In 2002, the Nunavut Department of Education decided that this booklet, created by the Pauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association and then out of print needed to be reproduced so that it could be made available to teachers and others moving to the territory to work so that they could acquire a basic understanding of the Inuit culture. I was asked to scan and redesign the original publication so that it could be easily reproduced as a PDF file with an ordinary computer and printer.
This file contains the English, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun versions of the original publication.
There is a newer version available at:
http://www.pauktuutit.ca/publications_e.html
©2002 Pauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association http://www.pauktuutit.ca
The Inuit Way: A Guide to Inuit Culture
Items of interest from around the Circumpolar region.
Showing posts with label Inuktitut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inuktitut. Show all posts
Monday, 2 August 2010
Thursday, 1 July 2010
#Inuit #Circumpolar Council acclaims new leader, 63 yr elder & former chairperson
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NEWS: Around the Arctic July 01, 2010 - 11:54 am
Inuit Circumpolar Council acclaims new leader
ICC general assembly gives "unanimous consent" to Aqqaluk Lynge
NUNATSIAQ NEWS
[...]
According to an ICC biography, Lynge started his professional career as a social worker after graduating from the National Danish School of Social Work in 1976.
For several years, he was a radio broadcaster, until he entered Greenland politics.
Lynge, one of the founders of the Inuit Ataqatigiit Party, was first elected to the Greenland parliament in 1983 and has served as a member of parliament and as a minister of various portfolios.
Lynge is also an author, having written books of poetry and essays, and has also contributed to several works and anthologies written in the English, Greenlandic, French and Nordic languages.
Lynge was instrumental in bringing Russian Inuit into the ICC family when, as early as 1985, he travelled to Moscow in the former Soviet Union to lobby for their inclusion into ICC.
Lynge is a member of the United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues.
He lives in Nuuk, Greenland with his Erna and their two children.
Speaking to the ICC meeting on June 1, Lynge vowed to help Inuit realize their destiny.
“Our destiny is in our hands,” he said, outlining his vision of a future with healthy and happy children, clean water, respected and involved elders, “a modest and sustainable economy,” and a “strong social fabric.”
Lynge called on Inuit to ensure that companies who want to develop Arctic resources keep the environment clean, train local workers and respect Inuit rights. He urged everyone to make sure their political leaders develop projects that are “good for Inuit.”
As Lynge finished speaking, he thanked his family, who joined him on stage, and then invited everyone in the assembly to hold hands.
“We stand together now…let’s take our hands and be given strength… we are Inuit and we will always be there.”
Before the assembly ended, Mary Simon, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, received the Bill Edmunds award, the highest award ICC hands out during its general assemblies.
ICC meets again in 2014 in Canada.
As one of its last orders of business, delegates at the ICC assembly also passed the Nuuk Declaration, which outlines its objectives for the next four years.
Quoted from the Nuk Declaration:
"...Recognizing that universal human rights instruments including the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide, including those of Inuit are still not fully acknowledged nor implemented and Inuit must continue to work alongside others to achieve the goal of full recognition of Inuit rights;
Noting the recent increased developments at the international level affecting Inuit, and the rapid and exponential growth of interest and external activity in the Arctic by powerful states, industry, researchers, and special interests over the past four years will undoubtedly continue and will require considerable attention and vigilance from ICC into the next four years;
Recognizing the disaster unfolding from off-shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and further recognizing the fragility of the Arctic environment and how any significant oil spill would be catastrophic for Inuit and finally that resource extraction industries are increasingly aiming to exploit offshore and onshore resource development:...:
Read the full Nuuk Declaration, posted below by NUNATSIAQ NEWS:
Nuuk 2010 Declaration
NEWS: Around the Arctic July 01, 2010 - 11:54 am
Inuit Circumpolar Council acclaims new leader
ICC general assembly gives "unanimous consent" to Aqqaluk Lynge
NUNATSIAQ NEWS
[...]
According to an ICC biography, Lynge started his professional career as a social worker after graduating from the National Danish School of Social Work in 1976.
For several years, he was a radio broadcaster, until he entered Greenland politics.
Lynge, one of the founders of the Inuit Ataqatigiit Party, was first elected to the Greenland parliament in 1983 and has served as a member of parliament and as a minister of various portfolios.
Lynge is also an author, having written books of poetry and essays, and has also contributed to several works and anthologies written in the English, Greenlandic, French and Nordic languages.
Lynge was instrumental in bringing Russian Inuit into the ICC family when, as early as 1985, he travelled to Moscow in the former Soviet Union to lobby for their inclusion into ICC.
Lynge is a member of the United Nations Forum on Indigenous Issues.
He lives in Nuuk, Greenland with his Erna and their two children.
Speaking to the ICC meeting on June 1, Lynge vowed to help Inuit realize their destiny.
