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sW3z5~6 2005<br />

56<br />

Zebedee Nungak<br />

■ k8z6, xˆN5txzb ∑¨os2<br />

wlFzb nix•5g6, Nk6©3u<br />

■ Nungak, by his grandmother<br />

Eemeelie's grave,<br />

Nanuqtuuq hill<br />

■ Nungak, près de la<br />

tombe de sa grand-mère<br />

Eemeelie, sur la colline de<br />

Nanuqtuuq<br />

■ Nungak, anaanattiangata<br />

Eemeelieup iluvingata<br />

sanianiittuq, Nanuqtuurmi<br />

INUKTITUT<br />

whmN6g6 ❘ ISUMANAQTUQ<br />

w k4tg5<br />

wi9Mz5yxD8NwAbs?o6gi5 s9lusJ6 w˚yso6gu. bmgm8z5 kNu5<br />

mrb5Jt5nc6tbs5nwN6SA5 ieu4, yK9oFic3iu4, NiusAJEF5nc3iu9l<br />

NÔtymA8NwiClx5b x3ÇAi %)-gw8Nsq5gi katD8Nq5bq8i4.<br />

wMQ/sK6 xbFc9ME8it8k5 kNgc5ti4 ∫Kzoµ6 W6bsFcCi m8N kNw5<br />

xtcDtq5, •i6bsmJ5 w6fmAy5tk5 bwm8z5 xsMpQs6Xoxymi5ti5. bm8N<br />

w6vsmZ5n∫6ymi6 xt3i4 xFtbsA8Nq5gu4 w˚yoµ5ti Wdtc6tbsAt5b<br />

wMQ?s4 bwm8z5 N5nv5bixo6hA szy5gxl7j5 xw?8ixClxD5b w˚y5b<br />

wq3Cizi. w˚y5b wq3CyQx3iq5 ∫4fN8z5 WQx6ymK5, xbFQ9ME5nwN6XK9l<br />

N7ui7mExlQ5hQ5. bm4fx x†5 wMQ/sK5 N7ui6 wo6fyE/5tk5.<br />

NÔtvw8NEx6gCmo kNgcE/Ck5, N7ui6 kbsyoQxDtcMsJKz kNw5<br />

xtq8i4 wl/smAtQym/3i4 w˚y3m WQx6Xoxizii5, bm4fx x†5<br />

grc9lxgdbsJ5nsq5©Zlx5 wkw5 xyq8k5, ryxio gro7mEx¬i6ÙdtQ?K5<br />

Ce site était antérieurement un site permanent de construction<br />

de logements renouvelables que l’on privilégiait<br />

pour l’abondance naturelle du type idéal de neige pour la<br />

construction des iglous, appelée illuvigaqtulik en <strong>Inuktitut</strong>.<br />

En compagnie de tous mes frères, il était merveilleux<br />

d’absorber la paix des lieux et du milieu où je suis né. Le<br />

temps passé dans un tel endroit, quelle que soit la durée,<br />

est incroyable.<br />

Nous nous sommes nourris des produits de la terre et de<br />

la mer, et avons échangé des histoires où nos ancêtres<br />

semblaient revivre. Des événements d’antan ont pris forme<br />

et nous ont tous inspirés. Il était valorisant de passer du<br />

temps dans un lieu où nos parents avaient campé au<br />

printemps, préoccupés par des choses qui n’ont rien à voir<br />

avec le rythme de vie infernal de la ville.<br />

La terre est remplie d’histoires, d’événements et de<br />

personnages que le passage du temps ne fait qu’enrichir.<br />

Nous nous imbibons du panorama, des sons et des odeurs<br />

The northern half of the lake above the Tuqsukattaq River<br />

is called Isuuqsiuvik, while the southern half is called<br />

Saputiligait. The first rapids and waterfall along the same<br />

river above the lakes is called Kanniavik. At the top of a hill<br />

called Nanuqtuuq are 11 graves, one of them belonging to<br />

our grandmother, Eemeelie, mother of our late father<br />

Tamusi.<br />

About a kilometre north of my birthplace is Nauyatalik, a<br />

small, elongated island with a lone boulder at its centre. At<br />

this place, Nauyavinaaluk, notorious murderer and cannibal,<br />

keeled over and died in the early 1900s after having killed<br />

four or five people in the area. Nauyavinaaluk took as his<br />

partner a young girl named Ningiuqvilaaq, who was the<br />

daughter of one of his murder victims. They spent three<br />

winters and summers here, alone.<br />

After Nauyavinaaluk’s death, Ningiuqvilaaq was found<br />

and saved by travellers passing by Saputiapiit, a junction<br />

where water from Saputiligait flows into Isuuqsiuvik.<br />

Saputiapiit was, and still is, a favoured fishing area.<br />

Nuna atsuinaqtutalimmarialuuvuq unikkaasaqtaqarniminut<br />

pijuqarutausimajunik inugijausimajunillu akuninitanngupallianiraluaminut<br />

piuliaruminaqsipalliatuinnatunik. Takugatsaqaqpugut<br />

tusaagatsaqaqpugut naimagatsaqaqsutalu<br />

nunaup tamatuma pitaqarutinginnik qanganitauniraluangit<br />

ilaliuqtaunaqtusivigigunnasugit. Tamaani pitaqatsainaqsimammat<br />

pillariuniqsausainnatunik inillangatsiarunnaigutauvaliqtunit<br />

ullumiujuq inuusiuliqtumi. Tamatumanngat<br />

nunamit makitatjutitsaqaqtitautsainaqpugut niqimik, sivulliviniqarnimik,<br />

nanimiugujurivitsaqarnimillu najuutisimagunnainiraluatta<br />

arraaguni 50-tuinnaungittuni nungutirunnangittanginnik.<br />

Ilagijauvuq ataviqallarinnitinnut Nunatuqattinik taavungalimaaq<br />

piqtauviqarani manna nunait atiqarutingit, niiniqtaumajut<br />

iqqumagusittinut taimanngat aulajigiuqpaliasimanittinit.<br />

Tamanna iqqaumagatsataaqsimaniq atirnik avititaugunnangittumik<br />

inuusilimaattini piqutiqaqtitaugutitta<br />

ilagivauk taimanngat natsakattanialiqsugu ungasittualummut<br />

aivanniaraluarutta inuusitta ingirraningani. Inuusitta<br />

ingirrasigiarningit taakkunanngat pigiaqsimavut, atavigillaritsainaqpavullu<br />

namminimmarialugitsugit. Tamakkua atiit<br />

ilagijauvut namminiq iliqqusirijattinut.<br />

Najuutikainnariaqturamali Nunatuqarijaranut, namminiq<br />

nutausiligiarutiqalaujuvunga nunait atinginnik ilujau

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