Tatja oktoktaghat

NLCA Oral History Project

The Creation of Nunavut

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕋ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᖢᒍ ᐊᑖᑕᒐ, ᑎᐊᓇᔅ ᐹᑎᑐᓴᓐ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐱᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑯᒥᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᒪᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᖅ ᒪᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᑕᐃᓱᒪᓂ ᐅᑉᓗᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᐊᑖᑕᒪ ᐃᓚᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ 1979-1995-ᒧᑦ. ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ, ᐃᓚᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᑯᓗᖓ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑉᑯᖏᑦᑕ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ, ᐃᓚᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᓐᓂᐊᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕈᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓯᒪᔭᕋ ᐊᑖᑕᒐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᓂᖓ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕐᓂᐊᐸᕋᒎᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕈᑎᖏᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᖃᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂᓂᑕᑎᑐᑦ, ᐱᑕᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕐᓂᐊᕈᑉᑯ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᓴᓂᕐᕙᐃᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑯᐊ ᐱᓗᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᑲᕆᑕᐅᔭᓂᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᕇᓴᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒃᔪᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ 1970-ᓂᑦᒪ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖏᑦᑕ ᑐᑭᖏᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᐊ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕈᑎᓄᑦ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᐊ 4-ᒥ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᓕᒃ, ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᒪᕉᓂ-ᒧᑦ ᑖᑉᓱᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᖓ ᐹᓪ ᖁᐊᓴᐅᑉ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᐊᓇᔅ ᐹᑐᓴᓐ 1983-ᒥᒪ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒍᑎ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎ. ᐱᔪᒪᖕᒥᔭᒃᑲ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒍᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒥᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. [Read more …]

Letter from Dennis Patterson to Brian Mulroney (Inuk)

NLCA ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᐊᓂ 4 – ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᑦ

The Creation of Nunavut (Inuk)