Tautunguarnirijara The Way I Picture It - Foreword - 1998 to 2005 DVD creation

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Foreword recounts how an archaeologist began working at Bowdoin College in 1998 with the aim of linking photography to Nunavut oral histories, especially on climate and cultural change. It describes inquiries to the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, a photo exhibit in Pond Inlet in 2002, and later viewing digitized moving footage from MacMillan expeditions. Community demand for film copies led to the creation of a DVD, supported by museum staff and local archives, with gratitude extended to contributors.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time25 min

AccessFree to download

Foreword

1998: Return to Nunavut and the photo approach

2002: Pond Inlet photo exhibit

2004-2005: Digitized footage and community viewing

Creation of the DVD

Notes from the interviews

ᑕᐅᑐᖑᐅᓂᕆᔭᕋ Tautunguarnirijara The Way I Picture It Foreword In 1998 when I first started working at Bowdoin College, I was eager to return to Nunavut to learn how photographs could help connect me with oral histories from the region. As an archaeologist, I was particularly interested in linking what I knew from the archaeological past with the memories of contemporary elders around issues relating to climate and culture change. In this vein, I asked Susan Kaplan, director of The Peary-MacMillian Arctic Museum, if the museum had any historical photographs from Baffin Island in its collection. The answer as we know was yes, and after a few visits to the museum and some proposal writing I found myself in Pond Inlet in 2002 trying to identify the people and places pictured in the photographs you see in this video. During that visit I mounted a week long photo exhibit with the help of the Pond Inlet Archives and many of the people pictured in the photographs eagerly came to view the exhibit and share their memories of MacMillan’s visits and other historical events from that time. The community interest and response to the images was overwhelmingly positive. In 2004 I learned that the Arctic Museum had recently catalogued moving footage from the same MacMillan expeditions. I viewed the footage with curator Genevieve LeMoine and communicated with Philippa Ootoowak who, along with the rest of the community, expressed a keen interest in seeing the film. The Museum agreed to digitize the footage and I returned in the spring of 2005 to Pond Inlet to show it. Again, the community response to this historical footage was incredible. Many families expressed an interest in having a copy of film an is was this overwhelming demand that led to the creation of this DVD. Although it took more time than expected, the end product I hope was worth the wait. My profound thanks and gratitude go out to everyone who contributed and made this film come to life. Anne Henshaw, Ph. D. Program Officer Oak Foundation Environmental Program For more information contact The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum [www](www). [http://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/](http://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/) ᓇᓗᓇᐅᔭᐅᑎᑦ 1998-ᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐸᐅᑐᐊᐃᓐ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦᒧᑦᐅᑎᑲᐅᖅᑐᕈᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓕᑦᑐᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᔾᔩᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᙵᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ . ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᔨᐅᓪᓗᖓ,ᑐᓴᕈᒪᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔭᓐᓂᑦᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᐅᑉᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ . ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᓲᓴᓐ ᑳᑉᓚᓐ, ᑐᑭᒧᐊᖅᑎ ᐱᐅᕆ-ᒪᒃᒥᓚᓐᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᕐᑐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥᑦᐱᑕᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ . ᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒐᑦᑕ ᐊᖏᖅLᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᐸᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔪᒪᓇᓲᑎᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᑲᑕᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ,ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒦᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ 2002-ᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᒦᑐᑦᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᓯ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᕐᒥ . ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ ᐳᓛᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᖓ,ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᓕᒫᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᐱᑐᖃᓕᕆᔨᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖃᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᒪᒃᒥᓛᐅᑉ ᐳᓚᕆᐊᕐᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑐᕕᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ . ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᓂᑦᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᐅᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕋᔭᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᒻᒪᕆᐋᓗᒃᐱᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ . 2004ᒥ, ᑐᑭᓯᓕᓚᐅᕋᒪ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᐃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᒃᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᓐᖓᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᒪᒃᒥᓚᓐ ᓄᒃᑕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ . ᑕᐅᑐᓚᐅᕋᒃᑯᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᐱᖃᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᔨᓂᕖᕝ ᓕᒧᐊᐃᓐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᖓᐱᓕᐸ ᐆᑐᕙᒃᒥᒃ, ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᓪᓗᓂᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᒥᒃ . ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᖏᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᒃ ᕿᓪᓕᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᕋᒪ 2005 ᐅᐱᕐᖔᖓᓂ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ . ᐊᒻᒪᐃᓛᒃᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᑖᑦᓱᒧᖓ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᕕᓂᕐᓄᑦ .ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖃᑦᑕᓛᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᑖᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᒥᒃ . ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃᐱᔪᒪᔭᐅᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᐅᔪᖅ, ᕿᓪᓕᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ .ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᑎᒍ5 ᐱᓕᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓ, ᓂᕆᐅ4ᐳᖓᑕᑯᓇᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᐅᑕᕿᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐳᓯ . ᐊᖏᔪᒥᒃ ᖁᔭᓕᕗᖓ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ . ᐋᓐ Hᐃᐊᓐᓵ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᓕᒃ,Ph. D. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᔨᐆᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑦᑎᕕᖓᓂᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᓗᒍ ᐱᐅᕆ-ᒪᒃᒥᓚᓐ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᖓ [www](www). [http://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/](http://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/) The People of Igarjuaq: notes from the interviews Joseph Koonoo and Joanna Pewatoalook share a mother b

FAQs

What motivated the author to pursue photography in relation to oral histories?

The author wanted photographs to help connect regional oral histories, linking archaeological knowledge of the past with elders’ memories regarding climate and culture change.

How did the photo exhibit in Pond Inlet come about?

After learning the museum held historical Baffin Island photographs, the author visited the museum and returned to Pond Inlet in 2002 to identify people and places, mounting a week-long exhibit with local archives.

Why was the DVD created?

The community’s strong interest in digitized moving footage and the overwhelming demand for copies of the film led to making this DVD.

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