áááá±ááá/ááááá 2011 - Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
áááá±ááá/ááááá 2011 - Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
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I thought as a national Aboriginal leader he must<br />
have known a little about the medicine wheel, which<br />
is often stereotypically connected to Aboriginal Canadians<br />
including Inuit. So I often wondered why he<br />
answered this way. Over the years, I have realized his<br />
response was a way for him to cleverly convey and<br />
distinguish Inuit from other Canadian aboriginal populations.<br />
Mr. Kusugak constantly advocated for an Inuit-specific<br />
approach. He did so at any opportunity that was<br />
presented to him – including at Trent University. His<br />
response to my classmate assisted me in realizing that<br />
I need to remember my own Inuk perspective, and not<br />
be shy to share that distinct difference.<br />
“In accepting Canada, we shouldn’t have to worry<br />
about losing our identity or believing in ourselves any<br />
less. Inuit are more than First Canadians, Inuit are<br />
Canadians first.”<br />
- Jose Kusugak<br />
His slogan, ‘First Canadian, Canadians First’ has<br />
been adopted by many, including the recent national<br />
document, ‘First Canadian, Canadians First: National<br />
Strategy on Inuit Education’. This motto will continue<br />
to support and strengthen our young people in the<br />
future to remember and understand their Inuit heritage<br />
as an inclusive and welcoming people.<br />
During Mr. Kusugak’s time as president of Inuit<br />
Tapirisat of Canada, he initiated a name change that<br />
was quickly adapted to Inuit Tapariit Kanatami (ITK),<br />
and the change to the organizations logo. The logo<br />
incorporates the Canadian maple leaf, an ulu and a<br />
representation of four Inuit regions in Canada. With<br />
these changes, the organization had become reflective<br />
of modern day Inuit; appreciating Inuktitut, and represented<br />
as a united Inuit population. He continues to<br />
utilize his leadership by restructuring the organization<br />
to ensure advocacy for the Inuit land claim regions and<br />
future generations.<br />
I hope to continue highlighting to my future students<br />
of the many accomplishments the late Jose<br />
Kusugak contributed to Inuit in <strong>Nunavut</strong> and Canada.<br />
“Never put yourself on a pedestal, if you earn the<br />
respect, others will do that for you.”<br />
Always staying humble, Jose Kusugak wrote this in a<br />
2004 Inuktitut magazine article. With the lifetime of accomplishments<br />
and contributions Mr. Kusugak has<br />
made to Inuit all over Canada, I think we can award<br />
Jose Kusugak an extremely high pedestal. I know I have.<br />
ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ, ᐅᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᑕᒪᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᖅᑐᒥ<br />
ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕈᑎᑦ, ᑎᒥᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ<br />
ᐃᓅᓕᖅᑐᓂᑦ; ᖁᕈᐊᓲᑎᓖᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ<br />
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᑦ. ᑲᔪᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ<br />
ᐊᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓂᐃᒥᑦ<br />
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕈᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒥ ᐃᓅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ.<br />
ᓂᕆᐅᒃᑐᖓ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᐸᒃᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᕋᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ<br />
ᐊᒥᓱᐃᓪᓗ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᔫᓯ ᑯᓱᒐᐅᑉ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ<br />
ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ.<br />
“ᐃᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖏᓚᑎ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᑐᖕᒪᒐᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓗᑎᑦ,<br />
ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᒍᕕᑦ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᐊᓯᑎᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᒥᔪᑦ<br />
ᐃᓕᖕᓂᑦ.”<br />
ᓂᑭᒃᓕᑎᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᒋᑦ. ᔫᓯ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 2004-ᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ<br />
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖏᓐᓂ. ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ<br />
ᑐᓂᓯᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ, ᐃᓱᒪᔪᖓ ᑐᓂᓯᕝᕕᒋᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᔫᓯ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ<br />
ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᐹᒥᑦ ᐃᓕᓗᒍ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᖓᓕ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑎᒃᑲᒃᑯ.<br />
Uqauhia, ‘Hivulliit Kanatamiutat, Kanatamiutat hivulliqmit’ atuqtauvaktuq<br />
amihunit, talvanilu titiqqanit, ‘Hivulliit Kanatamiutat,<br />
Kanatamiutat hivulliqmi: Nunaptingnit Ihuaqnighakkut Inuit<br />
Ilihaqtuliqiyit’. Taamna uqauhiq ikayuutauniaqtuq hakugigharahuaqhugit<br />
inuuhuktut hivunighaptingnit puiguqtailiquplugillu ilihimaquplugillu<br />
Inuit ilitquhiinik ilranaittutut.<br />
Mr. Kusugak hivuliqtiutilluni talvani Inuit Tapirisat Kanatami, aallannguqtiqhimayuq<br />
atianik talvunga Inuit Tapariit Kanatami (ITK),<br />
aallannguqtiqhugulu naunaitkutaat havakviup. Taamna naunaitkutaat<br />
naunaitkutalik Kanatap atungauyaanik, ulumiklu naunaitkutaqaqhunilu<br />
hitamanik Inuit aviktuqhimayunik Kanatami. Hapkua<br />
aallannguqtiqhutik, katimaqatigiit havakpaktut kivgaqtuqhugit<br />
Inuit uplumi; quviagiplugu Inuktitut, atauhiuplutiklu Inuit kivgaqtuqhugit.<br />
Tajja huli hivuliqtiuvaktuq ihuaqhaqhugu havakviat kivgaqtuqhugit<br />
Inuit nunataaqhimaplutik uplumi hivunighaptingnilu.<br />
Ilittuqhipkaiyumayunga huli ilihaqtunut iniqhimayainik Jose<br />
Kusugaup kivgaqtiupluni Inungnik Nunavunmi Kanatamilu.<br />
“Ilingnik makitittiyuittut, arligiyauguvit, ahiit<br />
makitittiniaqtaahi.”<br />
Naruhughimaittumik, Jose Kusugak titiraqhimayuq taimaa<br />
2004-mi Inuktitut makpiraanganik. Inuutillugu iniqhimayait<br />
ikayuqpauhialu Mr. Kusugak Inungnik Kanatami, aittuinnariaqaqtavut<br />
makitapkaqlugu Jose Kusugak. Ihumavunga taimaa uvanga.<br />
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