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ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᖑᓐᓂᑯᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᔪᓚᐃ 6-ᒥ Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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Portraits of the Far North opens in Baker on July 6 News Abluqta Society feeds almost 100 people ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᕆᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ 100ᖃᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ Arts Onstage in Arviat after 18 years in director's chair ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ 18-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ

Community Square dancing and feasting in Naujaat ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᓇᐅᔮᓂ

Developing skills in Baker photo courtesy of Annie Killulark

"Sadly, many of those who we gave food to had gone days without eating."

Abluqta Society president Joseph Arnasungaaq, on food security situation in Rankin Inlet, page 6.

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A busy theatre season in Arviat Two of the three plays performed in Inuktitut and English

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Arviat

Drama teacher and play director Gord Billard directed three plays during the 2018-19 school year – A Thanksgiving to Remember, A Charlie Brown Christmas and An Easter Story – and completed his 18th year as a teacher at John Arnalukjuak High School and Qitiqliq Middle School in Arviat.

The school's drama club produces an average of two performances a year, although a number of years have featured three plays.

With such a high number of productions over the years, doing the same play a number of times becomes inevitable for Billard and his merry band of young thespians.

In fact, all three plays this past school year had been performed previously in Arviat by the drama club.

Billard said his production choices were largely based on trying to produce more exposure for the Inuktitut language.

Two of three plays performed in Inuktitut and English.

He said A Charlie Brown Christmas was selected as the third play because of the short time frame between the drama club's Thanksgiving and Christmas productions.

"When I was throwing around the names of other

plays we had done in the past, the students showed a keen interest in Charlie Brown and I knew we could put that production together fairly quickly," said Billard.

"So, it was basically a combination of practicality and time constraints that led to us putting that play together in time for Christmas.

"The first two times An Easter Story (a pregnant mother gets into an accident on her Ski-Doo and ends up in a coma at the health centre before waking-up to have the baby on Easter morning) was performed, we had real babies brought out at the end of the play to represent the newborn.

"In this year's play, the lead character of the woman's son was played by Russell Suluk, who was one of the babies brought out during our production 15 years ago, so I found that to be quite cool."

Billard said the plays don't get stagnant for the student performers as long as there's a good period of time between their productions.

He said none of the students in this year's An Easter Story would have remembered the play's first two productions, with, in fact, a number of them having just been born themselves when the play was last performed in Arviat in 2004.

"It was new and fresh to them, and the Inuktitut ver-

sion went very well, and that included everyone seeing a lot of improvement in my own Inuktitut.

"It's always good to see the kids working in both languages, which has always been one of my goals I want to see reached with a number of our productions.

"A Thanksgiving To Remember was also performed in both languages this year.

"So, a couple of the plays may have been old to me, but they were new to the students and that kept them interested and involved."

Billard said it was helpful to go over previous productions of the plays with this year's cast by showing them photos and videos, while discussing ways they might make the set better or improve upon the entire production.

He said An Easter Story has a son the family lost the previous year, and his photo is up on the wall as they mourn his death on Easter morning, adding to all the doom, gloom and despair.

"I thought it was also very cool when we were able to put the exact same photo of the deceased son on the wall that we used 15 years ago, after I managed to dig it up out of the old files, and we all cleaned it up and put a brand-new frame around it.

"That picture was the only

ᐃᓱᐊᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᓕᕋᒥᒃ ᒫᑕ (ᓯᑦᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᑦ), ᕿᑎᐊᓃᑦᑐᖅ, ᑐᐸᖕᒪᑦ ᑐᐸᒍᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᓯᒪᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖅᑖᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖑᑎᑯᓗᖕᒥᒃ ᐅᑯᐊ, ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒥ, ᓇᔭᙳᐊᖅ ᓗᕇᓐ (ᐱᓕᓐᑕ ᑯᒪᒃ) ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓗᐊᕋ (ᐴᕐ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᑦ), ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐹ (ᓄᐊ ᒪᒃᐸ), ᔮᓐ (ᕋᓱ ᓱᓗᒃ), ᓯᐅᕋ (ᓴᓯᑎ ᓴᐃᓐ ᔮᓐ), ᒪᑎᐅ (ᐋᓐᑎ ᐃᕙᓗᐊᕐᔪᒃ), ᒥᐊᓕ (ᓯᐅᒪ ᒧᕐᔪᖕᓂᖅ), ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐸᐃ (ᕕᐱᐊᓐ ᐊᖄᑦᓯᐊᖅ) ᑲᑎᙵᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᒡᓕᕆᔭᖓ ᐊᕙᓗᓯᒪᑉᓗᒍ ᔮᓐ ᐊᕐᓈᓗᒡᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐊᐃᕆᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ.

