. The prizes range from $6,000 for first place all the way down to $500 for 10th place.

People will not be allowed to start fishing until noon on Sept. 17.

The boundary for the derby is an 80 mile radius from Arviat and fishers are only allowed to use ground transportation to travel.

Measuring will take place from 8 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 19. near the EPLS cargo.

Fish less than 30 inches will not be accepted.

Everyone is reminded to maintain social distancing, especially during measuring.

There will also be a photo contest with cash prizes of $200 for the best photo in each of the following categories: camping/landscape, hunting, family, fishing.

Rankin Inlet’s Koby Connelly, left, Kobe Tanuyak, Justin Issakiark and Kadin Eetuk, will be playing hockey for the Norman AAA Northstars in Thompson, Man. along with their cousin Prime Paniyuk from Coral Harbour, not pictured. Cody Punter/NNSL photo

ᓯᑕᒪᑦ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓴᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ Norman AAA Northstars-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ 2021-2022-ᒥ Hᐊᑭᕐᓇᐅᔪᒥ Northern News Services

ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ Hᐊᑭᒋᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥ AAA Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᒪᓂᑑᐸᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ. ᔭᔅᑕᓐ ᐃᓴᑭᐊᖅ, ᑭᑕᓐ ᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐳᕋᐃᒻ ᐸᓐᓂᐅᖅ, ᑯᐱ ᑕᓄᔭᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᐱ ᑲᓇᓕ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᐅᖁᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ Norman AAA Northstars-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᐅᓄᙵᐅᓯᒪᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒐᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ Canuck-ᑯᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᖓ ᑲᓄᕐ ᕙᒃᓄᕐ, ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᓴᕆᒪᒋᔭᐅᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. “ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓗᒃᑖᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᔪᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᕙᒃᓄᕐ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᖢᓂ Facebook-ᑯᑎᒍᑦ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐅᔪᖅᑕᐅᖅ ᐳᕋᐃᒻ ᐊᓐᓂᐅᖅ, ᓴᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ. ᓵᓐᑎ ᑕᑦᑐᐃᓂ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᖏᕐᓂᖓ ᓯᖁᒥᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᕿᑎᒃᖢᓂ. ᒪᕐᕉᒃ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᑦ – ᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐸᓐᓂᐅᖅ 15-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓖᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥᒃ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ, ᑲᓇᓕᓕ, ᐃᓴᒃᑭᐊᕐᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓄᔭᖅ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ 17-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓖᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ. ᐱᒡᒍᓴᐅᔾᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ.

“ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᐹᖑᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᖅᐹᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᔪᖓ ᐱᔪᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᑕᒻᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᖓ Hᐊᑭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᑦᑐᖅ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᕿᑎᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᓄᑲᖅᖠᕐᓄᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ Canucksᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᓕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓴᒃᑭᐊᖅ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ Hᐊᑭᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ – ᑲᓇᓕ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒥᒃ Wilcox-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᑐᐊᓐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓂᑑᐸᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓴᒃᑭᐊᖅ Pilot Mound-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᒪᓂᑑᐸᒥ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ Hᐊᑭᖅᑏᒃ ᕿᓚᒥᐅᓂᖅᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᑉᓗᒍ. “ᓱᓪᓗᐊᕐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᑕᐅᓇᓃᖏᓐᓇᕈᒪᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᕋᒪ Hᐊᑭᕐᓗᖓ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓴᒃᑭᐊᖅ. ᑲᓇᓕ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥᒎᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ Hᐊᑭᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑕᑐᐊᖑᓚᐅᕋᒥ ᕿᑎᖃᑎᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ. ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᐱᐊᓂᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ – ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑᒐᓗᐊᕉᖅ. “ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑮᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᓇᓃᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᖢᖓ ᓄᖅᑲᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᖅᑐᖓ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᑲᖅᖠᐅᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ. ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᐊᖑᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓂᒌᒃᑑᑎᓗᑎᒃ. ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᑦ

ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᒃᖠᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ. “ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓇᔭᖅᑰᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖃᑕᐅᙱᑉᐸᑕ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᑦᑐᖅ. “ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓚᓐᓇᕆᔭᕐᒦᖦᖢᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᕐᒥᓗ.” ᐊᖓᔪᒃᖠᖅᐹᖑᑉᓗᓂ, ᑲᓇᓕ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᐃᓚᒥᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᒥ. “ᐃᑲᔪᕋᓱᒃᑲᐅᒐᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒥᔭᒃᑲ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᑕ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᑦ Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᙳᓪᓚᑦᑖᕈᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ, ᓄᑲᖅᖠᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᑲᓛᒃᒥᒃ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᑲᖅᖠᕐᓂᒃ Hᐊᑭᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᖕᒪᒋᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᒥᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. “ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓈᖅᑐᐃᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ Atom-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒧᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᓄᔭᖅ.

