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Throwback Thursday: Nunavut up and running
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
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ᐅᑭᐅᖑᒍᓐᓃᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖅᑰᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᐅᑎᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᓯᕙᖅᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᑭᖑᑎᖏᓪᓗ ᓂᕐᓕᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᒪᖓ ᐅᖓᓯᓐᓂᖅᓴᒧᑦ ᐅᖅᑰᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᓗᐊᑦ ᓄᓗᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᓐᓂᖃᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᑎᓱᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ. ᑭᖑᓂᑦᑎᐊᖓᒍᑦ, ᐅᓐᓄᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᓂᑦ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐸᐅᕐᖓᖃᓕᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑎᖅᑕᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓯᒐᐃᑦ ᓅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᑲᓐᓂᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥᑦ, ᐱᓲᑏᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᑦ ᓇᒻᒪᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓄ ᑐᑦᑐᒐᓱᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ.
ᑕᑦᑭᑎᒎᖏᖔᖅᑐᖅ, ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᖔᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᖓᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᒦᖔᖅᑐᓂᑦ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᖅ, ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᓐᖓᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓐᓂᑦ ᓂᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅᓴᒥᑦ, ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᑦ. ᓱᓕ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ 2020−ᖑᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᑯᐊᑕᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓪᓗᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖅᑯᓰᑦ, ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎ ᐊᔅᓱᕈᓐᓇᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓅᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᔭᒐᐃᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔭᔅᓴᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕆᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ.
ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᖏᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᑐᐊᒡᒋᑏᑦ, ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᖓᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᖃᖏᓗᐊᖅᑐᑎᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᑐᑭᒋᓂᖅᓴᕆᔭᖓᓂ, ᖃᓄᓪᓚᕆᒃ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑲ? ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᒡᒐᓇᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᓂ, ᓱᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᓗᓂᖃᖅᑲᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᓂᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᑭᓐᖔᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ? ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑏᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᔨᐊᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔨ ᐹᑦ ᑲᐃᓐᒥᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᖅᑐᓂᔭ “ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕚᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖏᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᓗᑎ? ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖏᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑲᑦ? ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖏᑦᑐᑦ? ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᓲᕙ?”
ᓱᓕᔪᖅ, ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᑲᐃᓐᑎᑐᑦ, ᐊᓯᖓ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ, “ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᖏᓐᓂᖅ” ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᒐᔪᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖓ. “ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖃᓕᕐᓂᑕᒫᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᓐᖑᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᖀᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᔾᔨᕕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᖏᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ. “ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖓ, ᐃᓱᒪᖏᔭᕋ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᓪᓚᕆᒃ ᑕᑯᔅᓴᐅᓂᖃᖅᑲ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᑦ?”
ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂ, ᑲᐃᓐ ᐳᓚᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᓕᒫᒥ, ᐊᐱᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂ. ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᐊᖏᕋᖓ ᔨᐊᓗᓇᐅᕝ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᑰᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒨᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. “ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᖅᑑᓪᓗᓂ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᐃᓐ. “ᐊᑭᒋᔭᖏᑦ. ᐃᖏᕋᔾᔪᑎᖏᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑕᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓪᓂᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᖅᑐᓂ.”
ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ, ᓂᕿᑦᒃᑎᐊᕙᓐᓂᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᔪᖅ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒨᕐᓗᓂ, ᐱᑐᖃᖏᖏᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᓰᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᑦ, ᐱᕈᖅᑐᒥᓂᕐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᕆᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᖓᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᕈᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᔾᔨᐸᓗᖏᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕖᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐸᓗᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᔅᓴᖃᖅᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓐᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᔪᐊᓂᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᑐᐊᖑᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᕿᓚᒥᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕈᓐᓃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᒥᓂᕐᓂᑦ, ᐃᒻᒧᒐᓚᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᕆᓐᓂᑦ.
ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᒋᒐᔪᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᑕᕆᐅᒃᑭᐅᓪᓗᑎ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓯᑲᒃᑭᐅᓪᓗᑎ ᐊᑭᑐᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓴᓂᐊᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ — ᐃᒥᒐᔅᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ $24, ᖃᑦᑖᕐᔪᓛᑦ ᓂᕿᓖᑦ ᖃᔪᐃᑦ $10 — ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ. ᑐᑭᖃᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᖀᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑐᖏᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᑎ, ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᐃᑉᐱᐊᕐᔪᖏᓐᓅᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᖏᖔᖅᑐᑎ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓄᑦ.
ᑲᐃᓐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᓲᓕᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᑦ. ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᒪᓕᖃᑦᑕᑕᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᖓᔪᓂᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᓯᕗᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒨᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎ, ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᖃᕐᕖᑦ — ᓯᕗᓕᕕᓂᖏᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᓐᓄᑦ — ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᖃᑦᑖᕐᔪᓛᒦᑦᑐᑦ, ᓱᑲᐃᑦ, ᐱᑐᖃᕈᔾᔭᐅᒃᑯᑎᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ (ᑐᑭᑲᒻᖅᒻᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᓕᒫᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ) ᓂᖀᑦ.
“ᓂᕆᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᖃᑦᑖᕐᔪᓛᒦᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐴᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ [ᑭᓯᐊᓂ] ᐃᓕᓐᓅᖅᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ: ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒋᓕᑳᓪᓚᖅᑐᒋᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ – ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒋᔭᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᔅᓴᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᐃᓐ. ᑲᑎᓐᖓᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᓪᓕᖃᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓇᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓅᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᓕᒫᖏᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᖏᑦᑐᑦ, ᐱᒡᒐᓇᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕐᓗᒍ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐊᖏᓂᖓ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᑉᐱᓂᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᔅᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᓴᓐᖏᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎ ᒪᒃᑯᓂᖅᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑎᒎᒐᔪᑦᑐᑦ “ᓄᓇᒦᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦ” ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ 30 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᑦ ᕼᐊᒻᒪᓚᖓᒥᓂ ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᔅᓱᕈᕈᑎᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ.
“ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᕙᖃᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᑎ ᓂᕿᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᒡᒐᓇᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈᕙᔪᒻᒪᓂᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᐃᓐ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑭᑐᔫᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᒨᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᑎ ᐊᑭᖏᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᒥᐊᓄᑦ, ᐱᓲᑎᓄᑦ, ᖃᒧᑕᐅᔭᓄᑦ, ᓴᒃᑯᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᕙᑐᖅᓯᐅᑎᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᓯᓚᖓ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓯᑯᖓᓂ ᒥᔅᓴᐅᓴᒡᒐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ.
ᑲᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᒃᑲᓂᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ, ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. “ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓗᑎ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦ ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒻᒥᑦ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕈᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᓂᐊᕐᖓᑕ,” ᑲᐃᓐ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᒡᔨᔭᔅᓴᐅᓂᓪᓚᕆᖓ “ᖃᐅᒪᓂᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ” ᑲᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ: “ᐃᒪᐃᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᑐᖅ, ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ, ᑕᒪᔾᔭ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒪ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᖓ. ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᖓ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑎᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᓂᕐᒥᑦ.”
ᐃᖃᓗᒻᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᑎ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒨᒪᔾᔨᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᐸᓚᔮᖅ, ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᖅ “ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖅ ᐊᐅᐸᕈᔪᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᐊᖓ,” ᐅᑦᑑᐱᕆᒥ. ᐅᖅᑰᓂᖅᓴᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᒪᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᖅᑭᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒨᒪᔨᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᓂᑦᑏᕙᑦᑐᑎ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᓯᒐᐃᒻᒪᑕ ᑎᓂᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒻᒨᒪᔪᖅᑕᓵᖅᑐᑎ ᐅᓕᓚᐅᖏᓐᓂᖓᓂ.
ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ, ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑐᖅ “ᓄᓇᐅᒋᔭᖓ ᐸᓐᓂᓄᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᓄᑦ,” ᕼᐊᒻᒪᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ 1,500 ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᕋᓪᓗᐊᐸᓗᒻᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂᑦ. “ᐹᖕ” ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᖅ, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒦᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓱᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᒪᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ ᐃᑭᖓᓂ, ᓇᔪᖅᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᕿᑎᖏᓐᓂ 1800.
ᓯᑯᐃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ, ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᓯᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᑐᑦᑐᓯᒥᐅᖅᑐᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᓂᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓇᔅᓴᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓂᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᑎ ᖃᒧᑕᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᒧᑎᓐᓂᑦ. ᐅᐱᕐᖓᓵᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᖓ ᐊᑐᕋᔅᓴᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓯᑯᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᒥᔅᓴᐅᓴᒐᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᓚᖓ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᑭᐊᔅᓵᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᓇᓵᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᐱᕐᖓᓵᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᖓ ᐊᐅᔅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᓴᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᒃ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᕙᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖓᓯᑦᑐᒧᑦ, ᓯᑯᒃᑯᑦ.
ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᒦᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒦᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖓᑕᐅᔾᔨᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ,ᒥᑭᔪᓂᑦ, ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓂ, ᐃᓚᖓ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᒋᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ. ᐊᒥᕋᖏᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓇᑦᑏᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᒋᐅᓗᑎ, ᐳᐊᓗᐃᑦ, ᑲᒦᑦ (ᑲᒫᓗᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᕋᔭᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᕿᓯᓐᓂᑦ) ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ.
History
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
People & Culture
Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, on the idea of a Inuit-Crown relationship, Canada’s Inuit homelands and the role of Inuit in the world
People & Culture
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People & Culture
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