photo courtesy of Gord Billard

A happy ending is realized when Martha (Cidney Aulatjut), middle, awakens from a coma on Easter morning and gives birth to a son as, from left, nurses Lorraine (Belina Komak) and Laura (Pir Aulatjut), and family members Paul (Noah Muckpah), John (Russell Suluk), Sarah (Chasity St. John), Matthew (Andy Evaloakjuk), Mary (Selma Mukyungnik), and Albert (Fabian Akatsiak) gather happily around her bed during the John Arnalukjuak High School Drama Club's production of An Easter Story in Arviat in April. thing we used from 15 years ago because we created a whole new set for the production, building everything from scratch, but, really, what keeps these repeat performances fresh are the new faces doing

the show.

"We have a TV on each side of the stage, and, during the transitions between scenes, I had slide-show pictures from the play 15 years ago going up on the two TV screens.

"There was a lot of interest in that because they were seeing people from the past, including some who are no longer with us, so that added more than a bit of nostalgia to the whole experience, as well."

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Youth participants Summer Oovayuk, back, and from left, Janine Seeteenak, Lorenza Mautaritnaaq and Talluk Niuqtuq have become almost experts in the skills being taught, after taking part in both meat preparation and sewing programs held during the past two years in Baker Lake.

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Teaching skills in Baker Meat prep, sewing program meeting with success among local youth

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Baker Lake

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A group of youths take advantage of a little warm weather to check out what the Area 6 playground has to offer in Rankin Inlet on June 28.

Busy summer ahead Rankin Inlet It's shaping up to be a very busy summer for kids in Rankin Inlet, especially those who are up for trying new things and don't mind mixing a little science or mining in with their summer holiday activities.

The hamlet recently opened-up its new playground in Area 6 and its recreation department has partnered to run four special summer camps – all free of charge for participants.

A youth softball program gets underway tomorrow, July 4, and will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the local baseball diamond.

The program will feature T-Ball (ages five to seven) and Little League Baseball for ages eight to 10. The youth softball program can register up to 100 players in Rankin.

A Mining Matters Summer Science Camp got underway at the Rankin rec hall on July 2 and will run until July 12 with 25 spots available.

Meanwhile, up to 30 spots will be available at the Actua Science Camp from July 22 to 25 in Rankin.

The Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut will run a summer sports camp for youth aged 11 to 18 from July 22 to 26 at Rankin's artificial turf field. The summer sports camp can accommodate up to 40 participants.

The four special camp programs are in addition to the hamlet's annual summer day camp program which can accommodate up to 70 kids.

Boil water advisory Baker Lake Nunavut's Department of Health issued a boil-water advisory for Baker Lake on June 26.

High levels of turbidity being detected in tap water was the reason for the boil-water advisory being issued in Baker.

The Health department advised Baker residents to bring any tap water meant to be used for drinking, preparing infant formula, preparing juices and ice cubes, washing fruits and vegetables, cooking or brushing teeth to a rolling boil for at least one minute before being used for those purposes.

During the past month, boil-water advisories have also been issued for the communities of Rankin Inlet and Whale Cove.

A program teaching youth how to prepare meat and sew sealskin mitts is meeting with early success, while helping to improve and nurture the cultural and traditional skills of its participants.

The program is funded through the Baker Lake Health and Wellness Committee, instructed by elder Patsy Kaayak and focused on youth 12 to 17 years of age.

Program co-organizer Annie Killulark said when the program first launched this past year, many people in the community were impressed with it because of its uniqueness.

She said she's been living in Baker Lake for the past 10 years and there's been no program of its kind held for the youth of the community during that time.

"The parents were really impressed with our efforts in this program, which saw us have 14 youth participate in the first year and 12 more this year," said Killulark.

"People were asking for more of it after our first year was completed, so we secured additional funding to hold another one this year.

"We owe a big thank you to the Health and Wellness Committee for supporting this program, and to Arctic Fuel for giving us a big van at no cost, which we've been using to transport the kids back and forth to the cabin."

The program begins when the snow starts to melt in Baker and it becomes warm enough for the participants to work outside on caribou meat.

That could be anywhere from the end of May to the end of June.

The youth begin the program at their instructor's cabin, about two kilometres outside the community.

Killulark said the youth don't have to spend too much time working on the meat, so it's not long before they're sewing sealskin while waiting for the meat to dry.

She said the youth will spend at least a couple of weeks learning the valuable traditional skill.

