Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk: The Inuk author who championed Inuit language and culture

Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk: The Inuk author who championed Inuit language and culture

Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk was an Inuit author, teacher, and historian best known for writing the first novel in Inuktitut.

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Version française: https://youtu.be/KTlMuC1jhrY
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ | Inuktitut version: https://youtu.be/hw7LdbU6pqc

More than 40 Indigenous languages in Canada are spoken by 500 people or less. Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk worked to preserve Inuit language and culture. She wrote over twenty-two books that are considered an Inuit-specific set of encyclopedias and which are still used in schools across Nunavik (Québec).

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Further reading/resources:
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mitiarjuk-nappaaluk https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/indigenous-language-revitalization-in-canada

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Credits:
Writer/Co-director – Dr. Norma Dunning
Co-Director – Andréa Cohen-B
Illustrator/Animator – Erin Hill
Music – “River Merge” by Diego Marulanda & Sylvia Cloutier
Produced by Meta4Films
Special thanks to Qiallak Nappaaluk

Mitiarjuk NappaalukNunavikInuit language and culture

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