Indigenous Governance Database

Nunamin Illihakvia: Learning from the Land

Producer
Lesya Nakoneczny
Year

"Nunamin Illihakvia: Learning from the Land" was an Ulukhaktok Community Corporation (UCC) led project funded by Health Canada in partnership with researchers from McGill University, the University of Guelph, and the University of the Sunshine Coast. The project brought together young Inuit adults with experienced hunters, sewers and elders to learn how to make equipment, travel on the sea ice and hunt seals in the winter, prepare seal skins for sewing, and sew traditional seal skin clothing.

adaptation
custom and tradition
traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)
elders
Native Nations
Ulukhaktok Community Corporation
Resource Type
TV, Radio and Film
Topics
Cultural Affairs
Environment and Natural Resources
Citation

Nunamin Illihakvia: Learning from the Land. IK-ADAPT project. Ulukhaktok Community Corporation. Quebec, Canada. July 14, 2014. Video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nNPsw2sY4Y, accessed May 30, 2024)

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