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"ᓇᓄᐃᑦ... ᐃᓅᓯᕆᖃᓯᐅᑎᒐᑦᑎᒍ”
– ᑑᓂ ᐊᓇᒃᓇᒃ, ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕕᒃ
ᓈᓚᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᑦ, ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ
ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓇᓄᕐᓂᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᔅᓴᐃᑦ ᓴᖅᑮᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ
ᐃᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᓪᓗᑎᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᑦ ᑕᐅᓴᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᒐᓵᓪᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ
ᓂᕐᔪᑎᑕᓕᒻᒥ. ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖁᓪᓗᑎᑦ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᖁᔨᒐᑦᑕ, ᐃᓕᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓗᑎᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ
ᑭᓲᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ. ᑐᑭᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᔨᒐᓗᐊᖅᑯᒍᑦ ᓇᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᒦᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑏᓪᓗ ᑭᖑᕚᕆᓪᓗ
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂ.
ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᓇᓄᕐᓂᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᕐᓂᖅ
ᓴᖅᑮᖃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᒋ ᑦ ᓇᓄᕐᓂᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑎᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ,
ᓂᕐᔪᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᔅᓴᓕᕆᔩᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᒻᒪᕇᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᔅᓴᖅ
ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᑐᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᑦ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
Participants
ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ
ᓄᓇᕕᒃ
ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
ᑲᓛᖡᑦ ᓄᓈ
Jason Akearok
Jamie Snook
Tommy Palliser
David Borish
Pitsiula Kilabuk
Stephen Atkinson
Solomon Awa
David Poisey
Derrick Pottle
Ikimaliq Pikilak
Iola Metuq
PROCESS
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓂᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓄᑦ
ᑕᐅᓴᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒐᓵᓗᐃᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᑎᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓐᓄᑦ
ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒋᓪᓗᓂᔾᔪᒃ ᓂᕐᔪᑏᑦ, ᓇᓄᐃᓪᓗ. ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᒻᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓂᖏᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᓱᓕ
ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᕆᒻᒪᑕ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᔅᓴᖅ ᑕᑯᔅᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ
ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᑲᒪᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ
ᐱᐅᖅᓱᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
Nunavik
Nunatsiavut
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔩᑦ
James May
Iola Metuq
Tony Annanack
Derrick Pottle
Sammy Unatweenuk
Additional Resources
STEWARDSHIP
ᐱᕈᖅᓴᔪᑦ ᓇᓄᑦᑕᓕᒻᒥ!
ᐳᕋᓐᑕᓐ ᓚᕈᔅ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᓂ ᑲᓱᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᓕᒫᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᓄᕐᓄᑦ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓇᓄᕐᓂᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᔾᔪᐊᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᔅᓱᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᖁᓇᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓛᒃ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᓂᓗ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᒻᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓄ, ᑎᒥᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᒥᓗ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓲᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᖓᑕ ᓇᓄᕐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ.
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
Kangiqsualujjuaq
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔩᑦ
Brendan Laroche
Brenden
ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑐᐸᓪᓕᐊᕚᑦ ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ?
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᑕᐃᑦ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ
ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᓄᕐᓂᑦ, ᒪᑯᓂᖓᓗ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕆᔾᔪᓯᖃᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᓪᓗ
ᑕᑯᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑐᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ
ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥᑦ, ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓗ
ᒥᔅᓴᐅᓴᒐᔅᓴᐅᒍᓐᓃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ
ᓄᓇᕕᒃ
ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔩᑦ
James May
Derrick Pottle
Sammy Unatweenuk
Daniel Annannack
Kenny Angnatuk
Brendan Laroche
Jack Allakariallak
Additional Resources
Adaptations
Polar Bears: Voices from Pangnirtung
Knowledge holders from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, reflect on changes they are witnessing relating to polar bears outside of their community. They discuss the importance of Inuit stewardship, and the history of living alongside polar bears.
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
Pangnirtung
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔩᑦ
Simeonie Keenainak
Abraham Angnakaq
Johnny Mike
Jayko Ishulutak
Pang Voices
ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑐᐸᓪᓕᐊᕚᑦ ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ?
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᑕᐃᑦ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ
ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᓄᕐᓂᑦ, ᒪᑯᓂᖓᓗ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓂᕆᔾᔪᓯᖃᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᓪ ᓗ
ᑕᑯᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑐᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ
ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥᑦ, ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓗ
ᒥᔅᓴᐅᓴᒐᔅᓴᐅᒍᓐᓃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ
ᓄᓇᕕᒃ
ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔩᑦ
Nellie Winters
Barry Andersen
Logan Andersen
Roxanne Nochasak
Makkovik Observations
ᑲᑉᐱᐊ ᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓇᓄᖅᑕᓕᒻᒦᑦᑐᓂ
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐃᑭᕋᓴᖓᓂ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓇᓄᖅᓯᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕋᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᖅ
ᓂᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅᑕᓕᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᔾᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᓄᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
ᐊᓯᕙᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ, ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖅᑐᑎᓪᓗ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᓂᓪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓯᔭᖅᑐᐸᑦᑐᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ,
ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᖏᓐᓇᖅᑑᔮᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈᑎᑑᓐᖏᑦᑎᐊᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᓐᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᔪᒐᓗᐊᕐᖓᑕᓕ.
ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ, ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓅᖃᑦᑕᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ, ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᐊᓘᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ.
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
Kangiqsualujjuaq
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔩᑦ
Sammy Unatweenuk
Charlie Annanack
Daniel Annanack
Tony Annanack
Additional Resources
Encounters
His cabin was broken into by a polar bear!
In 2021, a bear broke into Tony Andersen's cabin outside of Makkovik, Nunatsiavut. Many people within Makkovik and other communities across the Davis Strait range have experienced similar issues, with bears causing damange to property.
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
Makkovik
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔩᑦ
Tony Andersen
Makkovik Cabin
ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓇᓄᖅᑕᓕᒻᒦᑦᑐᓂ
ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐃᑭᕋᓴᖓᓂ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓇᓄᖅᓯᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕋᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᖅ
ᓂᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅᑕᓕᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᔾᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᓄᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
ᐊᓯᕙᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ, ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖅᑐᑎᓪᓗ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᓂᓪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓯᔭᖅᑐᐸᑦᑐᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ,
ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᖏᓐᓇᖅᑑᔮᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈᑎᑑᓐᖏᑦᑎᐊᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᓐᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᔪᒐᓗᐊᕐᖓᑕᓕ.
ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ, ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓅᖃᑦᑕᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ, ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᐊᓘᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ.
ᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᑦ
Pangnirtung
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔩᑦ
Simeonie Keenainak
Jayko Ishulutak
Johnny Mike
Peeleeposei Koonielusee
Pang Cabin

















