The text “What it means to be an Inuk” was written in August 1960 by Abraham Okpik who was the first Inuk appointed to the Northwest Territories Council in 1965. Reading this text, I was really impressed by the accuracy of Abraham Okpik’s reflection on the fact that Inuit live the Qallunaat’s way to the [...]

I refer again to Minnie Aodla Freeman from whom I have already quoted last week an extract of text, to talk about Inuktitut (Inuit language) and art. 
We Inuit have adapted and adopted many different words  to accommodate our understanding of our changing world. Very often, we make up a word that may not exist in [...]