Nunavik

From language to clean energy, Aatami looks forward

Inuit self-determination at the centre of Makivvik president’s goals for the future

Pita Aatami wants to take back what he says was stolen. “I say ‘stolen’ without any qualms,” the Makivvik Corp. president said in reference to the colonial push to build the James Bay hydroelectric project.

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ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓ ᐸᕐᓇᑐᖅ ‘ᐃᕐᖃᐅᒪᑦᓯᓛᕐᓂᒥᒃ’ ᐱᒍᓐᓇᓯᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᔦᒥᓯ ᐯᑉ ᑯᐯᓪᓗ ᑕᕐᕋᖓᑕ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᓂᕆᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔭᖓᓂᓂᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᑐᑦ, ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᕐᓯᐅᕈᑎᒋᒍᓐᓀᓗᒍ

‘ᐅᑕᕐᕿᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᔪᖕᖏᓚᒍᑦ ᐱᔭᒃᑯᓯᐊᑦᓴᒥᒃ’: ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᒃ 50-ᓂᒃ ᐊᓂᒍᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓ

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Shooting hoops: Young female athletes join in basketball jamboree

Young athletes prepare to leave Kuujjuaraapik after participating in the third annual women’s basketball jamboree. The event, organized by the Nunavik basketball organization Grind Now Shine Later, ran from Oct. 16 to 19, bringing together Inuit and Cree youth. From left are Dorothy Susurila, Grind Now director Russ Johnson, Aiva-Grace Mesher, Erika Amamatuak, Lakeisha Tulugak, Dave Webster, Puvirnituq school teacher Taylor Adams and Iliana Beaulne. (Photo courtesy of Taylor Adams)

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