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Our society had no doorbells, no locks, no Police, no jails, no armies, no wars, no elections, they were not necessary. We hope the World will wonder how it was possible. If they ask, our Elders will share the knowledge and if they listen with their hearts, they may learn from the Inuit a better way for all the World to live.
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Naujat existed for a 1000 years before Captain Christopher Middleton, who in 1742, discovered the hard way (apparently he didn't think of asking the people who lived here), it was a bay and not the route to his fame and fortune. He angrily called it "bay of Repulse, the bay where I was pushed away"..
Sometimes you must close your eyes to see. Had Captain Middleton
not been blinded, he might have recognized Paradise. Breath
taking, awe inspiring beauty, life in abundance, arctic char
(the most delicious fish in existence) in every river, trout
to catch in every crystal clear lake, and more lakes than
you can count; seals, walrus, belugas, narwhales and bowheads
from the bay, caribou, hare, foxes, wolves, polar bear from
the land, this, and more, he could have seen. The people who
are fun loving, independent, and self confident, would have
invited him into their homes to meet their family and share
their good fortune. Maybe he did Naujat a favor by hiding
its appeal from the world? Maybe the Inuit retain the name
Repulse Bay on maps because they enjoy a good joke and Inuktitut
is their first language anyway?
Nunavut means Inuit self Government, which literally means "POWER to the PEOPLE"
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The foregoing was distilled from a months worth of discussion and written submissions by the Senior Class of Tusarvik School a.k.a: Kenny Kaurak, Rachael Suisangnark, Joseph Sivanertok, Noah Siutinuar, Norman Putulik, Rebecca Suisangnark, Louis Uttak, Linda Milortok, Leo Akkuordjuk and Allan Kringayark. |