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PRINTEMPS 2005<br />
42<br />
Sean O’Neill<br />
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■ A mid-length sealskin<br />
coat with black diamond<br />
trim keeps Aron Tiapana<br />
warm and fashionable in<br />
Kugluktuk. Design by<br />
Bessie Sitatak<br />
■ Un élégant manteau de<br />
phoque avec losanges<br />
noirs garde Aron Tiapana<br />
bien au chaud à Kugluktuk.<br />
Conçu par Bessie Sitatak<br />
■ Nattiup qisinga atigi<br />
takijupaluk qiniqtumik<br />
siniqaqtuq Aron Tiapanamut<br />
uqquujjutauvuq ammalu<br />
takuminaqtuulluni<br />
Qurluqtumi. Aanasimajuq<br />
Bessie Sitatak<br />
INUKTITUT<br />
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ULLUMI UKIUQTAQTUMI<br />
The timing is perfect to market these quality products.<br />
“We know that there is a demand,” says Larry Simpson,<br />
senior advisor for fisheries and sealing with Nunavut’s<br />
Department of Environment. “We now have to find the<br />
capacity to meet this demand.”<br />
Makivik already has workshops for seamstresses who<br />
produce Okpik’s designs for Nunavik Creations, which sells<br />
its items online (www.nunavikcreations.com), at its<br />
Kuujjuaq store, and soon, hopefully, in boutiques in southern<br />
Canada. Meanwhile, the government of Nunavut wants to<br />
make a fur production and design training program available<br />
through Arctic College.<br />
With or without the lucrative American market, <strong>Inuit</strong><br />
women will keep creating masterpieces that Canadians can<br />
be proud to wear. After all, Canada’s economy was built on<br />
the fur trade. It’s only natural to showcase this country’s<br />
legacy.<br />
Pinasuarviksaq maanna naammanaaqtiaqsimavuq niurrutiksarinasuarlugit<br />
tamakkua piujut niuviaksait.<br />
“Qaujimavugut pijumajauninginnik,” taimaililauqpuq Larry<br />
Simpson, taanna quttiniqsaq uqaujjigiaqti iqalugasunnirmut<br />
amma nattirasunnirmut Nunavuup avatilirijikkunginni.<br />
“Maanna pinasugiaqaliqpugut angumanasuarunnaqsigiarlugu<br />
tamanna pijumajauningat.”<br />
Makivik katimaraujaqtittiqattaliriiqput miqsuqtinik<br />
sanaqattaqtunik Okpikkut sanajaksaqutinginnik Nunavik<br />
Creationskunnut, taakkua niuviaksautittivattut Internetkut<br />
(www.nunavikcreations.com)jjuarmi niuvirvimminit, amma<br />
maannaruluk, pijaksauqattalaalirillutik niuvirvinni Qallunaat<br />
nunanganni. Maannakulli taima, gavamangit Nunavuup<br />
qisilirinirmut amma annuraaliunirmut pigiuqsajjutimik<br />
atuinnautittijumavut Arctic Collegekut.<br />
Pitaqaqtillugu uvvaluunniit pitaqanngikkaaluqtillugu<br />
pijumaniqaqtut Mialigait niuvirarningat, <strong>Inuit</strong> arnait<br />
sanaqattainarniaqput piujuksajanik <strong>Kanatami</strong>unut<br />
upigijaulutik atuqtaujunnaqtunik. Ilaak taima, Kanataup<br />
kiinaujaliurutingit sanajaulauqsimammata qisiit/amiit<br />
niuvirautauninginnut. Akautuinnaqpuq saqqijaaqtitauningat<br />
taaksuma nunalirjuap piusituqangit.