Spring returns, along with visitors to Cambridge Bay

Teaching youth culture is very important with Inuit and passing on knowledge and song and dance is an important way. Here is Karen Kamoayok drum dancing of the Huqqullaaqatigiit Drum Dance Group in Cambridge Bay along with eight-year-old Tunnukahak Brandon Koaha following the songs of our Ancestors at the feast held by MP Lori Idlout and the INAC committee members held on March 14, Tunnukahak is already teaching his younger friends the importance of drum dance and songs. He will be a great leader. Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo

Town welcomes Elders and politicians

HALUU IQALUKTUUTIAMIT. INUIN

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HUQQULAATUT

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Cambridge Bay Tea Talk

with Navalik Tologanak email: helent@qiniq.com

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Greetings from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Land of sunshine and spring will soon arrive. It’s already March and daylight and sunshine is very welcoming after a cold few months of winter. Weather here seems to be a lot milder than usual, March is usually stormy and blizzards as spring is closer to arriving on the island. People are busy travelling in and out on the land. Soon spring arrives and many will head out to their cabins and shovel out all the snow from winter build up. Our hunters and fishers are busy hunting for muskox and other game. This time of year we get sport hunters coming from different parts of the world. We hope everyone will be safe while out on the land, the beauty of our land.

Cambridge Bay had some special visitors the past few weeks. The Elders from the Kitikmeot region held a meeting in Cambridge Bay having a consultation gathering for an Elder’s strategy for the Government of Nunavut. We also had visitors from the members of parliament with Nunavut MP Lori Idlout and members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs come to meet with the community of Iqaluktuutiak. They met with Elders, local rangers, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Nunavut Arctic College Campus, CHARS-Polar Knowledge, the Red Fish Ivitaaruk Arts Studio and did tours around some beautiful places. They even had a tour on the ice road to West Arm, held a feast and watched some drum dancing. We hope all our visitors had a great time while in beautiful Cambridge Bay. It is pretty special when visitors come and support our community. It is a friendly community and fast growing with so many opportunities for our youth who will become our leaders someday. It is a place to remember and welcome to come back to our community.

Quana everyone for coming and we hope you all have safe flights wherever life takes you, our Elders will always remember whom they met. Polar Knowledge held a luncheon at the CHARS campus for community members. Great food and the campus has an awesome tour with many important sites to visit with such great art work built into the building. A world-class site to visit and remember.

Quana Lori and members for coming to see Cambridge Bay. It was so heartwarming to have our Elders be with us in our community from the outlying communities. We had a nice drum dance at the Elder’s palace with Netsilingmiut dancers and Nilaulaaq’s pihiq, very soothing and calming to hear the songs of our Ancestors.

With spring coming, Easter will soon be here and the school students will have a break from April 6-11,2023. Enjoy the weather everyone. Be safe when out on the ice road and the sliding hills out at West Arm are once again busy with families and many children out enjoying the outdoors and sunshine.

Jessie Lyall and her grandchildren and other cabin owners have once again opened up their cabins and shoveled snow buildups out at West Arm which means spring is just around the corner. Stay well everyone.

God Be With You Son.

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Klengenberg of Kugluktuk, wearing a beaver atigi made from old fur coats purchased from second-hand stores down south and designing a warm coat for traveling to go out on the land. It is trimmed with caribou hide patches and fur trim made from wolverine and fox. She was in Cambridge Bay to interpret for the Elder’s meetings held March 7-9, 2023.Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo

ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ

ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓚᖅ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

ᐅᖅᑯᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᒥᐊᕆ ᕿᓕᖅᑎ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᙱᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ

ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᖓᓂ

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᒫᔾᔨ 13−ᒥ.

“ᐅᖃᖅᑏ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ 7−ᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᒥ

ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᑲᒥᓴᓇᖓᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᕙᓂ

ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᓕᖅᑎ. “ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᒪᒃᐱᒐᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ, ᐋᔩᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᙱᒃᑯᕕᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᑉᐳᖅ.”

“ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓪᓚᕆᖓᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᖃᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ, ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥ, ᐱᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᒃᑎᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ,” ᑲᔪᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᒥ.

ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ, ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᙱᓗᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ,

ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

“ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ-ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᓕ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᐸᒃᐳᑦ ᐱᓂᕐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓪᓚᕆᖓᓐᓂ.”

ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᕿᓕᖅᑎ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᐸᒋᐊᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓵᔨᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ.

“ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑐᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓐᓄᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ “ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓪᓚᕆᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒧᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᓕᒫᖑᔪᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖁᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ.”

ᐱᑕᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᑲᒥᓴᓇᖓᓄᑦ.