November 2010
1 post
Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Konek.
On the 21st of November, we did and interview with the elders James and Helen. We did the interview at their place and which was a long interview of short period of time. The story was fun and makes it unstopable and interesting, made me wanted to ask alot of questions, but I was the writter of the interview. But in the end Helen was the last one to go and was in a rush and I was the interviewer...
September 2010
1 post
Finally meeting again.
As we the group are finally meeting at last, which we gather at Tamar’s which is a really fun thing to do here, she is really putting us comfortable when ever we come over to Tamars, I really like this!
Well we are still doing the job and give outs here, we are now doing the pictures which we have to name them, as we are done thinking of were we are going to go, we will be going over to my...
August 2010
6 posts
Coming home
This is our last night of Vancouver BC, Wow it’s been 3 weeks already since we left home. It’s been a very pleasure to work on Archive in YellowKnife and also here in BC, since all it’s done we learned so much from the history, for me I liked it. The other thing that I also learned is that they tought us on how to do editing and so forth.
As I go home to Arviat I will be...
Editing
Editing was a really hard job for me, but I made it and we are done doing it. First I thought I couldn’t understand, I was like could you show me one more time and could you do it over and over, so thanks to pat and the lady I forget her name, it was my pleasure to understand editing. I have no time to do more blog so I’ll get bck to it.
Museum in Vancouver.
Group of Nanisiniq went to the museum of Anthropology and did some touring. during some touring I found some of my families soap stone carvings and saw my late grand-mother’s carving which is Elizabeth Aulatjut and also saw my aunts carving Mary Anowtalik. It was supprising when I saw the carving that been made by my relatives.
After seeing all carvings, we get to see natives carving and...
My Weekend in Vancouver.
Well it’s pretty very much hot, it’s like all the group that are participating from nanisiniq can’t handle the weather here, like it is really way too hot for us the inuit from Nunavut. But pretty much we are enjoying our stay here.
On the 14th it was saturday, we drove out to the Aquarium bldg, where we get to see all kinds of animals were like this animals from Arctic, which...
Archiving in BC.
Well we are still hanging on, Nanisiniq participant’s, we are now archiving in UBC building in BC Vancouver, ( we have just arrived last night, yaay no more traveling for the next 9 days). Like we did Archive’s my story in YellowKnife at the Prince Of Wales heritage center it’s just the same not really, but here it’s a lot of work, I found more documents just this morning...
Group In YellowKnife(N.W.T).
Group of Nanisniq- our supervisor(BC) April Dutheil, also there’s 4 of us also the Nanisiniq students(Arviat Nunavut Participant’s) Tamar Mukyunik, Joseph Thompson, Robert Mukyungnik also myself here Elizabeth Mukyungnik and another one is Amy Owingayak, Arrived to YellowKnife Sunday of Aug 8, we the group are here for finding more about archiving, Class stared Monday Archving,...
July 2010
11 posts
Interview's
Hopefully we might be interviewing elder’s soon, With all the camera’s and some sort of lighting. sooner the better will be done with the interviewing. this looks like last minute, but atleast we needed to do it anyways.
Childhood.
My Childhood was really never ment to be so bossy, but I was. I was the Daddy’s girl back then. I was the mean little kid, they spoiled me too much.
I remember I would alway’s love to go to Elder Centre, go see my late grand mother.
I would always love elders way. my mom would always let me watch doing skinning and traditional inuit way. I even used to sing along away with my mom...
Field Trip.
Field trip was fun, wind was nice and worm it wasn’t that cold. we had to get to see all the crosses which we walked by the cemetary. as we passed by, we were walking toward nuvuk, we saw the olden boat and also first building. it’s pretty much nice and look’s old, yea because it is old. there wasn’t much of bugs and bumble bees. I enjoyed the walk I had to go for 2 trips...
break time with Martha and Tamar.
We sorted some talk out about the interview, that we were doing:).
Being an Inuk.
Being Inuk, I feel proud for other’s that they have a special freedom and a good thing is the government pays for our health care. it would’ve been all hard work with out their help, and it is so Job less here in Arviat.
It is so much blessing of being Inuk and word’s that can not say in many timess
I am far behind.
For me In Arviat History project, Everything is going busy and more busier with me, all the e-mail’s and all the catch up work’s are getting much closer and calming down with me. finally blogging again and also did note’s that I’ve missed which was one note that I had to write down, and awh can’t wait to use the camera’s which are being worked out and late due...
Classes
In my thought’s I say, what can more we do in classe’s instead of doing blogging every time we go here for classes?, what should we think more as a group, what can we talk out. For me I alway’s hear about the trip where were going to?, what can we show the people of the city, about the history in Arviat. There are a lot to tell, but as a group, there’s isn’t much...
meanings:
Uvanga: ME
ublutsiak: good afternoon
Ibbit:you
Mutna: Thank You
Qanuipit: how are you?
Word of the day.
Finally doing tumblr again, read my letter from April. Thanks April for asking.
It is a quiet day, we are not really busy with work. I am just doing this blog as I am told to do. There isn’t more work since Frank and April and Pat left us. We are still here with Tamar and David Jr. working out things, ever since they’ve been gone I’ve been checking out my hotmail account. I...
aprildutheil asked: What kind of food do you want me to buy for when you are staying in Vancouver?
June 2010
11 posts
I Felt like quitting:(.
I felt like quitting this prgram, because I missed classes omg it was just for 2 day miss, I’ve slept in and not going to classes, because it’s my first house sitting, my mind was saying feel free at home, so I did. stayed up all night, friends visiting.
And suddenly I changed my mind, I didn’t wanted to quit the program that I am taking, because the team needs me, I started...
Project.
Today’s the last day of work with pat. He flying back home, due to other works.
In this project we are now doing, editing of what we filmed on, such as interviewing and practice filmed. He is teaching us how to do-In(I) and Out(O),which we have to use on keyboard, how to capture and also Import and Export the film how we can make it short or make it more longer. As they gave us the order...
My Weekend.
This end of weekend, I finally went up to my parent’s cabin at Mikilaa Lake, it’s about 10-13 minutes drive. It is just up the road where you drive by the-Old Air Striped and then you keep driving ahead just for like 5 mins. When I got to the cabin, first I saw my Baby walking around with the grandma. as she was walking, she says “mommy, nau birdy”, as I knew she was...
Anonymous asked: Wow Elizabeth! It is sooo interesting reading your blog and more about your life in Arviat--- I have never been to the north and find your blog very informative. Keep up the good work :)
Film Making Skill's
I am learning the skill of film making, as now we are doing the order, everyday now and day our subject’s change. As of today, We are still with Pat, which he is teaching us of film making. There are alot to know, for instince how to pan the camera, low shot, single shot ect.. . as of today, Pat decided to make group of people( such as =director blah blah..) into 3 groups, he let us do...
First class of UBC year of 2010
This year of 2010, we are a group of 5 participants who are taking a 2 year program funded by UBC. We are taking a full time course with UBC-“University of British Columbia”, which is making us work and work. First we are starting off, it’s like warming up, just as we do warm up for singing. Then after we do program on work shops we are going to start to do interviews and then...
Vol.no.1
Nanisiniq is a program that we are taking, it is a project that’s taking us 2 year’s (UBC). This project is taking 5 participant’s to work on history. Doing work shop with the people who are under control with this program. We need to work with the lessons first, then we will publish it. First we are learning how to use the websites’ such as,”Tumblr, faceBook, You...
Vol.no.1
