Makivik Magazine Issue 102

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University of New Brunswick PhD student, Mary Caroline Rowan,
describes similarities between the Inuit Aqausiq and Sámi Yoik,
techniques of cultural singing.
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I would like to tell you about a visit I made to Inukjuak last
winter with my colleague from Norway. Laila Aleksandersen
Nutti is an assistant professor at the Sámi Allaskuvla in
Guovdageaidnu, Norway. Last year she received money for a
“North-to-North” exchange. This is a travel grant that is made
available, through the University of the Arctic, for people connected
with post-secondary education in circumpolar places.
We were not exactly sure what being involved in a “Northto-North”
exchange would mean — but it didn’t take long
before we started to notice
interesting connections
between things people
do in Inuit Nunangat and
Sapmi. Sapmi includes the
land originally inhabited
by Sámi which are currently
divided into four
geopolitically separate
nation-states, including:
Russia, Finland, Sweden
and Norway.
In February 2013 Laila
travelled to Nunavik to
visit the Tasiurvik Childcare
Centre and to meet with
elders, educators and
other interested community
members to learn
more about Inuit songs for
children. She was especially curious about aqausiq, which is
a little song made of rhymes and sounds that Inuit sing and
share with babies and young children.
Laila did her master’s degree on the Sámi yoik, a traditional
Sámi song. Some yoiks include rhythmic verses with words
combined with percussive sounds. A yoik performed to takeon
the character of the person or place featured in the music,
and was traditionally sung unaccompanied by instruments.
The composer gifts each yoik to a particular recipient. This
could be a person, a place, an animal, or perhaps the wind.
The yoik can act as a teacher, commenter, teaser, and be used
to express feelings.
CANDACE IKEY
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