Piniaqsarniq – Practice to Achieve
Maggie Putulik ᒫᒋ ᐳᑐᓕᒃ
Rankin Inlet, NU
Abstract
This paper describes traditional Inuit cultural practices and pedagogy and analyzes historical events that impacted Inuit society on the western coast of the Kivalliq in the central Arctic of Canada. The paper shares childhood memories growing up in one Nunavut community, Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk), where the author grew up. The paper reflects on various Inuit cultural practices sustained for generations and discusses shifts in values and beliefs that occurred during the early twentieth century as interpreted by the author. This testimonial identifies agents of change who contributed to the colonization of the once nomadic people and concludes with Inuit cultural practices that still exist and are achieved through piniaqsarniq. Through the perseverance of core Inuit values and cultural practices, the paper reveals how they can be applied to educational resources that are supporting the cultural survival of Inuit.
Key words: Inuit, pedagogy, values, practices, piniaqsarniq, education.
ᐱᓂᐊᖅᓴᓂᖅ – ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ
ᒫᒋ ᐳᑐᓕᒃ
ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓ
ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᑕ ᑐᙵᕕᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓪᓕᓯᓂᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᖓᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᒫᓐᓇᕋᑖᖅ ᓯᕗᓕᑉᑕ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᑎᒌᓄᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᐊᓚᓂᕐᒥ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᐅᑉ ᓯᓈᖓᓂᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐊᓂ. ᐸᐃᑉᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᑉᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᖓ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ , ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᕕᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᑦᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕐᒥᒍᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᑐᖄᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑭᖑᕚᕇᓄᑦ ᐅᓄᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᓂᖏᑕ ᐱᓐᓇᕆᔭᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᓪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ 1900ᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᙵᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᔭᖓᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐅᖅᑑᑉ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒥᓂᕐᒥᒍᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ ᓇᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᒻᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕆᙱᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᑎᓯᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᕗᑦ ᐃᒻᒪᑐᖃᖅ ᓄᑦᑕᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᑦᓴᖅᓯᐅᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᕈᑎᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕆᓕᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐃᒻᒪᓂᓴᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐱᐅᓰᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᑲᔪᓯᐅᒪᐃᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᓪᓗ ᐱᓂᐊᖅᓴᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᑦᓴᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᔪᐃᓐᓈᕆᔭᐅᓂᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓐᓇᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐱᐅᓰᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᖏᑦ, ᐸᐃᑉᐹᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓖᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᒻᒪᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖓᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᐃᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒍ.
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