áááá á±á á ááá«ááᦠáá áá 20011 - Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
áááá á±á á ááá«ááᦠáá áá 20011 - Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
áááá á±á á ááá«ááᦠáá áá 20011 - Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
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Biography<br />
I was born at an outpost camp in Bathurst Inlet in the Kitikmeot<br />
region of <strong>Nunavut</strong>. I went to residential school at Stringer Hall in<br />
Inuvik Northwest Territories, and Akaitcho Hall in Yellowknife, Northwest<br />
Territories from 1959 – 1972.<br />
The main reason for my attendance at the Inuvik Northern<br />
National Gathering of Residential School survivors was to reconnect<br />
with my former Stringer and Akaitcho Hall classmates to find out<br />
how everyone turned out 40 or so years after our experiences at the<br />
residences.<br />
The second reason was to make a presentation on behalf of those<br />
students who could not be here and to ensure strong traditional and<br />
contemporary mental health programs arise from the Truth and Reconciliation<br />
Commission process for former students and their descendants.<br />
These programs need to meet the needs of the Inuit from<br />
Nunakput, in the west, to Nunatiavut, in the east.<br />
Kinguliani ukautait<br />
Hukulaakhimayaga<br />
Hukulaakhimayuk ukaktuk ilihagiaktu -<br />
katigihimayamnik Stringer Hallmi,<br />
takuhimayaga 15mik ukiunik ilihagu -<br />
ikhi magamnuk. Inuuhimayuuniktuk<br />
ayokhakhuni apkotainik Edmontonmi,<br />
kihimi hakugiinaktuk ihumakakhuni<br />
ovalo hivunikhainik ihumainakhuni<br />
nunakyuamut, kihimi ayokhaktuk<br />
angiyaanganik ovalo iminik.<br />
Angilgauyaaminik ihumangituk<br />
ovaluniit ukakatigilugit ilakatigiiminut<br />
nunamini, ilaa inminik inuulaagami.<br />
Mamiana kihimi, tukuhimayuk talvani<br />
ayokhakviani apkotainik Edmontonmi.<br />
Background to the Song<br />
The song is about an old classmate from Stringer Hall who I met 15<br />
years after we both graduated. He was living in the skid row district<br />
of Edmonton, but he was still a very strong person with ideals and<br />
optimistic views of the world, but he was strung out on crack<br />
cocaine and alcohol.<br />
He was still not ready to call any family or friends because he felt<br />
he could still make it on his own. Unfortunately, he passed away on<br />
those same streets of Edmonton.<br />
ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖓ ᑐᕋᐃᓯ ᕗᐊᑦ / Photo by Tracy Wood / Piksaliuktaa Tracy Wood<br />
ᓴᐅᒥᐊᓂᒃ: ᐋᓕᒃᓰᓇ ᑯᑉᓗ, ᓯᒨᓇ ᐊᕐᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᐃᑎ ᓚᐃᑕ.<br />
From left: Alexina Kublu, Simona Arnatsiaq and Katie Lyta.<br />
Haumikmit: Alexina Kublu, Simona Arnatsiaq ovalo Katie Lyta.<br />
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