Northstar-ᑯᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᖓ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓯᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᒋᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓱᓕ, ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᒦᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᐱᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ. “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑐᐊᓘᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᒋᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᑦ ᑖᑉᑯᐊ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓴᒃᑭᐊᖅ.

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The burden or carrying around For those that are able to work trauma can be debilitating regardIn 1997, two years before Nunwhile also raising the next generless of gender, which is why this avut officially became a territory, ation of Nunavummiut, they are healing process is so important. voters were given the opportunifrequently the only bread-winners As Bernadette Dean, one the ty to decide whether or not the in the family. program’s founders, put it: when territory’s legislative assembly Add in the fact that rates of doyou’re honest with yourself the should see an equal representamestic abuse are 10 times higher tion of men and women through a program is very effective in helpin Nunavut than in the rest of Caning people heal. non-binding plebiscite. ada and it’s clear to see that the While healing is vital for progFifty-seven per cent of the 40 per deck is stacked against women ress, so too is encouraging cent of eligible voters that cast who want to simply provide for women to assume active leadera ballot decided against gender their families, let alone rise to a ship roles in their communities. parity. position of political influence.

That was the goal of the Arnait Ever since the territory gained Never mind the fact that a propindependence women have faced Tulliningit Inuit women’s leadererly functioning democraship forum which was an uphill battle to gain the repcy should have equal repsplit between Rankin resentation and respect they deresentation of both men Inlet and Iqaluit at the serve. and women in politics. end of last month.

Only two women were elected to Sanikiluaq There is also evidence The multi-departmental the Nunavut legislature in 2004. that women are more approach of the forum Although that number has been likely to make decisions invited female Inuit leadsteadily growing – today they that benefit society as a ers including Kotierk, make up a quarter of the Assemwhole, rather than supbly – it is still a far cry from equal- Pauktuutit Inuit Women porting narrow interests. of Canada president Reity.

A study from the OrgaMeanwhile with the exception of becca Kudloo and Sileenization for Economic ma Angoyuak, president NTI president Aluki Kotierk, the CODY Co-operation and Deof Qulliit Nunavut Status majority of Inuit organizations of Women to talk to the in the territory are dominated by PUNTER velopment shows that women tend to invest group, which featured men. more of their earnings participants from every Against this backdrop of sysinto their families and commucommunity in the territory. temic inequality there have been nities than men. This theory is The participants who attended consistent grassroots movements to break through the glass ceiling the forum all have big dreams for equally valid in politics.

As more Inuit seek to empower the territory constructed for itself. themselves, their communities themselves with university educaand the territory. However, they For nearly two decades, the Kivalliq region’s Somebody’s Daugh- also spoke out against the patriar- tions, the foundations of the terchal and condescending attitudes ritory’s parochial institutions are ter has been providing support to slowly starting to crumble. that act as barriers to achieving women who have been impactIt may be too late to turn back their goals. ed by the legacy of residential the clock on the 1997 plebiscite The irony of these outdated sexschools. This summer they held ist norms is that women are quite but with an election looming this two two-week workshops for apfall it would be refreshing to see literally carrying the territory on proximately 20 women.

Inuit women earning their rightful their backs.

The goal of the program is to inplace to govern. Not just for their Nearly a quarter of Nunavut still confidence in traditional skills benefit, but for the benefit of all households are single-parent while also getting participants to Nunavummiut. households, with most of those come to terms with the traumas Northern News Services

Fuel spill cleanup underway after truck rolls on road to Meadowbank mine Investigation ongoing to identify the cause

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Emergency spill measures are being implemented by Agnico Eagle Mines after a tractor-trailer owned and operated by Arctic Fuel, rolled onto its side along the All-Weather Access Road (AWAR) from Baker Lake on Sept. 8.

According to a statement provided by Agnico Eagle Mines the incident occurred approximately 5 kilometres south of the Meadowbank Complex.

The truck was carrying two sea containers resulting in a spill of coolant fluid, along with an oil spill and a fuel spill.

At this time no product has entered any freshwater system and exact quantities of materials lost is being assessed. Remediation actions are ongoing, according the statement.

The driver and the passenger, both from Baker Lake, are being treated at the Meadowbank Complex clinic for minor injuries and their families have been notified.

The incident did not impact mining operations but traffic is reduced on the AWAR. Agnico Eagle has notified the appropriate Federal and Territory authorities as well as the Kivalliq Inuit Association of the incident.

An investigation to identify the cause of the incident is underway and further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

ᐳᐊᕐᕆᓯᓕᒃ–ᑲᓕᖓᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ Arctic Fuel –ᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᓴᑳᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓂᕌᓄᑦ ᑕᐅᕘᓇ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖅᑯᒻᒥ ᐊᐳᖅᑎᓐᓇᖅᑑᑉ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 8–ᒥ.