"They also cook caribou heads and feet outside and invite their parents to come out and see the progress they're making in the program.

"To me, personally, doing programs like this with caribou preparation and sewing sealskin with an elder is very productive, and when kids learn these skills, they stick with them.

"You just have to make the program a little fun to get them out and to stick with it."

Killulark said, in her experience, when youth get involved with programs that teach meat preparation, sealskin sewing, hide tanning or kamiik making, they tend to keep with what they've learned and maybe even go onto other skills.

She said it's important for programs such as this to teach Inuit youth how to sew for themselves, instead of buying expensive clothes somewhere.

"They learn how to make themselves mitts to keep their hands warm during the winter, which, in turn, helps them to be more independent.

"Our young girls are more into a program that teaches meat preparation and sewing, but we also have a couple of young boys taking part.

"If they don't want to sew during the program, we have them choppingup wood to have ready for a bonfire or for when they're cooking caribou meat outside.

"This has been a very positive experience. I have not received any negative feedback whatsoever from anyone, and the kids are excited to go up to the cabin every day."

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᓂᕿᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᖅ ᑎᐅᕈ ᒍᕆᐅᕐ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᕿᓯᖕᓄᑦ ᐳᖃᓗᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᑉ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᖄᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐹᑦᓯ ᖄᕐᔭᖕᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓄᑦ 12-ᓂᒃ 17-ᒧᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᔨ ᐋᓂ ᕿᓪᓗᓛᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓵᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑑᓂᖓᓄᑦ.

ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᕋᒥᒎᖅ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᑕᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᖦᖢᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ. "ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᒡᕘᓇ, 14 ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 12-ᑲᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᕿᓪᓗᓛᖅ. "ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᑉᓗᑕ ᐊᐅᔭᖅ. "ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᑦᑖᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Arctic Fuel-ᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᒃᑰᕈᑎᕐᔪᐊᒥᒃ ᖃᐃᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᖦᖢᒍ, ᓄᓇᒃᑰᕈᑎᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᒧᓪᓗ." ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᒡᒎᖅ

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᑦ. ᕿᓪᓗᓛᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᖃᐅᔨᓯᒪᔭᖓᒍᒡᒎᖅ, ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᔭᖄᖓᑕ ᓂᕿᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᕿᓯᖕᓂᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᒥᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑲᒥᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓲᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒎᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᓂᐅᕕᙱᖔᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒐᓚᖕᓂᒃ. "ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐳᐊᓗᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒡᒐᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᖁᓇᒋᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᕌᖓᒥᒃ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᒐᓱᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᓲᑦ. "ᒥᖅᓱᕈᒪᙱᒃᑳᖓᑕ ᑕᒡᕘᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ, ᕿᔪᓕᕆᑎᑉᐸᒃᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑯᐊᓛᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕈᒪᓗᑕ ᐅᖁᖅᓴᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᒐᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ."

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Dancing toward summer vacation

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r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, JMw 3, 2019

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Tuugaalik High School physical education teacher Gaspare Minaudo conducted a square-dancing unit to help move toward the end of the school year in Naujaat recently.

It culminated with the entire student body and staff members coming together on Wednesday, May 15, to hit the floor square dancing and then enjoying a modest school feast.

Laughter was everywhere as students and teachers took to the floor to show off their moves and different styles of square dancing at the event.

School Feature

by Darrell Greer Rankin Inlet

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Daniel Angutetuar, from left, Jan Kadjuk, Idga Kridluar, Heather Putulik and Inuktitut teacher Calinda Crawford chow down on some frozen char and caribou during a square-dance feast at Tuugaalik High School in Naujaat on May 15.

Senior high cultural sewer Judy Sivanertok, left, helps serve caribou stew with student support assistant Stacy Papatsie during the feast.

Nothing attracts Naujaat students to a table at a school feast faster than the bannock and stew laid out at Tuugaalik High School in Naujaat on May 15.

Mental health outreach worker Brittany Holm, left, and teacher Amanda Mulder pictured during the square dance.

Grade 8 students Alinda Kaunak, left, and Curtis Siusangnark are all smiles while dancing through the middle during the high school square dance.

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Open passage of prosperity Northern News Services

It was a bit more than a couple of years ago when I found myself in a little hot water with some others in this up-and-down industry for suggesting climate change may not necessarily be such a bad thing for us here in the crazy white Northland.

It was black and white to them.

Climate change is bad, end of story.

That was usually followed by the mandatory grumblings about how we're going to leave the Earth in a state of gloom, doom and despair for our grandchildren — and where do we get off expecting them to fix all the horrible mistakes we made anyway?

