Makivik Magazine Issue 114

ᐊᕙᑕᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦᑕ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᔨᓂ ᓄᖕᖓᖅ
ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᒍᒪᐅᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖄᔪᖅ.
Avataq’s former President Jeannie Nungak campaigning
for a seat on the Board of Directors.
© ROBERT FRECHETTE X4
ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓ ᔫᐱ ᑕᕐᕿᐊᐱᒃ
ᑲᑎᒪᒋᐊᕐᑐᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᔪᖅ.
Makivik’s President Jobie Tukkiapik
speaking to the delegates.
ᔫᓯᐱ ᐹᓪᓚᔮᑦ, ᐊᕙᑕᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦᑕ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᑖᕐᖃᒥᖓ.
Josepi Padlayat, Avataq’s new elected President.
ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓ ᓴᐳᑦᔨᓯᒪᓂᕋᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᕙᑕᒃᑯᓂᒃ
ᐅᑭᐊᑦᓴᖅ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓ ᔫᐱ ᑕᕐᕿᐊᐱᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᒋᐊᕐᑐᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᐊᕙᑎᓪᓗ ᒪᕐᕈᓘᒍᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕇᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖓᓄ
ᑰᑦᔪᐊᕌᐱᒻᒥ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᕙᑕᖅ ᐱᕐᖁᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᕐᓯᐅᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᒻᒪᕆᒋᒻᒥᔭᖓᓂᐅᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᑕᖃᓚᐅᔪᒻᒪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖃᕐᑎᓗᒍ.
ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓ ᔫᐱ ᑕᕐᕿᐊᐱᒃ ᓴᐳᑦᔨᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᕙᑕᖅ ᐱᕐᖁᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᕕᒻᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᐃᑕᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ.
ᐊᕙᑕᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᕐᓗᑕᐅᓯᒪᓲᑦ ᐃᓛᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᒻᒪᕆᓐᓅᓕᖓᑦᓱᓂ
ᐱᓇᓱᕝᕕᐅᔪᕆᔭᐅᓲᒍᒐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᕐᖁᓯᑐᖃᖏᓐᓅᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓕᐊᕐᕕ-
ᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᑫᓪᓚᑐᐃᒋᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ, ᐱᐅᓕᐊᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᓗ
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᖏᑦᑕ ᐃᓚᒋᒻᒥᔭᖏᑦ.
ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓ ᔫᐱ ᑕᕐᕿᐊᐱᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᖁᔨᓯᒪᓂᕋᕐᑐᕕᓂᖅ
ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᓄᓪᓗᐊᑎᒋ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᓂ
ᐊᓂᒍᕐᑐᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᕐᑎᕆᓂᖃᑦᓯᐊᓯᒪᒻᒪᖔᑦ ᐃᓕᓵᖁᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ
ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᒍᓐᓇᓯᒍᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᓗ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᒥᔪᖅ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᑦ
ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᓂᕆᓲᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᕙᑕᒃᑯᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᕐᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ
ᐊᕙᑕᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᑕᐅᒋᐊᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ. ᑲᑎᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᔫᐱ
ᐅᖃᐅᑏᔪᕕᓂᖅ, ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᐸᓂᕋᕐᓱᓂᖅ, ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓂᒃ
ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᓯᐅᕕᖃᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᐊᕙᑕᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖁᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ.
“ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒻᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᑦᓴᖃᕐᐳᓯ, ᐅᖃᕐᑐᕕᓂᖅ ᔫᐱ, “ᑭᓯᐊᓂ
ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᑦᓴᓯᓐᓂᒃ”.
Makivik President talks about his support
to Avataq
This fall Makivik Corporation President Jobie Tukkiapik attended the
22 nd Nunavik Elders Conference in Kuujjuaraapik. This conference also
acts as an Avataq Cultural Institute annual general meeting as elections
are held during the conference. President Tukkiapik showed his support
for the work of the Avataq Cultural Institute. Avataq is unique in the
North in that Inuit cultural institutes are not a common thing to see
in the North basically because they don’t exist. The Inuit of Nunavut
while still a part of the Northwest Territories were the first Inuit to have
a cultural institute based out of Arviat, but the organization eventually
closed down due to lack of financial support.
Avataq is sometimes mistaken for an elders organization when in
fact its main focus is the preservation of Inuit cultural issues. To foster,
promote and assist in preserving the Inuit way of life is also one of
Makivik’s objectives. So during Makivik President Jobie Tukkiapik’s visit
ᑲᑎᑦᑕᕕᑦᑖᖃᒻᒥᖓ ᑰᑦᔪᐊᕌᐱᒻᒥᐅᑦ, ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᕕᓂᖅ.
The brand new Katittavik Centre in Kuujjuaraapik, host of the conference.
to Kuujjuaraapik Jobie spoke about his call for an audit of the education
system in Nunavik to determine how well it has prepared our students
in the last 40 years to run the affairs of the region and beyond. He also
talked about the financial assistance Makivik has provided Avataq
through the years and the need to find a better solution to fix Avataq’s
financial difficulties. Jobie told the delegates at the meeting, he was
working with Parnasimautilirijjit, to persuade governments to find a
more secure funding arrangment with Avataq.
“There is no work more important then the job you have to do,” he
said, “but you need adequate financial resources to do that”.
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