A tractor-trailer owned and operated by Arctic Fuel rolled onto its side along the AllWeather Access Road to Meadowbank Mine near Baker Lake on Sept. 8. Flickr photo

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Chesterfield Inlet’s famous qajaq program wraps up its 17th year

Glen Brocklebank, pictured, and his wife Ana Leishman are the only two teachers at Chesterfield Inlet’s Victor Sammurtok School. They started the school’s qajaq program in 2004. Photo courtesy of Alikamiq Jordin Ippiak

Kevin Niatok jupms off the dock after a day of paddling as part of Victor Sammurtok School’s qajaq program. Photo courtesy of Alikamiq Jordin Ippiak

Teacher Glen Brocklebank leads his students in a pre-paddle pep talk before hitting the water. Photo courtesy of Alikamiq Jordin Ippiak

Brian Mimialik surfs down a wave while paddling on the ocean near Chesterfield Inlet during Victor Sammurtok School’s qajaq program. Photo courtesy of Alikamiq Jordin Ippiak

Kailah Mimialik, left, Pallulaaq Kadjuk and Emily Issaluk get a taste of life on the water while taking part in Victor Sammurtok School’s qajaq program. Photo courtesy of Alikamiq Jordin Ippiak

Victor Sammurtok School’s Arctic Inspiration-winning course has helped build confidence and new skill-sets for more than 200 students over the years

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Chesterfield Inlet’s Victor Sammurtok School may have one of the smaller student bodies in Nunavut. But there is no doubt it has the territory’s biggest and most popular qajaq program.

“We take advantage of being a small school. There’s certain things we do that other schools might not necessarily be able to do,” said teacher Glen Brocklebank. qajaqing has become a right of passage for Grade 9 students to start off the school year ever since Brocklebank started the program with his wife and fellow teacher Ana Leishman in 2004.

Their inspiration came after the pair purchased a book on how to make a qajaq in 2002.

The following year they bought the necessary materials and enlisted the help of Elder Joe Issaluk to make their first ever qajaq from scratch.

It was hung in the back of one of the schools’ classroom, which eventually piqued the curiosity of students.

“When the students came back from professional development week they asked

when do we get to build them,” Brocklebank said.

By 2005 the school was starting on the water with nine qajaqs. Today the school has 32 qajaqs, thanks in part to the program being awarded the Arctic Inspiration prize in 2017.

They have also accumulated more than $150,000 worth of safety equipment over the years.

“This is a way where we can get our students who are not

as academic to feel like they can excel and do really well at school.”

“I taught canoeing in the south and never have I seen students pick it up faster than with Inuit. There’s something instinctual about it.”

In total the students spend 10 days qajaqing for the chance to earn up to three high school credits. The program starts with basic safety skills, followed by a swimming test, after which

they are taught how to safely exit a qajaq if it tips over.

Once students have proven they are capable of that, they can graduate to paddling on lakes before they are finally allowed out onto the ocean.

“It’s awesome to watch them paddle out into bigger waves

and then turn around surf them back,” said Brocklebank.

Grade 9 student Kevin Niatok said he was a “little bit panicky” when he first got into the qajaq but he soon fell in love with it.

Next thing he knew he was surfing big waves on the ocean.

He even ended up breaking his toe on the first day of the program but that didn’t stop him from getting out on the water.

“I told my mom I wasn’t going to stop because I wanted to keep qajaqing,” he said.

“She’s very proud of me.”

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Somebody’s Daughter continues to empower women

KIA invited participants from all of the Kivalliq to take part in this year’s workshop

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Up until this summer Cynthia Tunguak had never worked with seal skin. Being from Baker Lake, Nunavut’s only inland community, Tunguak said the marine mammal isn’t traditionally used as a material for making clothing. That changed after she attended the Somebody’s Daughter program in Rankin Inlet this summer.

“It was a good learning experience,” Tunguak said.

Somebody’s Daughter was developed by Rankin Inlet’s Bernadette Dean when she was the social development co-ordinator for the Kivalliq Inuit Association in 2003.

The idea behind the program is to empower women who may have experienced intergenerational trauma as a result of residential schools.

Dean, who returned to help with the program as an instructor this year, said the goal is to mix traditional skills with more modern forms of healing like journaling and group discussions.

“The Elders at the time wanted to teach traditional skills and we incorporated the literacy and writing as healing components,” she said. “With the exercises we use we ask them to focus on their early memories, the good and the bad ones.

When you’re honest with yourself they’re very effective in helping you heal.”

Tunguak said the experience of working on the kamiik and getting to talk with the other women was beneficial for her.

“There’s been lots of healing and lots of laughs,” she said.

“We talked about what we’ve been through, how we grew up and what we’re planning for the future.”

