Kivalliq NewsKivalliq News Nunavut's Award Wi nning Vo i ce of KivalliqWEDNESDAY, August 17, 2022 Vol 28 No 34 $1.00 Arts Culture Community 7 71605 00500 3 Publication mail Contract #40012157 Food programpreservationpopularinArviat Welcoming vibes in Arviat make town feel like home Ernie Eetak’s spirits are high after losing both of his hands in a blizzard last winter in Arviat. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo Back to business Behind the scenes with Arviat’s rap scene Keeping culture alive through broadcast Husband-and-wife team behind Arviat’s IsumaTV dedicated to showcasing Inuit ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒥᒃ ᐆᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᓚᕖᓴᒃᑰᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᐃᒌᒃ ᓄᓕᐊᕇᒃ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐃᓱᒪ ᑕᓚᕖᓴᖓᓂ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ
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Liquor seizure in Arviat ArviatArviat RCMP seized 16 bottles of whiskey and two bottles of wine from a man Aug. 6. The RCMP had received information that a male individual was arriving in town with liquor he planned on selling. The man was charged with unlawful sale of liquor under Section 84 of the Liquor Act. He was scheduled to appear in court Aug. 16. “The Arviat RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance,” stated the RCMP in a news release.
ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓄᑦᐆᓂᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᔪᒥᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦᐆᒥᖓᐄᑕᒃᒧᑦᐅᑎᕋᒥᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦ ᐆᓂ ᐄᑕᒃ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑎᓯᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᓕᖏᓐᓂ Ernie Eetak is able to put on his steel arms by himself. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo ᓯᑭᑑᖅ ᐆᓂ ᐄᑕᒃ ᐊᔪᖅᓯᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐱᖅᓯᕐᒥ The snowmobile Ernie Eetak was using when he was trapped in the blizzard. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo ᐆᓂ ᓯᑭᑑᖅᑖᖓᓂᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥᑕᑯᖅᑯᔾᔨᕗᖅᐄᑕᒃ Ernie Eetak shows off his new snowmobile. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo ᐋᓐᔨᓖᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᓂ ᐄᑕᒃ ᓇᖏᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ Angeline
Ernie Eetak all smiles adjusting to new steel hands More than nine months since his harrow ing experience being trapped in a blizzard on the land near Arviat, Ernie Eetak is all smiles adjusting to his new steel hands. “I’m doing fine with these,” he said, looking down at his new hands, which he controls by extending or retracting his arm, causing the ‘claws’ to open and close. He had been trapped for five days in a blizzard while hunting Nov. 28 to Dec. 2, 2021. The severe frostbite he experienced on his hands forced doctors in Winnipeg to amputate them, but Eetak was just glad to be found and alive. “It was really cold that day I was lost,” heHeremembered.creditshis traditional caribou cloth ing for helping keep him alive during the ordeal.Hisright hand has three pieces of rubber, he explained, because that’s his dominate side, while his left hand has two. He’s managed to work on his snowmobile, use some tools and spend some time catching char this summer. When he first got his steel hands, Eetak remembers trying to drive his parents’ side-by-side.“Littlebitdifficult steering first time,” he smiled, saying he figured it out in a lowThegear.42-year-old hunter has two children, ages 10 and nine. “They were really happy when I went back home that I was still alive and went back to my family,” said Eetak. Small tasks like opening doorhandles –the flat kind, at least – picking up items and other daily needs are manageable. “Surprising when they see my steel hands,” said Eetak about the reception he received from Elders. “They help me out. When the doorknob has a circle, they open the door, or they give me a cup of juice or tea or coffee.” One passion he wants to get back to and test out with his steel hands is drum danc Students prepared this sign for Ernie Eetak when he returned home to Arviat. and Ernie photo.poseEetakforaStewartBurnett/NNSLphoto . ing, as well as participating in local musical festivals.He’shoping he can figure out a way to put his rifle on a stand so that he can hunt with his steel hands. Eetak still has the snowmobile he was trapped with on the land, but he also has a new one now, and he can’t wait to go riding this winter.
