Nirjutit Imaani: Edible Animals of the Sea

By Nunavut Arctic College

Nirjutit Imaani: Edible Animals of the Sea is more than a cookbook. It is a window into Inuit traditions, practices, and language through recipes and stories dedicated to fish and seal.

With a foreword by chef Sheila Flaherty.

More than 40 people from across Nunavut’s twenty-five communities contributed recipes and short narratives about the preparation and significance of country food to Inuit well-being.

56 recipes for seal, arctic char, turbot, cod, and whitefish accompanied by full colour photos presented in English and the Inuktut dialect and writing system of the originating region.

Includes: illustrations of tools and techniques for preparing fish and Inuit harvesting tools, and cooking on the land; notes on harvesting, cooking, and fermenting seal; parts of a seal diagram; notes on dialects and writing systems; and vivid colour photographs.

Ideal for students and all people interested in learning more about Nunavut through food and food stories, illustrations, and images.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nunavut Arctic College
• Release date: Sep 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9781897568781

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Cover: Nirjutit Imaani: Edible Animals of the Sea by Sheila Flaherty, Inhabit Media

A close-up photograph of blue ice with air bubbles and cracks throughout. In the centre is a grey fish with blood on and near its gills. To the right are two reddish-orange fillets laid side by side.

A photograph of a qamutiik sled with long runners and a large plywood box on top. Behind it is a large grey building and a black snowmobile. There is snow covering the ground, and the sky is blue.

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Text copyright © 2021 Nunavut Arctic College Media

Design and layout by Inhabit Media © 2021 Nunavut Arctic College Media

Cover image by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman © 2021 Malaya Qaunirq Chapman

North Baffin Dialect Translator: Jeela Palluq-Cloutier

Kivalliq Dialect Translators: Pelagie Owlijoot and Uliut Iksiktaaryuk

Inuinnaqtun Translators: Gwen Angulalik and Rosemarie Meyok

Unless otherwise credited, all photos by Lindsay Anderson and Dana VanVeller

Images and text on pages 56-57, 60-61, 63 adapted from and inspired by the work of Rhoda

Akpaliapik Karetak with permission

Map on page 9 by Breanna Bishop. Source data: ESRI, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap, GIS user community, USGS, NOAA, NPS

Images: Doug McLarty Land (page 10–11), Clare Kines Fishing for Char at Ikpikitarjuaq (page 12), Derrick Anderson Drying Fish (page 15), Mathieu Dumond Grayling on the Line (page 16), Clare Kines Aurora and Iceberg (page 40), Shutterstock/Sergey Uryadnikov (page 50-51), Mark Aspland (page 62), Steven Lonsdale (page 66), Will Hopkins/Jade Owen (page 77, 79, 91, 207), Jade Owen (page 83, 96, 191, 256), Mathieu Dumond Seal on the Sea-Ice by Deadman Island (page 108), Clare Kines Pissi Amma Siraaqtaq (page 148), Clare Kines Tea Brewing Over Heather (page 208), Jason Nugent Turbot Fishing on Cumberland Sound(page 259)

Illustrations: Dana VanVeller (page 24-36, 38) © 2021 Dana VanVeller, Sam Tse (page 27, cauliflower)© 2021 Nunavut Arctic College Media, Ben Shannon (page 44-49, 56-61, 63) © 2021 Nunavut Arctic College Media

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NIRJUTIT IMAANI

Edible Animals of the Sea

A photograph of three small pieces of orangish fish. They are thin and rectangular. They are sitting on a white marble surface with grey veins throughout the marble.

ᐃᓗᓕᖏᑦ

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A close-up photograph of a hook and jigger. The metal hook is attached to a small weight. The weight is attached to a string, the other side of which is wrapped around a piece of wood.A close-up photograph of a cloudberry. It's orange, and made up of about six small, bulbous sections. Behind it are dark green leaves, beside it are green sprigs of vegetation, and below it are a few blades of grass.A close-up photograph of a harpoon tip. It's made of metal, and comes to a sharp point at one end, and has a small base at the opposite end. It's laying on a wooden surface.

TITIRAQHIMAJUQ UKUNUUNA INUKTUT UQAUHIIGUT TITIRAUHIITIGULLU

ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ

A NOTE ON INUKTUT DIALECTS AND ORTHOGRAPHIES

Una taiguagakhaq quviaguhuutaujuq igajaami nirijaamilu iqalungnik nattirniglu tamainnit avikturviinnit Nunavunmi. Aallatqiingujunik Inuktut uqauhiptingnik tuhaapkaidjutaujut (Inuktitut uqauhiit Inuinnaqtullu) uqauhingit nunallaani Qikiqtaalungmi, Kivallirmi, Kitikmeonmilu. Inuktut hivun’nganiittut imaalu kingun’nganiiittullu qaniujaaqpaititut Tununirmiut uqauhianni. Tamaita igajakhat unipkaalluunniit titiraqhimajut Inuktut uqauhianni titirauhiannilu (qaniujaaqpaititut qaliujaaqpaititulluunniit) nunallaanit pihimajaannit.

ᐅᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓂᒡᓗ. ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓪᓗ) ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ, ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ, ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒋᓇᓱᒃᑕᕗᑦ. ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᐊᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᐃᓱᐊᓂᓗ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂᕐᒥᐅᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ (ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑐᑦ ᖃᓕᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑐᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ) ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᓇᑭᙶᕐᓂᖏᑦ.

ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᕆᓂᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᑎᓯᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓐᓂᑯᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂᓗ (ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ) ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ, ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ, ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂᓗ. ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂᕐᒥᐅᑎᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᐅᑉ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂᓗ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᓂᓗ. ᐃᒐᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᐃᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓯᐅᔪᓂᒃ (ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᓕᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑎᑐᓪᓗ) ᓄᓇᓕᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒐᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ.

This book celebrates the cooking and eating of fish and seal from all three regions of Nunavut. It also strives to share the diversity of Inuktut (Inuktitut dialects and Inuinnaqtun) spoken across the communities of the Qikiqtaaluk, Kivalliq, and Kitikmeot regions. The Inuktut in the front matter and back matter is presented in the syllabic orthography of the North Baffin dialect. Each individual recipe or story is written in the Inuktut dialect and main orthography (syllabics or Roman) of the community represented.

An image of a map of Nunavut. At the top, in pink, is the Qikiqtaaluk region. To the left, in green, is the Kitikmeot region. At the bottom, in yellow, is the Kivalliq region.

An image of a map of Nunavut. At the top, in pink, is the Qikiqtaaluk region. From top to bottom it includes: Grise Fiord, Resolute Bay, Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Igloolik, Sanirajak, Qikiqtarjuaq, Pangnirtung, Iqaluit, Kinngait, and Kimmirut. To the left of the map, in green, is the Kitikmeot region. From top to bottom it includes: Kugluktuk, Cambridge Bay, Taloyoak, Gjoa Haven, and Kugaaruk. At the bottom of the map, in yellow, is the Kivalliq region. From top to bottom it includes: Naujaat, Baker Lake, Coral Harbour, Chesterfield Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove, and Arviat. The background of the map is blue, and the land to the south and north-east is white. In the top right corner is a smaller version of the map that shows more of the surrounding land of Canada and Greenland. In the bottom left corner is a small green rectangle with the word Kitikmeot beside it; below it is a pink rectangle with the word Qikiqtaaluk beside it; and below it is a yellow rectangle with the word Kivalliq beside it.

ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᕈᑦ

INTRODUCTION

A photograph of a person standing on a snowy expanse, wearing a parka. They're standing in front of a small hole in the ice, holding a fishing tool. The sun is low on the horizon.A photograph of a snow-covered icy expanse, with a rocky mountain behind it. On the snow are people fishing in a crack in the ice, and snowmobiles.

ᓯᕗᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ

FOREWORD

ᑐᙵᓱᒋᑦᓯ, ᐃᓄᒃᓯᐅᑎᓄᑦ, ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓂᖅᖠᐅᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᑦ 40 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᖁᐊᓇᖅᑯᑎᑦ, ᒪ'ᓇ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᖁᔭᒋᔭᐃᓐᓇᕆᕙᔅᓯ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒪᒐᔅᓯ ᓂᖅᖠᐅᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓄᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ, ᖃᓕᕋᓕᖕᓄᓪᓗ!

ᐃᓄᒃᓯᐅᑎᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓄᑦ-ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᖅ, ᓂᖅᖥᕿᓂᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᒃᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕐᓄᓪᓗ ᑐᙵᓪᓚᕆᖕᒪᑕ. ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕆᔭᐅᕙᖕᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᐊᖑᑦᑕᕆᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᓄᑕᕋᖅ ᓇᑦᑎᕆᐅᖅᐸᑦ, ᓂᕿᖓ ᕿᓯᖓᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᒥᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᙵᑦ ᕿᓯᖕᒥᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᖑᓯᐊᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓕᐊᖃᖅᑐᒧᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᕐᓇᓕᐊᓕᑦ ᐊᖑᓯᐊᓕᓪᓗ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓇᔪᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᐅᕙᒃᑐᑐᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓂᖅᖠᐅᕈᑎᑦ ᒪᒪᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᓚᑦ. ᒪᓕᒍᑎᒋᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ.

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᓂᕿ ᐆᒪᓇᓲᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᓚᖅ. ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᐅᕗᖅ, ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᕗᖅ, ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑕᐅᕗᖅ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᕗᖅ, ᒪᒪᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᑭᙶᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ, ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥᒡᓗ ᐃᓚᔮᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᓄᓪᓗ. ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓪᓗᑕ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᖃᑎᒌᓕᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑕ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑕᓗ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒧᓪᓗ. ᓂᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᓃᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᐸᖕᓂᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓛᕆᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᓂᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᐃᒡᓚᒪᔭᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᖢᑎᒃ.

