Makivik Magazine Issue 114

ᒪᑭᕕᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᖏᑦ
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ᐆᒻᒫᓈᖅ ᑲᒃᑲᓛᑦ ᐱᐊᕃᑦ ᐊᓇᕐᕋᖓᑕ ᐃᖕᖏᑎᖏᑦ ᓈᓚᑦᑕᐅᓱᑎᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᕈᐊᑰᕐᑐᕕᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓵᓄᑦ
ᐆᒻᒫᓈᕐᒥ ᐊᓇᕐᕋᒥᓂ, ᑲᓛᓰᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᒡᒍᓯ 2017ᒥ.
The Uummannaq Children’s Home choir performs for Students on Ice at their home in
Uummannaq, Greenland in August 2017.
(ᒣᑯᓪ) ᑯᓱᒐᖅ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑐᐊᖏᑦ ᓱᑲᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᓐᓄᓯᐅᕈᑎᐅᖃᑦᑕᓯᓚᐅᔪᔪᑦ, ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ
ᐱᐅᔪᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᔫᔮ­ᖃᑦᑕᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓᓂᒃ ᕿᕕᐅᑉ,
ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᓄᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᑐᐊᑦ ᐃᕐᙯᒍ­ᑎᒋᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᐱᕐᖁᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ
ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᑦᑑᒋᐊᒥᒃ ᐃᑉᐱᓂᐊᕐᑎᓯᑦᓱᑎᒃ.
ᐊᐅᒃᒍᓯ 18:ᐆᒻᒪᓐᓈᖅ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᖅ
ᓱᕈᔪᑦᑐᑯᑦ ᑕᑦᓯᑐᒃᑯᓗ, ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᓱᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᕐᔫᔮᕐᑐᖅ ᖃᕐᖄᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖓ
ᐆᒻᒪᓈᖅ ᑐᖕᖓᓱᑦᑎᓯᒋᐊᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᔪᔪᑦ ᓱᐊᒥᒃ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᒧᑦ.
ᕿᓚᓈᓕᕐᓱᑕ ᐊᑦᓱᓀᕐᓂᓴᑦᑎᓂ ᓄᓈᕋᒥᒃ ᐃᒫᓃᑦᑐ­ᕕᓂᐅᑦᓱᑕ ᐃᑉᐱᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ
ᓱᐊᑉ ᓱᑲᑦᑑᓗᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᖅ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᑕᖓ ᓯᑦᔭᓕᐊᕈᑦᔨᓕᓚᐅᔪᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑏᑦ
ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑏᓗ ᓄᓈᖃᑕᐅᒻᒥᓱᑎᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᒋ­ᐊᕐᑐᓱᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᓂᒃ ᐱᕐᖁᓯᓕᕆᕕᓐᓂᓗ
ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᔪᑦᑕᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᖕᖑᐊᖃ­ᑎᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᓐᓃᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᓂᒃ.
ᐱᓱᕋᔭᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᐊᕇᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᑦᑐᓕᑦᓯᐊᐹᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒃᓗᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑦᓱᑎᒃ,
ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᓯᓚᐅᔪᔪᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᓈᓕᐊᓯᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᐊᕃᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓄᑦ
ᑐᓴᕐᓂᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓵᒋᐊᓯᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕆᐊᓯᑦᓱᑎᓪᓗ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᑐᓂᒃ
ᐊᓕᐊᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ.
ᐊᐅᒃᒍᓯ 19:ᐃᓗᓕᑦᓴᑦ, ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᖅ
ᐅᒥᐊᕐᑐᑐᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓱᑎᒃ ᓯᕿᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑑᑉ ᓯᑦᔭᖓᒍᑦ, ᑕᑯᓐᓇᑖᐱᕗᓪᓗ
ᐱᐅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᓐᓇᓕᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᓱᑕ ᐊᓂᐅᕙᓂᒃ ᖃᕐᖃᓂ, ᐱᖃᓗᔦᑦ ᓯᑯᕐᔪᐊᑦ,
ᓄᓈᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓗᓕᑦᓴᒧᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑏᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑏᓗ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓚᐅᔪᔪᑦ ᑕᑭᔪᐊᓘᑦᓱᓂ
ᓴᖑᔭᓐᓇᓱᓂ ᒪᔪᕋᕆᐊᖃᕐᓱᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᒃᑯᑦ, ᕿᒧᑦᓯᕕᐅᓲᖑᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᖁᑏᑦ
ᑕᐅᓄᖕᖓᕋᒥᓪᓗ ᑎᑭᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᕿᔫᑦᓱᓂ ᐊᕐᖁᑎ ᐱᓱᕝᕕᒃ ᐊᕐᖁᑎ ᐱᐅᔪᐊᓗᓕᐊᕐᑐᓄᑦ,
– ᐃᓗᓕᑦᓴᒥ ᓯᑯᑕᙯᓐᓇᓲᖅ ᐅᐸᑦᓱᒍ ᓂᐯᑦᑑᒋᐊᕐᑐᓱᑕ ᐱᐅᔪᕐᔪᐊᒦᑦᓱᑕ ᐅᖄᔪᓂᓪᓗ
ᓈᓛᒌᐊᕐᑐᓱᑕ ᐃᑉᐱᓇᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓯᑯᑕᙯᓐᓇᓲᖅ ᓱᑲᑦᑐᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓕᕆᐊᖓ.