Arviat RCMP seized 16 bottles of whiskey and two bot tles of wine from a man thought to be planning to sell them in town Aug. 6. Photo courtesy of Nunavut RCMP
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The Canadian government announced $24.7 million in new funding to enhance the Canadian Coast Guard’s response capabilities in Rankin Inlet Wednesday, Aug. 10. With the funding, Rankin Inlet’s Inshore Rescue Boat station will be enhanced to an Arctic Marine Response station. The Coast Guard will use the funding to hire and train additional crew from local communities, extend the station’s operational season by one month beginning in 2023, procure an additional search and rescue vessel and undertake other in frastructure improvements to enhance operational capabilities.Announced at the same time was $84 million to improve the Canadian Hydrographic Service in the Arctic, which will help improve mapping of the seafloor and contribute to safer navigation in the “TheseArctic.significant investments in the Canadian Hydrographic Service and the Canadian Coast Guard will contribute to safer waters in the Arctic and help protect coastal communities across the region,” stated Joyce Murray, minister of fisher ies, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard. “By collaborating with communities across the North, we are ensuring those who use and rely on Arctic waters daily will be safer than ever before.” Since 2016, the Government of Canada has ded icated $3.5 billion to the Oceans Protection Plan. The new funding is part of the government’s 2022 budget commitment to provide $2 billion over nine years to renew the plan and expand its work into new areas.
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By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services LocalArviatJournalism Initiative Jacob Okatsiak Signed to the Nunavut record label Hitmakerz, Jacob Okatsiak is well on his way to a career in hip-hop. He has an album dropping on that label this fall and Okatsiak has worked hard to make it the best it can“Mybe.first songs were really, really bad,” he remembers. “I couldn’t hit the kicks and the snares. I barely made sense and I didn’t know what to rap about. But throughout time, I learned how to express how I feel through music.” He’s hoping to get more into music production as time goes on. Lutie Kaviok Growing up, Lutie Kaviok was always around music, which he credits for helping him understand melodies early. “My friends started rapping, so I started too,” said Kaviok, who start ed making his own tracks during the pandemic.Heconsiders himself a melodic and storytelling rapper. “I just have fun in the studio,” he said. “I try to connect my emotions and base it off struggling and grow ing up as an Inuk.” Going forward, he strives to add more creativity to his music.
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Chris Jr. Mikeeuneak With only one published solo track to his name, Chris Jr. Mikeeuneak considers himself a feature rapper at the “Growingmoment.up, I always listened to hip-hop music, like Eminem and Kendrick,” said Mikeeuneak. “I would think, man I wanna rap like them. So one day I asked Phil ip (Jacob Okatsiak) if he wanted to make a rap song, and we actually did.”He’s learning to be more emotional and bring a message to his lyrics beyond the raw intensity. Aech (Ted Thompson) Named after the sound of his mid dle initial, Aech (Ted Thompson) has a well-known track named ‘Life for the Inuit’ among his young dis cography.“I’mjust another Inuk who loves music,” he said humbly, adding he started rapping about two years ago with a diss track. He has seven published songs but many more he’s been too busy to release.“Idon’t think I’ll go as far as these guys will,” he said with a smile.
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One of my go-to small talk ques tions for people in Rankin Inlet is asking what they think about other communities in the Kivalliq. Most praise Arviat for its kind ness, and after my first visit, I echo that sentiment. It was amazing to arrive on a complete windstorm night and walk out in the downpour to find a whole softball game going on, with the players all smiles and in troducing themselves. Unlike the more metropolitan Rankin Inlet, eye contact with passersby on the street seems to be the standard for Arviat, one of the remaining towns in the country where you still say hi to everyone or give them a wave. A either,doesn’tsionhistory.liqbeyondalreadyundeniable.overlypleasanttalkedthere.outinwereamountsurprisingofpeopleveryinterestedtalkingandfindingwhatIwasdoingEveryoneItowasveryandalmostappreciative.AndthetalentisArviatiswell-knowntheKivalforitsmusicalMypasisrap,anditfalterthereasIhadtheopportunity to jam out with some young stars in Lutie Kaviok, Jacob Okat siak, Ted Thompson (Aech) and Chris Jr.
seems like a town that could hard ly keep up with itself in terms of infrastructure down the road, and it will be interesting to see how Arvi at manages that. Finally being on the ground is vital for journalism, because your reporting will never be authentic if you haven’t actually spent time in the community you’re cov ering. You could read Chicago news stories for the rest of your life and not understand what Chi cago is like until you get there yourself.Sothat’s just five more commu nities to go until Kivalliq News is fully (somewhat) relevant and in touch – I look forward to meeting the rest of you!
