unikkaat / unipkaat ungipaghat / nallunairutet Circumpolar Waves
This is the podcast of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). In the Inuit language, unikkaat means "stories, reports, and testimonials". We want to share our experiences with you as we work to bring the Inuit voice to the international arena. Unikkaat is the word used in Canada, and Greenland. In Alaska the Inupiaq word is unipkaat. The Central Alaskan Yupiq term is nallunairutet. In Chukotka, Russia the Siberian Yupik term is ungipaghat. In English we are calling this podcast Circumpolar Waves because we'll be sending out our stories in waves around the world. Think of radio waves, brain waves, or audio waves, all making their way to you. The waves are "circumpolar" because this podcast is made by the Inuit Circumpolar Council - or ICC - which was founded in the mid 1970s. Check our our website at inuitcircumpolar.com for the full story. Meanwhile, we want to bring you podcasts that feature our leaders and key people working to advance the issues we are working on across Inuit Nunaat, which is the Inuit homeland in Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia). We hope you enjoy listening to our podcasts.
unikkaat / unipkaat ungipaghat / nallunairutet Circumpolar Waves
November 7 – International Inuit Day
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Inuit Circumpolar Council
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Season 1
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Episode 5
To celebrate International Inuit Day 2020 ICC Chair Dalee Sambo Dorough holds a roundtable discussion with four Inuit youth leaders from across Inuit Nunaat. Elizabeth Ferguson is the ICC Alaska youth representative. Seqininnguaq L. Poulsen is an Inuit activist and artist in Greenland. Chrystal Martin-Lapenski is the President of the National Inuit Youth Council in Canada, and Gulnara Rodionova is a youth representative in Chukotka.
The discussion covers what our youth leaders are planning to mark International Inuit Day, what it’s like to be an Inuk in 2020,
Music is by Nelson Tagoona, Inuit throat boxing artist from Baker Lake, Nunavut. Additional narration is by Hazel Ootoowak, Project and Office Coordinator at ICC Canada.