“Our destiny is in our hands,” he said, outlining his vision of a future with healthy and happy children, clean water, respected and involved elders, “a modest and sustainable economy,” and a “strong social fabric.”
Lynge called on Inuit to ensure that companies who want to develop Arctic resources keep the environment clean, train local workers and respect Inuit rights. He urged everyone to make sure their political leaders develop projects that are “good for Inuit.”
As Lynge finished speaking, he thanked his family, who joined him on stage, and then invited everyone in the assembly to hold hands.
“We stand together now…let’s take our hands and be given strength… we are Inuit and we will always be there.”
Before the assembly ended, Mary Simon, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, received the Bill Edmunds award, the highest award ICC hands out during its general assemblies.
ICC meets again in 2014 in Canada.
As one of its last orders of business, delegates at the ICC assembly also passed the Nuuk Declaration, which outlines its objectives for the next four years.
Quoted from the Nuk Declaration:
"...Recognizing that universal human rights instruments including the rights of indigenous peoples worldwide, including those of Inuit are still not fully acknowledged nor implemented and Inuit must continue to work alongside others to achieve the goal of full recognition of Inuit rights;
Noting the recent increased developments at the international level affecting Inuit, and the rapid and exponential growth of interest and external activity in the Arctic by powerful states, industry, researchers, and special interests over the past four years will undoubtedly continue and will require considerable attention and vigilance from ICC into the next four years;
Recognizing the disaster unfolding from off-shore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and further recognizing the fragility of the Arctic environment and how any significant oil spill would be catastrophic for Inuit and finally that resource extraction industries are increasingly aiming to exploit offshore and onshore resource development:...:
Read the full Nuuk Declaration, posted below by NUNATSIAQ NEWS:
Nuuk 2010 Declaration
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Inuktitut - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Inuktitut (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (fonts required), literally "like the Inuit") is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the tree line, including parts of the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, to some extent in northeastern Manitoba as well as the territories of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and traditionally on the Arctic Ocean coast of Yukon.
It is recognised as an official language in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. It also has legal recognition in Nunavik—a part of Quebec—thanks in part to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and is recognised in the Charter of the French Language as the official language of instruction for Inuit school districts there. It also has some recognition in Nunatsiavut—the Inuit area in Labrador—following the ratification of its agreement with the Government of Canada and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian census reports that there are roughly 35,000 Inuktitut speakers in Canada, including roughly 200 who live regularly outside of traditionally Inuit lands.[1]
For more information on the relationship between Inuktitut and the Inuit languages spoken in Greenland and Alaska, see Inuit language.
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Full story at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut_language
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Bill Kennedy: Unintended consequences
Bill Kennedy: Unintended consequences
Signal - Originally, the area was populated by Inuit, native North Americans often mistakenly referred to as Eskimos. Then, in the 1950s, hundreds of US and
Canadian ...
http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/17295/
[ To contact Signal Editorial Staff, visit
http://www.the-signal.com/news/contactus/ ]
[excerpt]
"...
Posted: Aug. 27, 2009 9:24 p.m.
POSTED Aug. 28, 2009 4:55 a.m.
Frobisher Bay, Canada, just south of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, November 1982: My wife and I were standing on hard-packed snow in frigid weather beside the aircraft that had just deposited our party of some 50 international delegates sent to get a view of the unintended consequences of socialism run amok.
The relative isolation and small size of this community of 1,000 native North Americans made it an ideal subject of social studies for our group.
Originally, the area was populated by Inuit, native North Americans often mistakenly referred to as Eskimos. Then, in the 1950s, hundreds of U.S. and Canadian military personnel and construction workers descended on the area to build the DEW (Distant Early Warning) line, a system of radar stations designed during the Cold War to protect North America from a surprise attack by Soviet bombers.
Initially, the project created many high-paying local jobs. Additionally, the medical-services facilities established there to serve the U.S. and Canadian forces were opened to the locals for free as a gesture of community outreach.
But the benefits were short-lived. By 1959, construction was essentially complete, reducing job opportunities, and by 1963, the U.S. military left, closing the medical facilities. To fill the gap, the Canadian government established permanent services at Frobisher Bay, including full-time doctors, schools and social services, and encouraged the nearby Inuit population to settle using the free government services.
The usual habitats of the Inuit were chosen for their proximity to fishing and hunting grounds.
However, easy access to such areas was not afforded from the government locales. The Canadian Parliament's remedy was give each able-bodied Inuit male a snowmobile to assist their hunts. The government also awarded them hunting rifles and ammunition to replace their traditional spears.
In another move, the Canadian Parliament entitled every adult male to a free case of Canadian ale each month for life. Finally, the government granted a free college education to any Inuit capable of passing an entrance examination.