ᓂᕿᕗᑦ ᐊᐅᑦᑎᓐᓃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᐅᑦᑕ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᐅᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᖏᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᖅᑲᐃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᓯᐅᑎᒍᓕᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᕆᓇᓵᓕᕌᖓᒥᒃ. ᐅᑎᖅᑐᖃᕌᖓᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᓂᕿᑦ ᐊᕙᒃᑯᑎᒋᔭᐅᑲᐅᑎᒋᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᖁᔮᕆᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ. ᓂᕿ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᓯᔾᔪᑕᐅᕙᒃᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᐱᖃᑎᒋᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒋᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒡᓗ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᒃ ᓂᖅᖠᐅᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᓯᒪᒋᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᓂᖅᖠᐅᕈᑕᐅᕙᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ, ᓇᑦᑎᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᑦ, ᖃᓕᕋᓕᓪᓗ.

ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓂᖅᖠᐅᕋᓗᐊᕈᕕᒋᑦ, ᓇᓗᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᓯᐅᑎᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ, ᑎᒥᒧᑦ, ᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᒃᑲ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ ᓂᖅᖠᐅᖅᑎᓄᑦ? ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓗᒍ. ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖅᐸᒡᓗᑎᑦ. ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ ᓂᕆᒐᓗᐊᕈᑦᑕ ᐃᒐᔭᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᕈᑦᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐅᓗᕗᑦ ᓴᕕᕗᓪᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖃᑎᒌᒡᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᑦᑎᒍᑦ.

ᓰᓚ ᕙᓚᕼᐅᕐᑎ

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

ᓂᖅᖠᐅᖅᑎ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎᓗ ᓯᔾᔭᒃᑯᑦ.

Tunngasugitsi, welcome to Nirjutit Imaani, a collection of recipes received from more than 40 community members living across our 25 Nunavut communities. Quanaqqutit, ma’na, qujannamiik, thank you everyone for sharing your treasured seal, Arctic char, and turbot recipes!

Our country food, inuksiutit, is integral to our culture—a culture richly steeped in customs and practices around harvesting, butchering, and preparing inuksiutit. One such custom centres on a child’s first harvest. When a child catches their first seal, the meat and the skin, or something made from the skin, is usually given to a boy’s angusiaq or a girl’s annaliaq. These people are revered and usually present during a child’s birth, much like how Western society values godparents. These recipes are so much more than a map to a delicious meal. They are a map to our culture in Inuit Nunangat, our homeland.

In Nunavut, food is so much more than sustenance. It holds a history of tradition, survival, medicine, storytelling, taste, place, and of providing for loved ones and neighbours. Together, we share a collective identity, and an innate connection to both land and sea. Feasts and coming together as family, friends, and community are favourite pastimes across the territory. Hunting and harvesting stories always abound, met with much laughter or amazement.

Our food runs in our veins; it is in our blood memory. Maybe that’s why Inuit develop serious cravings for inuksiutit. When someone returns from hunting or fishing, food is shared with extended family members without delay and greeted with heartfelt gratitude. Food evokes memories of our past, of time spent with and learning from our Elders. This cookbook honours tradition while showcasing new and innovative ways Nunavummiut prepare wild-caught, sustainable, nutritious seafood from our expansive coastline and pristine waterways, teeming with seal, Arctic char, and turbot.

And no matter how you prepare it, there is no doubt that inuksiutit feeds the mind, body, and soul. My advice for home chefs? Have fun. Experiment. Whether it is a family meal or a picnic, let’s pull out our uluit, our women’s knives, and our savviit, our men’s knives, and celebrate our culture together, one dish at a time.

Sheila Flaherty

Iqaluit, Nunavut

Chef and Founder, Sijjakkut Inc.

A photograph of parts of six Arctic char hanging from a thin board against a red wall. The pieces are the tails and bodies of fish, either showing their grey skin or the orangish-red flesh underneath.A photograph of someone fishing off of a large grey rock. Along the rock is a rushing yellowish-brown body of water. The sky above is blue with a few wisping clouds.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ᑖᓐᓇ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑐᓐᓇᕋᔭᓚᐅᙱᑕᕗᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓚᐅᕐᓂᙱᑉᐸᑕ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᓪᓚᕆᒃᐸᕗᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ ᓵᑦᑎᓐᓂᓪᓗ.

This cookbook would not have been possible without the support and contributions of various individuals. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts (and plates).

ᑖᓐᓇ ᓂᖅᑎᐅᕈᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᓇᑦᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᑐᒃᑯᓄᑦ. ᖁᔭᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔪᒪᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᑦ, ᒫᓐᓇ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᓗ, ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒥ.

This cookbook is funded by the Government of Nunavut Fisheries and Sealing division and the Culture and Heritage Inuit Language Implementation Fund. We gratefully acknowledge the support of these divisions and all their staff, past and present, who contributed to this project.

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COOKBOOK BASICS

A photograph of an inuksuk on a hill overlooking a northern town. Visible in the town are rooves, houses, buildings, powerlines, and two large, white cylindrical structures. The sky above is blue.