ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 18: ᑑᒪᓯ ᐆᑦᑑᒃ Episode 18: Thomas Ootook
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 18: ᑑᒪᓯ ᐆᑦᑑᒃ ᐅᓂᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑳᓕᕐᐸᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᖅᓱᕈᓇᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂᒡᓗ. ᐆᑑᑉ ᓄᓕᐊᖓ ᕋᐃᒋᓕ ᐆᑐᒃ ᐃᖃᐅᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂ ᐅᐃᖓ ᕿᓂᕆᐊᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ. Episode 18: Thomas Ootook shares a story about experiencing hardship and hunger. When Mary shares the story with Ootook’s wife Ragilee, she remembers vividly the day that her late husband set out in search of food.
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 17: ᒨᓱᓯ ᐊᓕᔭᒃ Episode 17: Moses Aliyak
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 17: **ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖁᔨᕗᒍᑦ ᐅᓇ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖑᔪ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᑐᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓂᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ** ᒨᓱᓯ ᐊᓕᔭᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᐊᖑᑎᐅᔪᒎᖅ ᕿᑐᖓᒥᓂ ᓂᕆᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓐᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂ, ᓄᓕᐊᖓᓗ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᓂᑰᓗᓂ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᕙᓕᖅᑐᕉᖅ − ᐃᓄᒃᑐᖅᕕᖅ − ᐊᓕᔭᐅᑉ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᐋᓐᑎ ᐊᓕᔭᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒎᖅ ᐊᑎᖃᕐᓂᕕᓂᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᕐᕕᕕᓂᕐᒥᑦ. Episode 17: **Warning - this story contains sensitive material on eating human flesh.** Moses Aliyak shares a story about a place called “Inukturvik.” When Mary shares this story with Aliyak’s biological son Andy Aliyak, Andy learns how this place got its name.
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 16: ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᖁᕝᕙᖄ ᐃᓴᑭᐊᒃ Episode 16: Elizabeth Quvvaqqaa Issakiark
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 16: ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᖁᕝᕙᖄ ᐃᓴᑭᐊᒃ ᑖᓇᐅᒍᓇᐃᕐᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᓅᓕᒃᓯᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᖁᕝᕙᖄ ᐸᓂᖓ ᓯᒨᓇ ᐸᐃᒍ, ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓᓗ ᐅᖃᓱᓂᓗ, ᐊᓈᓇᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓇᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᓐᓇᕋᓗᐊᕐᑎᒡᓗᒍ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᑐᖅ. Episode 16: The late Elizabeth Quvvaqqaa Issakiark shares a story about nursing a young man back to health who had been close to starvation. When Mary shares this story with Issakiark’s daughter Simona Baker, Simona is touched by her mothers desire to help in that difficult time.
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 15: ᔨᒥ ᒋᐸᓐᔅ ᐅᕕᓂᒃ Episode 15: Jimmy Gibbons Uvinik
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 15: ᔨᒥ ᒋᐸᓐᔅ ᐅᕕᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᒎᖅ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓖᑦ ᖁᓖᓪᓗ. ᔨᒥᐅᑉ ᐃᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᒪᐃᒃᒥ ᒋᐸᓐᔅ ᑐᓵᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ, ᖃᐅᔨᑲᓪᓂᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᐹ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ. Episode 15: In this story from our archive, Jimmy Gibbons Uvinik talks about his life working for the RCMP and the Hudson’s Bay Company for 30 years. When Mary shares this story with Jimmy’s son Mike, she learns about the impact Jimmy’s travel had on the Gibbons family.
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 14: ᒪᐃᒃ ᐳᕉᔅ Episode 14: Mike Bruce
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 14: 1940’s - ᓂᑦ ᒪᐃᒃ ᐳᕉᔅ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᒻᒦᓚᐅᕐᕈᓯᕕᓂᖓᓂᑦ. ᖃᖏᐊᖓ ᒪᓃᑐᒃ ᑖᒻᓴᓐ ᑐᓵᑎᓚᐅᕐᑕᕗᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓᓂᑦ , ᐅᒡᔨᕈᓱᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᒪᐃᒃ ᐳᕉᔅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕋᒥᑦ. Episode 14: The late Mike Bruce was one of many Inuit to contract Tuberculosis in the 1940’s. In his story from our archives, he talks about how life was in the hospital and what it took to recover. When Mary plays this story for Bruce’s niece Manitok Thompson, she learns about the other things that had changed about Bruce when he returned home