The justification was that the Inuit who completed their college degrees would return to Frobisher to establish their own health clinics, job-forming businesses, schools and the like.
This is the background that greeted our delegation in 1982, there to examine the effects of a generation of well-intentioned socialist policies...."
[...]
Something to think about when considering the many socialist programs proposed by our current administration. Although the circumstances of our needs and the Inuit are fundamentally different, the lesson of their experience is constructive: The architects of their social programs failed to realize that it is the unlimited reach of the human spirit that makes a culture sustainable and an economy viable, and excessive government handouts serve only to squash the human spirit while piling up massive debt.
That is why I am proud to be a member of the Republican party, which places a premium on human enterprise over government interference. We don't need more government handouts. We need programs designed to give more freedom for individual ingenuity and the human spirit to soar.
Bill Kennedy lives in Valencia and is a principal in Wingspan Business Consulting. His column reflects his own views and not necessarily those of The Signal. ..."
[ To contact The Signal Editorial Staff, visit
http://www.the-signal.com/news/contactus/ ]
<http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/17295/>
Signal - Originally, the area was populated by Inuit, native North Americans often mistakenly referred to as Eskimos. Then, in the 1950s, hundreds of US and
Canadian ...
http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/17295/
[ To contact Signal Editorial Staff, visit
http://www.the-signal.com/news/contactus/ ]
[excerpt]
"...
Posted: Aug. 27, 2009 9:24 p.m.
POSTED Aug. 28, 2009 4:55 a.m.
Frobisher Bay, Canada, just south of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, November 1982: My wife and I were standing on hard-packed snow in frigid weather beside the aircraft that had just deposited our party of some 50 international delegates sent to get a view of the unintended consequences of socialism run amok.
The relative isolation and small size of this community of 1,000 native North Americans made it an ideal subject of social studies for our group.
Originally, the area was populated by Inuit, native North Americans often mistakenly referred to as Eskimos. Then, in the 1950s, hundreds of U.S. and Canadian military personnel and construction workers descended on the area to build the DEW (Distant Early Warning) line, a system of radar stations designed during the Cold War to protect North America from a surprise attack by Soviet bombers.
Initially, the project created many high-paying local jobs. Additionally, the medical-services facilities established there to serve the U.S. and Canadian forces were opened to the locals for free as a gesture of community outreach.
But the benefits were short-lived. By 1959, construction was essentially complete, reducing job opportunities, and by 1963, the U.S. military left, closing the medical facilities. To fill the gap, the Canadian government established permanent services at Frobisher Bay, including full-time doctors, schools and social services, and encouraged the nearby Inuit population to settle using the free government services.
The usual habitats of the Inuit were chosen for their proximity to fishing and hunting grounds.
However, easy access to such areas was not afforded from the government locales. The Canadian Parliament's remedy was give each able-bodied Inuit male a snowmobile to assist their hunts. The government also awarded them hunting rifles and ammunition to replace their traditional spears.
In another move, the Canadian Parliament entitled every adult male to a free case of Canadian ale each month for life. Finally, the government granted a free college education to any Inuit capable of passing an entrance examination.
The justification was that the Inuit who completed their college degrees would return to Frobisher to establish their own health clinics, job-forming businesses, schools and the like.
This is the background that greeted our delegation in 1982, there to examine the effects of a generation of well-intentioned socialist policies...."
[...]
Something to think about when considering the many socialist programs proposed by our current administration. Although the circumstances of our needs and the Inuit are fundamentally different, the lesson of their experience is constructive: The architects of their social programs failed to realize that it is the unlimited reach of the human spirit that makes a culture sustainable and an economy viable, and excessive government handouts serve only to squash the human spirit while piling up massive debt.
That is why I am proud to be a member of the Republican party, which places a premium on human enterprise over government interference. We don't need more government handouts. We need programs designed to give more freedom for individual ingenuity and the human spirit to soar.
Bill Kennedy lives in Valencia and is a principal in Wingspan Business Consulting. His column reflects his own views and not necessarily those of The Signal. ..."
[ To contact The Signal Editorial Staff, visit
http://www.the-signal.com/news/contactus/ ]
<http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/17295/>
Monday, 24 August 2009
http://www.tusaalanga.ca/ brings Inuktitut learning to the world
Tusaalanga is a dynamic website that brings Inuktitut learning to the
world wide web. It was created by the Pirurvik Centre, an Iqaluit-based
company dedicated to enhancing Inuit language, culture and well-being.
world wide web. It was created by the Pirurvik Centre, an Iqaluit-based
company dedicated to enhancing Inuit language, culture and well-being.
Click on the links to access:
* Inuktitut lessons (from beginner to intermediate)
* hundreds of vocabulary items each with its own soundfile
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* grammar notes
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