ᐊᐅᒃᒍᓯ 20-22, 2017; ᐃᑎᓪᓕᖅ ᐃᕕᒃ ᑲᖏᕐᓗᔅᓱᐊᖅ
ᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᐸᐅᓕᕐᑐᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᓈᕐᓱᑕ ᐃᓗᓕᑦᓴᐅᑉ ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖓᓄᑦ
ᐳᓚᑦᓱᑎᒃ, ᐱᓱᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᓇᑎᕐᓇᑯᑦ, ᕿᑲᓚᐅᕐᑐᖃᑦᑕᓱᑎᒃ ᖃᕐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ
ᐃᑯᓪᓕᐊᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᕐᓱᑯᑦ, ᐊᕿᑦᑐᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓱᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᕗᓕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐅᔭᕃᑦ
ᐊᑯᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕙᓗᐃᒪᑦᓱᑎᒃ.
ᓯᕿᓂᕐᐸᓯᒋᐊᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᒋᐊᓪᓚᓱᑕ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᑐᑐᑦ ᐅᑎᓯᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ
ᖃᔭᕆᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓯᑦᓱᑕ ᓯᕐᒥᕐᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᓯᑯᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᓱᒃᑫᑐᐊᐱᐅᑦᓱᑕ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓚᐅᔪᔪᒍᑦ
ᓯᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᖁᐱᕐᕙᓛᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᑯᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐆᓱᑎᒃ ᑎᑭᕋᑕᕐᓱᑕ
ᖃᕐᖄᓗᓐᓄᑦ ᖄᒥᒍᑦ ᐊᐳᑎᓕᐊᓗᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᒐᓴᑦᔪᐊᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ (kittiwake)
ᐅᓪᓗᓖᑦ ᐃᓐᓈᕉᑉ ᐃᓪᓕᓇᖏᓐᓂ ᖁᒻᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᓱᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᒻᒧᑦ
ᒥᑭᓪᓕᑎᓚᕿᓚᐅᔪᔪᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᑎᑕ­ᐅᓕᕐᓱᑕᓗ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᒻᒥᒃ ᐱᔭᑦᓴᖃᕈᑎᒋᒋᐊᖓ ᓯᕗᓂᕗᑦ
ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓗᒍ.
ᑭᖑᓪᓕᐸᐅᓕᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᐅᓪᓗ ᐅᑎᓕᓚᐅᔪᔪᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ, ᐊᑐᓂᓗ ᓂᐸᓕᔭᖕᖏᑐᒥ
ᐃᓂᑖᕐᓱᑕ ᐃᓱᒪᒍᑎᒋᓯᑦᓱᒍ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕆᖃᑦᑕᑕᕗᑦ, ᐃᓚᓐᓈᑖᕇᓐᓂᕗᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪ-
ᐅᓯᕐᑖᖃᒻᒥᕗᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒪᐅᓯᕐᑖᕗᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᑖᕆᐅᕐᓱᑕ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓄᑦ.
© MARTIN LIPMAN/SOI FOUNDATION
playing and teaching Inuit games to other students
throughout the journey.”
As each evening came to a close, students and
staff gathered to share highlights of the day and
story telling by SOI educator and award-winning
author Arvaarluk (Michael) Kusugak. His stories
quickly became an evening tradition, bringing each
day to a close with a beautifully delivered account of
the adventures of Kiviuq. For many students, these
stories were a welcome reminder of their culture and
provided a closeness to home.
August 18: Uummannaq, Greenland
Through rain and heavy fog, the picturesque heartshaped
mountain and community of Uummannaq
appeared, welcoming SOI to Greenland.
Eager to say farewell to our sea legs and step on
land, SOI’s fleet of Zodiacs made their way to shore
and students and staff ventured into the community
to explore the museums, cultural centres and some enjoyed a
game of soccer with local youth. Winding through streets lined
with brightly coloured houses, our team made its way into the
Uummannaq Children’s Home and were treated to their beautiful
musical performances.
August 19: Ilulissat, Greenland
As the expedition sailed south along Greenland’s western
coastline, the scenery became even more majestic with the
site of snow-capped mountains, a sea of icebergs and massive
glaciers. Landing in Ilulissat, students and staff ventured on a
long, meandering hike through the village, past fields of dog
teams and down a long wooden boardwalk to a breathtaking
site – the Ilulissat Icefjord. The team gathered on the edge of the
icefjord for a moment of silence to take in the beauty around
them and listen to a talk about the significance of this icefjord
and the alarming rate at which it is melting.
August 20-22, 2017: Itilleq Fjord, Evighedsfjord and
Kangerlussuaq
The final days in Greenland included a landing at Itilleq Fjord,
hiking across rolling tundra, nestled between the steep mountains
and the calm waters of the fjord. With the bouncy green ground
under out feet and the stunning rocky peaks surrounding us.
Sailing further south, the team once again took to the ship’s
fleet of Zodiacs to explore Sermitsiaq Glacier. We moved slowly
through sea ice, crackling underneath, and the glacier growing
ever larger until we found ourselves surrounded by towering
snow-capped mountains and hundreds of kittiwakes nesting
on the steep cliff faces overhead. It is in these moments we are
humbled by nature and reminded of the important role that we
play in its future.
Our final day ended back on land, where each of us found
a quiet spot to reflect on our journey, our friendships, our new
knowledge and understanding, and our new goals for the future.