Nunavut (Our Land) TV Series

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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 1: Qimuksik (Dog Team)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Exploring Inuit Culture Online

In Qimuksik (Dog Team) one family travels in the immense and beautiful arctic during spring. Inuaraq teaches his young son how to survive in the old way: driving the dogs, building the igloo, catching seals on the open water, running down caribou to feed the family.
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uploaded date: 31-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 2: Avaja

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Inuaraq's family finally arrives at Avaja to a warm welcome. Yet, many changes have taken place. On the hill above the tents, they now find a wooden church and a priest. Sharing the fresh caribou feast, telling stories, Inuit are interrupted by the bell ringing. Inside the church the sermon is clear: Paul 4:22, 'Turn away from your old way of life.'
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uploaded date: 30-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 3: Qarmaq (Stone House)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Fall 1945. Grandmother remembers the old way. In autumn 1945, five families build a stone house to prepare for the coming winter.
Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 3: Qarmaq (Stone House), Igloolik Isuma Productions 1995, Filmmakers: Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn, Pauloosie Qulitalik. Inuktut w/Eng s-t.

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uploaded date: 29-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) - Episode 5 - Angiraq (Home)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: MICH Living Archives

Igloolik, Fall 1945. Akkitiq wakes up to a nice day for seal hunting. The stone house is warm and comfortable. Men pack up the dog team and look for seals on the fresh ice,while women work at home. Sometimes, the squabbling of children leads to trouble among families.
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uploaded date: 27-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 6: Auriaq (Stalking)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Spring 1946. It is the season of never-ending days. Two dog teams searching the spring ice, men and boys hunting day and night. Seals are everywhere: at the breathing holes, sleeping under the warm sun. Amachlainuk has a lucky day.
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uploaded date: 26-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 7: Qulangisi (Seal Pups)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Spring 1946. Seal pups: springtime delicacy, prized for their soft fur and tender meat. When the pups start coming out on the ice, even small children and grandmothers can hunt.
Packed up to travel, the families move slowly over the wet ice, through lakes of fresh melting snow, hunting on the way. Finding the breathing holes is a joyful game for everyone.
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uploaded date: 05-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 8: Avamuktulik (Fish Swiming Back and Forth)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Spring 1946. Inuaraq throws his bones at the river and finds the fish swimming back and forth. Back at the tent Qulitalik sends the young men out with fish spears to try their luck. The walk up the rushing river is exciting but treacherous. Fish are hiding. It's easy to fall in.

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uploaded date: 04-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 9, Aiviaq (Walrus Hunt)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Summer 1946. The distant sound of the atookatookatook, the first gas engine to arrive in Igloolik, brings a surprise visitor to Qaisut, island of the walrus hunters. Father Qaukuluk arrives to study Inuit life, to dig in the ancient ruins and to see the hunt. When it's time to go hunting, Inuaraq thinks the Priest will bring bad luck but Qulitalik finally gives in.… Read more

uploaded date: 03-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 10, Qaisut

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 10, Qaisut, Igloolik Isuma Productions 1995, Producers Zacharias Kunuk, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Norman Cohn. Inuktut w/English s-t. .
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uploaded date: 02-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 11: Tuktuliaq (Caribou Hunt)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Transmediale

Igloolik, Fall 1945. Even here, news of the terrible world war raging outside makes people frightened and uneasy. They talk of the danger of the unknown future, of shamanistic intervention to protect their culture. The weather turns colder. With the north wind blowing, Inuaraq builds his sod house, while Qulitalik cuts the ice blocks for the porch.
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uploaded date: 01-12-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 12: Unaaq (Harpoon)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Fall-Winter 1946. Sitting around the stone house carving a harpoon, Qulitalik starts talking about the year gone past. Everyone joins in with stories and laughter. Tea is boiling over the seal lamps, children playing on the caribou skin beds. Grandmother tells the old stories, everybody has a new one. Home is warm and cozy.… Read more

uploaded date: 30-11-1995
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Nunavut (Our Land) Episode 13: Quviasukvik (Happy Day)

uploaded by: Norman Cohn

channel: Jon's Working Channel

Igloolik, Fall-Winter 1946. It's almost a month since the sun disappeared. Back in the stone house everyone wakes up to Christmas Day. For Inuit in 1946, Christmas is a strange mix of ritual, some from the old life and some from the new.… Read more

uploaded date: 29-11-1995