The women came from every community in the Kivalliq and were as young as 19 all the way up to 63 years old.

This year’s program was held in two phases. During the first phase, which ran from July 13 to 22, women from the region travelled to Rankin Inlet where they learned how to prepare seal skin.

“I’m a total inlander so I didn’t like the smell but it was a good learning experience,” said Tunguak.

During the second phase which ran from Aug. 13 to 22 the women worked on making the kamiik. Although it didn’t smell as bad, Tunguak said that sewing the bottoms of the kamiik was the hardest part of the workshop.

“When I first started I almost cried. I had to keep taking it apart,” she said.

ᓯᓐᑎᐊ ᑐᖑᐊᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᕗᖅ ᕿᓯᖕᓂ ᑲᒥᖕᓂ ᑭᑭᐊᑉ ᐸᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, ᐱᔭᕇᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 22–ᒥ.

ᓕᐊ ᓄᑭᒃ, ᐊᓛᓇ ᑰᑉᓚᓐ, ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨ ᕼᐋᑎ ᐊᓚᒐᓚᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᑎᐅᓪᑕ ᐳᑐᓕᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᕗᑦ ᕿᓯᖕᓂ ᑲᒥᖕᓂ ᑭᑭᐊᑉ ᐸᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᔪᓚᐃᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᓕᖦᖢᓂ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 22–ᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ.

Leah Nukik, left, Alanna Copland, instructor Hattie Alagalak and Matilda Putulik work on seal skin kamiik during Somebody’s Daughter program which started in July and ended Aug. 22 in Rankin Inlet. Cody Punter/NNSL photo.

Dean said the between working on the kamiik and sharing stories, the program can get pretty intense. However, by working through the process together the women end up building

a support network.

“It can be very emotional but it’s very rewarding when you’re in touch with your culture,” she said.

Family ties: Five Kivalliq cousins signed to Manitoba AAA hockey team Four players from Rankin and one from Coral Harbour will be joining Norman AAA Northstars for the 2021-2022 season

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Cynthia Tunguak works on a pair of seal skin kamiik during the Somebody’s Daughter Program in Rankin Inlet, which wrapped up on Aug. 22. Cody Punter/NNSL photo

Five Kivalliq cousins are heading south to play for the same Manitoba-based AAA hockey team this season.

Justin Issakiark, Kadin Eetuk, Prime Paniyuk, Kobe Tanuyak, and Koby Connelly all made the Norman AAA Northstars after going down to try out for the team at the end of August.

Kivalliq Canucks goaltender Connor Faulkner, who joined them for support during the tryout, said they have made their home communities proud.

“They all went 110 per cent this weekend and gave it everything they had to crack the squad,” Faulkner wrote in a Facebook post.

All the players hail from Rankin Inlet, with the exception of Prime Paniyuk, who is from Coral Harbour. Sandy Tattuinee also attended the tryouts but broke his ankle while playing.

Two of the players – Eetuk and Paniyuk – are 15 years old and heading into Grade 10, while Connelly, Issakiark and Tanuyak are all 17 and going into their final year of high school.

Although they are going to be playing competitive hockey, school will be an important focus for them.

“I think being the youngest one will give me the greatest opportunity to fulfill my long-term goals with hockey and school,” said Eetuk.

All five boys have at least some experience playing outside Nunavut with the Junior Kivalliq Canucks while Connelly and Issakiark have both played for teams down south – Connelly with a season in Wilcox, Sask. and another Manitoba and Issakiark in Pilot Mound, Man. Both players had their seasons cut short last year due to Covid-19.

“It was boring. I wanted to stay down there and play hock-

ey,” said Issakiark.

Connelly said his first year playing outside Rankin was tough because he was the only player from Nunavut on his team. He ended up going home before the end of the season because he was homesick – a decision he regrets in hindsight.

“It was the last two months of school so I should have pushed through,” he said.

The potential for homesickness is something that is weighing on the younger players’ minds. Fortunately the Kivalliq cousins will also be staying with local families who live within a few blocks of each other. The fact that the younger players have older family members to look up to will make the transition that much easier.

“I think it would be harder without them,” said Eetuk. “It’s just better to be with friends and family.”

As the oldest of the group, Connelly said he is looking forward to the opportunity to be there for his cousins on their journey.

“I’m used to trying to help people so I think I can be there for them if they need help,” he said.

All five boys are hoping to continue their hockey careers, either in Junior or by taking the college route.

They credited David Clark, who runs Rankin Inlet’s minor hockey program, with instilling them with the work ethic required to achieve their goals.

“David coached us since we were atoms. He’s helped us a bit and it’s made a big difference,’ said Tanuyak.

While the Northstars’ coach hasn’t set the roster in stone yet, the boys agree that the potential to have an all-cousin line would be pretty special.

“It’s going to a be a great time with these four boys,” Issakiark said.

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