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Arviat has a rich music scene and hip-hop is no different. Kivalliq News caught up with four young rappers who call the town home.
In fact, she elaborated, when it comes to the kitchen, it’s often mistakes that make for the best learning. “We make mistakes together and we learn from them,” saidTheLindell.program was funded by the Department of Health. Ilitaqsiniq plans to return to Arviat in the fall for a pickling course and is always promoting new work shops online.
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ᓂᒡᓚᖅᓯᖅᐳᑦᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓕᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂᐅᓐᓄᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᒃ ᐊᑉᐸᑑ ᐃᖑᓚᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ Stephanie Aulatjut stirs a mix with guidance. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo Annie Ollie gets in deep with her hands. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo ᐋᓂ ᐆᓕ ᐃᓗᐊᓄᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒡᒐᒥᓄᑦ Tables fill with ingredients and jellies and jams in process. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services LocalArviatJournalism Initiative NNSLBurnett/StewartthecoctionstirsAppadooUjarakaconinkitchen.photo ᓯᑕᕙᓂ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂᐃᖑᓚᖅᓯᕗᖅᐊᐅᓚᑦᔪᑦᓴᓇᐅᒐᒥ
Kivalliq News Wednesday, August 17, 2022 A5www.nnsl.com r?9o3u iWK5ᒥᖑᐊᑦ ᔮᒻ 10 ᖑᕗᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᕙᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᖃᙱᓚᑦ ᒥᖑᐊᑦ ᔮᒻ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔭᓖᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᓱᕋᔾᔭᐃᒃᑯᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐋᓂ ᐆᓕ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᓕᓵᙱᓚᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᒥᖑᐊᑦ ᔮᒻᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔭᓕᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ“ᐱᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ,”ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᐸᓗᐊᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ 12 ᖑᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ.“ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᔭᓐᓂ ᐅᕙᙵᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.”ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᔅᑐᕌᐱᐊᕆᒥ ᖁᐊᖃᐅᒻᒥ ᔮᒻᒥ, ᐊᖅᐱᒃ ᔮᒻ, ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᒥ ᐸᐸᒥ ᔭᓕᓂ, ᐸᐃᒥ ᐃᓗᓕᓕᖕᒥ ᐋᐳᒥ, ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ, ᕌᔅᐱᐅᕆ ᔮᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ. ᐳᔪᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᖁᐊᕈᑎ ᓂᓪᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᖅᖢᓂ . “ᐅᑯᐊ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐆᓕ. ᑲᓕ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ, ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖓ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕿᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᒋᔭᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᑦ. “ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᔫᕗᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ, ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ“ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᕗᒍᑦᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᓂ.ᖃᖓᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐸᐅᕐᙵᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᕕᓗᕐᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓂ. ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓱᕋᔾᔭᐃᒃᑯᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓱᓕ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᕋᔾᔭᐃᒃᑯᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒧᑦ.” ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑭᖃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ. “ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓕᒪᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᙱᓚᑦ, ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᙱᓚᑦ, ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑭᓖᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᓚᖅ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᒧᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ. “ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᙱᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ.ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖃᙱᑉᐳᒍᑦ, ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᕈᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᕙᙱᑉᐳᑦ ᑕᒻᒪᕈᑎᒃ.” ᐃᒻᒪᖄ, ᐅᖃᕆᐊᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᒻᒪᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᐅᕙᒃᐳᑦ. “ᑕᒪᑦᑕ ᑕᒻᒪᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒋᕙᒃᐸᕗᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓕᓐᑎᐅᓪ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐳᑦᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ.ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᖅᐅᑎᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᒥ ᐱᑯᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑖᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ. The jams are 10s but there’s no marking here Jams and jellies workshop teaches food preservation skills By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services LocalArviatJournalism Initiative Annie Ollie isn’t new to cooking but that didn’t stop her from enjoying Ilitaqsiniq’s jams and jellies workshop in Arviat mid-August. “It’s been going great,” she said toward the end of the four-day course that brought a dozen people together. “I will try and continue what I’ve learned from this course.”Workshop participants made strawberry freezer jam, aqpik jam, red pepper jelly, apple pie filling, fruit cock tail, raspberry jam and more. The smoke alarm only went off once. “These kind of programs which are held in the com munities are very helpful,” said Ollie. Kelly Lindell, Kivalliq programs manager for Ilitaqs iniq, said the organization’s food preparation programs are“Foodpopular.security is a big thing in the North,” said Lindell, who was on hand to lead the course in Arviat. “We all know that at certain times of the season we have an abundance of things like berries or mussels or caribou. There are a lot of traditional ways to preserve food that people are still doing, but we wanted to offer different ways that you can preserve food, different ideas and give people the option to take what is in abundance and make it last for the whole year.” The program was free to enter, which is part of Ili taqsiniq’s philosophy with regard to teaching these kind of skills to community members. “No one needs experience, no one needs equipment, no one pays for anything,” said Lindell. “It’s inclusive to everybody. We really try to keep it a very safe learning environment. We don’t grade anyone, no one gets in trouble for doing anything wrong.”
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By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Arviat Ethan Tassiuk, J.J. Aggark and Hunter Kab lusiak pose for an impromptu photo shoot in Arviat Wednesday, Aug. 10. Stewart Burnett/ NNSL photosEthan Tassiuk
Besides a love for filmmaking, at the heart of the husband-and-wife team that runs Arviat’s IsumaTV is a passion for Inuit culture and broadcasting it for others to enjoy. “One thing I want to do is keep the culture alive,” said Nuatie Aggark, host and organizer of the show along with husband Evano Jr. “It is important not to lose our language. That’s what I’m working for.” Evano Jr. has been involved in video since working with the Arviat Film Society in 2007. “We started with nothing,” he re membered.Eventually, the society got a cam era and some equipment donated, and members invited filmmakers from around Canada to Arviat so they could follow them and learn how to make short stories and documentaries. After a few years, the film society launched Channel 19 in Arviat, which Evano Jr. ran from the high school. He and Nuatie had their first child in 2012, which is when they started connecting on video work too. Evano Jr. remembers having to carry his daughter around on shoots so the filmmaking could continue. “During the shooting, she knew that she had to be quiet and stay calm,” heThatsaid.channel was eventually lost during a cable migration in the com munity, which left Evano Jr. and Nuatie without an outlet for a period of time before IsumaTV, based out of Iglulik, stepped in and asked for their services during“TheyCovid.asked us if we wanted to do that, we agreed, so we asked them what we have to do,” said Nuatie about the partnership with IsumaTV, which sees the pair stream one-hour live shows every Thursday evening online and on Uvagut TV. “We do different kinds of shows like cooking shows, storytelling.” But launching that during the Covid lockdown was tricky, as the pair couldn’t be on site with interview guests in person. “(The subjects) had no experience with how to set up this equipment on their own,” remembers Evano Jr., who had to coach them on how to set up the camera and gear. “I had to call them first or go on Facetime messenger and try to explain everything through cell phone, ‘You have to do that and that and that.’ It was kind of hard for us to do the show, but we went through all that hard work and right now we can go somewhere and do interviews.” With Covid hopefully in the rearview mirror, the Aggarks – who now have three children together – are excited to keep broadcasting different types of shows that celebrate the culture. “We are trying to keep Inuit traditions alive through TV and internet,” said Evano Jr. Evano Jr. and Nuatie Aggark pose for a photo with interview guest Peter Two Aulatjut after an IsumaTV show Thursday, Aug. 11. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo
By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services
Husband and wife team make up Arviat’s IsumaTV
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