Nunavik

Ottawa apologizes for dog slaughter, gives Makivvik $45 million

Killing of qimmiit in 1950s and 1960s was ‘terrible historic injustice,’ federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister says

The federal government will give Makivvik Corp. $45 million as part of its apology for what it called the “unjustified killing” of sled dogs in Nunavik in the 1950s and 1960s.

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ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ, ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑎᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᓪᓗᓂ ᖁᑭᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᖂᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓂ

ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᕗᑦ; ᖁᑭᕆᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᑭᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓛᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 4−ᒥ

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ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᑐᕌᕋᓱᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ

ᖃᖓᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᑦᑐᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂ ᓂᖏᐅᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂ, ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