So, it's been kind of fun for me all these years later reading opinion pieces or listening to talking heads ramble on about how we may benefit from a slight temperature increase.

Yes. There is a very good chance Sanikiluaq that things might work out pretty well for us crazy Canucks, and that was the point I was trying to make years ago.

Right off the bat, we may see a dramatic improvement in our potential for navigation, as the Northwest Passage watches apprehensively as the sea ice decides it's time to put some distance between them and slowly, but surely, moves away.

The Northwest Passage has never been viewed as being anywhere near as commercially acceptable for shipping as the passages overseen by Mother Russia, but, turn up the Earth a couple of degrees, and that just might change in fast order.

It's been noted in some circles

that the reduction of sea ice could we simply don't have the capacity to very well lead to better passageways do so. that could lower the time it takes to Intense negotiations within the sail between Asia and the West by international community will heat-up upwards of three weeks. rapidly the moment it's agreed the What that means in the world of passage is on the cusp of becomcommerce can be summed ing open to shipping yearup in just one little word – round. money! And lots of it!

But, should that day Canada has long arrive – and it will – Canclaimed sole ownership ada must be ready to take of the Northwest Passage, advantage of the incredible but that claim has always – almost incomprehenbeen met with a wink and sible – amount of potential a nod by a number of counthe Northwest Passage will tries and, should the day possess. arrive when everyone con- Darrell And we get there through curs the Northwest Pas- Greer negotiation and co-opersage is about to become ation with the international open for commercial shipcommunity on developing ping all-year round, that claim will the waterway more as a steward most-assuredly be challenged. than a sole owner.

And, if you're one of those folks Our country will be in place to who thinks our claim to the passage reap enormous economic benefits is a righteous one that will stand-up from an open Northwest Passage. under international scrutiny, not only I'll wager once those benefits start will I take your bet, but I'll give you rolling in and we begin to see masodds, as well. sive improvements to our existing There are many folks who tremble infrastructure – as well as the conat the notion of the Northwest Pas- struction or purchase of needed sage being open to shipping year- infrastructure we do not currently round – and not wrongly so, in some possess – the majority of Canadians regards – because of the poten- will happily go with the flow, rather tial for an environmental disaster in than try to row against the current of one of the most pristine and vulner- international opinion. able environments remaining in the And, with a little luck and proper world. planning, the piece of the Earth we The thing is, however, the points hand over to our grandchildren just raised together amount to a good may not be in such horrific shape thing. after all.

We (Canada) cannot undertake This opportunity is going to present the responsibility of policing environ- itself to us. We just need to be ready mental concerns on our own because when it does!

ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᒍᐊᑦ ᐱᓕᐊᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓈᖅᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᓂᒃ 2018-ᒥ 2019-ᒥᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᒥ - ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒃᓴᖅ, ᓴᕐᓕ ᐳᕋᐅᓐ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖕᓇᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᖅ - ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᑉᓗᓂ 18-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᔮᓐ ᐊᕐᓈᓗᒡᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᑎᖅᖠᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᒫᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᑉᓯᑲᓪᓚᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᐊᒥᓲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᖃᑉᓰᑲᓪᓚᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᓇᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᐊᑦᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᑰᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ. ᐱᓕᐊᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᒐᒃᓴᓂᒡᒎᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᖠᓕᕌᖓᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᒃᓴᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑎᑐᓪᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓴᕐᓕ ᐸᕋᐅᓐ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖕᓇᒥ ᑕᑯᔭᒃᓴᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᕉᖅ ᐱᖓᔪᒋᔭᐅᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᓗᐊᕌᓗᙱᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᓐᓇᐅᔫᑉ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᐅᑉᓗ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓂᒃ. "ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓕᕋᑉᑭᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔭᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᔫᒥᒍᓱᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓴᕐᓕ ᐳᕋᓐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑉᓗᖓ ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ

