Traditional Inuit Music of Eskimo Point & Rankin Inlet

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Traditional Inuit Music of Eskimo Point & Rankin Inlet

By: Compilation

Origin: Rankin Inlet, Nunavut; Arviat, Nunavut

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Side 1

12 tracks

  • Margaret Ujauperk, Nahaina Ulimanii - Qiapqaa

    #1 Side 1 00:25

  • Anita Ubluak Watuak, Elisabeth Nanook & Isumatarjuark - Niaqinaq

    #2 Side 1 01:51

  • Eva Nutaraluk - Jews Harp

    #3 Side 1 00:50

  • Cathy Howmik Arnaraujak - Song Of The Wolf

    #4 Side 1 00:17

  • Cathy Howmik Arnaraujak - Song Of The Fox

    #5 Side 1 00:13

  • Cathy Howmik Arnaraujak - Song Of The Geese

    #6 Side 1 00:52

  • Alice Suluk - The Geese

    #7 Side 1 02:30

  • Alice Suluk, Donald Suluk - Song Of The Loon

    #8 Side 1 01:11

  • Alice Suluk, Donald Suluk - Ajajai

    #9 Side 1 03:37

  • Anita Ubluak Watuak, Elisabeth Nanook & Isumatarjuark - Aja Jai

    #10 Side 1 03:13

  • Oonerk - Ajajai

    #11 Side 1 01:21

  • Isumatarjuark - Ajajai

    #12 Side 1 04:18

Side 2

7 tracks

About This Title

Contemporary Inuit are descendants of the Thule people who first settled in Canada in approximately 1000 A.D. and who were the last of the Arctic peoples to migrate from Asia across the Bering Strait. These nomadic folk, sharing North American Arctic lands with other native peoples such as the Dene, have adapted their life style to the severe conditions of the Canadian North. Inuit settlements exist across the land from the Yukon Territory to the Newfoundland and Labrador coast.

Today, the Inuit have safeguarded their traditional language and culture while developing modern educational, political and social institutions. Inuktitut, the language of the Inuit, is spoken by the majority of the 19,000 Canadian Inuit. With the exception of a few linguistic changes, the contemporary spoken language is essentially the same as it was when the first European explorers arrived in search of the Northwest Passage.

In the Northwest Territories and Arctic Quebec, the Inuit make up more than half the population. The census taken in 1976 records 15,750 Inuit in the Northwest Territories (including 3,730 in Arctic Quebec) which represents 3/4 of a total Inuit population of 23,000.

Translation by Anna Paddel
Cover Photo by Mike Bedell
Back Cover Photo by Michael Snook

SIDE ONE

Margaret Ujauperk, Nahaina Ulimanii – Qiapqaa

Elisabeth Nanook, Isumatarjuark – Niaqinaq

Eva Nutaraluk – Jews Harp

Cathy Howmik Arnaraujak – Song of the Wolf

Cathy Howmik Arnaraujak – Song of the Fox

Cathy Howmik Arnaraujak – Song of the Geese

Alice Suluk – The Geese

Alice Suluk, Donald Suluk – Song of the Loon

Alice Suluk, Donald Suluk – Ajajai

Anita Ubluak Watuak, Elisabeth Nanook, Isumatarjuark – Aja Jai

Oonerk – Ajajai

Isumatarjuark – Ajajai

SIDE TWO

Theresa Kimmalardyuk, Nangajuk – Ajajai (Drumdance)

Leo Ussak – Ajajai (Drumdance)

Tautungi Qabluittuq – Ajajai

Collette Nilaula – Ajajai

David Aglukark, Marjorie Tugak – Pentecostal Hymn

Charlie Panigoniak – Modern Song

Theresa Kimmalardyuk – Square Dance Music

Mathew Kurok – Ajajai (Drumdance)

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