Elizabeth Mukyungnik

Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Konek.

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:47:15 -0600

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 and looks she hadn’t had alot of time, so I didn’t have any questions to ask. So in the next view I’ll hopefully do my best again.

Finally meeting again.

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:09:23 -0600

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 dads this coming monday. This sounds so much fun, naming the olden pictures and get to know more about it.

We are really trying to make hours which is pretty tangled up for us the group, there is no room for us to do work at the college. but we are doing fine.

Coming home

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:22:59 -0600

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 working on interview and some thing that Tester wants me to do, so I appreciate the work that he wants me to do back home in Arviat. I will probably know how to do on interview and also editing after knowing how to do on work like some stuff like this I am talking about.

Editing

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:24:07 -0600

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.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:36:06 -0600

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 also all kinds of culture stuff.

The museum was nice and clean and also it’s is a very big building.

My Weekend in Vancouver.

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:35:27 -0600

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 the ones from arctic was 55 year’s old ( Belugas), it’s impressive that they do shows here beluga show’s, and they trained them to do good shows etc. And the thing we saw too was seals, but we didn’t get to see the show.

After seeing the whales, we also saw all kinds of fish, it’s pretty awkward, there’s like sharks and small types of fishes. EW EW and also I get to hold Sea cucumber, which was pretty like holding an rubber, but it was pretty soft to hold an cucumber. That was interesting for me, like I’ve never hold any different type of things according to our animals from north. ( the other thing we saw a baby shark’s, there pretty much nice.)

Also the other thing group get to see tropical animals, didn’t get to go there cause it was way too hot for me and also Tamar was not existing to go there due to the temperature, but the groups did go see and saw Sea Monkey’s and fancy butterflies and alligator and parrots and other animals that loves to be in hot temperature. Aquarium was so much fun, seeing all kinds of animals was so much exciting.

After the Aquarium, Paule drove us to China town, which we get to see like pretty much poor people, and that was touching, my heart broke into pieces because back home in Arviat we don’t see a lot,here like in china town. I was all like hope all is well with them.

So here I am enjoying my stay here in BC Vancouver, trying to handle the weather with me, it’s all right, we still have a week here to stay.

Archiving in BC.

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:51:16 -0600

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 of Hudsons and also people of Ennadai and also other forth of eskimos who use to lived before moving out to Arviat. By reading and writing my emotion go all kind, it is very sadness, but it’s been a long history, but we still have the memories for our elders. I realize that the people of Eskimo Point back then, the early 40’s were really like famous, all white people use to travel down to eskimos and do some articles and some stuff like that. And I saw some books of eskimo from ennadai and forth of inuit, they wroted out in some kind of books, like probably in all kinds.

Group In YellowKnife(N.W.T).

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:17:07 -0600

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, Archivist talked us out first about on how to do on Archive’s, it’s pretty really interesting,really attracting to work on it(ARCHIVING). As what we are doing in Archive, there are to do searching’s, so there is alot of busy work here, there’s so much interesting stuff that we have looked at it such as looking out 1971 students letter writing out to (MP B.Orange), there are alot more. I made out some copies so that I can show the people that I saw what they wroted out to the MP in the year of 1971. We’ll be getting back to that work of files of B Orange, At Prince Of Wales Heritage Centre building. As we are slowing down on Archive, we’ll be touring (sme bldg)the Prince Of Wales Heritage Centre, on Historical which is realted to the past.

Interview's

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:16:18 -0600

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.

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:12:30 -0600

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 when she used to sing Ayaya song’s. at back those days everything used to be so cheap, my mom would always go shopping. Aw and I miss watching her carve soap stones. What a olden time we used to have good time back then. everything seemed it was all confy and funner:). I remember, back at the 93’s elder’s use to gather up and do inuit traditional culture’s. play games etc.. .

Field Trip.

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:05:49 -0600

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 of drop offs and dubber-rides. We recognize the olden of our friends down in cemetary. once in a second I was feeling the memories of my belated friend.

break time with Martha and Tamar.

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:49:00 -0600

We sorted some talk out about the interview, that we were doing:).

Being an Inuk.

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:39:00 -0600

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.

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:27:27 -0600

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 schdule. Things are all getting better, David and I are talking it out at last,at thesame time doing mails and blogging and figuring out some stuff that we didn’t understood/understand.

I feel so much busy of all this work we’re doing, is beacuse I missed a few of classes ever sinced April and Frank left, so I felt like I am being disrespectful for other’s and I need to catch all the wor’s that I missed. I knew of this Arviat History project is a very important thing to work on and strong opinion, This made me understand about the history life along with the olden life time, this is so much strond and when you feel it it has so much power to understand the feeling’s of what had happen in the histroy’s among 1900’s or more olden time of more late of hundreds. So as I said, I need to work on will with the team now and I will go on strong.

Classes

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:44:03 -0600

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 time to discuss to talk it out as a group. I need some one to tell me more about this project, for what we need to be really doing on.

I would much more be appreciated if we have more fun time of our work, not talking off and just not beaing happy, remember this project were doing is really much giving us the good answer to white people.

meanings:

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:32:03 -0600

Uvanga: ME

ublutsiak: good afternoon

Ibbit:you

Mutna: Thank You

Qanuipit: how are you?

Miss Dutheil and Miss Mukyungnik, talking along about the...

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:24:00 -0600

Miss Dutheil and Miss Mukyungnik, talking along about the interview. I like being friends, she’s a good teacher makes me ask alot of question for interview and what so ever.

Word of the day.

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:12:34 -0600

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 need more work to do, but what is there to do?, I need to find out more often about the work we need to do, do this, do that.. .

It is so much getting quiet around here with the team. I am missing Martha. I do not see her around often. She’s my two thumbs up here, my team here and I need some infos. from April or Frank.

I little bit got upset about Frank’s Bank Account. Frank is really helping us out on pays, I didn’t want any pay from him just from the UBC’S. I didn’t want money from Frank’s account, but he made his own choice. Thanks to Mr. Tester:). We got so much help from Frank, I can say it so many times and at last.

What kind of food do you want me to buy for when you are staying in Vancouver?

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:59:58 -0600

I would want to try out chicken cisaer and junk food and also anything that you like eating. yummie

I Felt like quitting:(.

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:42:11 -0600

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 saying ” I am helpful, so the other’s, we need to show what we’ve done. and how the program is going. This got so much strength to show the histroy. I am happy that we the youth’s are still keeping it strong as a group that we are doing, This has alot of meaning in the history. which we are working on history-nanisiniq. As I thought of quitting, my mind was saying, “no Inuk, you don’t want this to happen- history needs to be made”. So I thought of not quitting, just wanted to work more on this program. I like it, it improves lot’s of historicals. I just wish I can make it till the end.