ᔮᓐ (ᕋᓱ ᓱᓗᒃ) ᓴᙳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᒎᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᐊᓈᓇᓂ, ᒫᑕ (ᓯᑦᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᑦ), ᑐᐸᒃᑐᖅ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᔮᓐ ᐊᕐᓈᓗᒡᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐊᐃᕆᓕᒥ. ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᐅᓇᔭᕐᓂᖓ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓕᐊᑦ. "ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᕆᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ ᑲᒪᒋᓕᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᑎᑦᑐᒪᑉᓗᒍ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖕᓇᒥ. "ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᖕᒪᑕ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᖅ (ᓯᖓᐃᔪᖅ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᓯᑭᑑᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕐᕈᓗᐊᕿᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑐᐸᒍᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᓪᓗᓂ, ᑐᐸᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᑉᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖅᑖᖅᖢᓂ), ᓄᑕᕋᓛᓪᓚᑦᑖᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑎᒋᔭᖅᐳᑦ. "ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᒐᑉᑕ, ᐃᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᙳᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᕋᓱ ᓱᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖑᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 15 ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᑯᔪᒥᓇᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ." ᐱᓕᐊᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑏᒡᒎᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᔾᔪᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ

ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕌᖓᑕ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒡᒎᖅ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓇᔭᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᕐᕉᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᒍ, ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᐃᓅᓕᓵᕋᔭᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ 2004-ᒥ. "ᓄᑖᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑖᑉᑯᓄᙵ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒡᕘᓇ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᓂᒻᓄᑦ. "ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑎᐊᓲᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑎᑐᓪᓗ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᕌᒐᕇᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔭᕋ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᓕᖓᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ."

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Donations enable food bank to move forward in Baker Lake

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Baker Lake

The Abluqta Society distributed food to 94 hungry people in Baker Lake this past month, moving the society closer to its goal of opening a regular food bank.

The society is a non-profit social enterprise that strives to provide work experience opportunities for Inuit with barriers to employment.

It recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of its Thrift Shop, which sells recycled clothing, toys, and household goods at reasonable prices.

The Abluqta Society is continually seeking funding and volunteers to provide a regular food bank service in the community to address the high levels of food insecurity experienced by many families in Baker Lake.

Abluqta president Joseph Arnasungaaq said the society owes a big thank you to the Hamlet of Baker Lake-Agnico Eagle Community Initiatives Fund.

He said money from the initiatives fund allowed members of the society's board of

directors to do some strategic planning.

"We are also very grateful to the Public Service Alliance of Canada for its cash donation, which we used to purchase the food for distribution," said Arnasungaaq.

"The money was used to feed hungry community members. Sadly, many of those who we gave food to had gone days without eating.

"The Abluqta Society is grateful for the generous donations, which impacted 4.5 per cent of Baker Lake's population of 2,069 people."

Erin Strachan, manager of Indigenous Capacity Building Programs at Performance Management Consultants, helped get Abluqta off the ground in 2016. She continues to support the organization as an active board member today.

Strachan said donations like this can have a big impact in a small community.

Sadly, she said, there is more work to be done.

"We have an incredible board of directors, with mostly local Inuit representatives," said Strachan.

"We also have a team of dedicated Inuit volunteers

photo courtesy of the Abluqta Society

Gail Angnasungaq, from left, Viola Haqpi and Belinda Utatnaq volunteer to fold clothing and help out with the inventory at the Abluqta Society's Thrift Store in Baker Lake last week. who are committed to getting this food bank off the ground."

Arnasungaaq said the Abluqta Society simply won't stop until a food bank is oper-

ating in Baker Lake.

He said according to Canada Without Poverty, 70 per cent of Inuit pre-schoolers live in food insecure households, compared to 20 per

Members and volunteers with the Abluqta Society recently celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of the society's Thrift Shop, which sells recycled clothing, toys, and household goods at reasonable prices in the community of Baker Lake.

cent nation-wide.

"Two out of five Northern households are food insecure, with Nunavut residents spending twice as much on food as the rest of the country," said

Arnasungaaq.

"We ask anyone who may want to obtain more information to visit the Abluqta Society page on Facebook.

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Community: Rankin Inlet Sport: Hockey Activity: Super fan Glenn is this edition's player of the week for being one of the biggest Habs fans in the country. Glenn also helped launch a jersey day this past season at the local Co-op and had the money raised donated to the food bank in the community. Keep cheering for your Habbies, Glenn, you just never know.

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What is your favourite TV show and why?

Leo Gee: "Blue Jays Baseball. Because I'm a big Jays fan."

Lisa Tatty: "Gray's Anatomy. I find many of the episodes are very creative."

Madison McLeod: "That 70s Show. Because it's just so funny."

Mckenna McLeod: "Frozen. It's a lot of fun."

Megan McLeod: "Teen Titans Go. It has action, drama and adventure."

Kelvin Brown: "The Simpsons. They're cool and funny."

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Kandace Graham is up to her ears in paperwork trying to get her family signedup for the four summer camps being offered in Rankin Inlet this summer.

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