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ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ
pigiarutiqarniq
pi-gi-a-ru-ti-qar-niq
Initiate 

Image: Ohotaq Mikkigak's Three Ravens 
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Initiate

Word of the Day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ 
Qujannamiik 
Qu-jan-na-miik 
Thank you
Image: Meelia Kelly's Pursued

Thank You

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ᐃᒍᑦᑕᐃᑦ ᓂᕿᖏᑦ      
iguttait niqingit       
i-gut-ta-it ni-qi-ngit
Arctic Poppy
Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Grand Entrance
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Arctic Poppy

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
ᐅᖅᐱ ᓱᐳᑎᓪᓗ  
uqpi suputillut  
uq-pi su-pu-ti-llu 
Arctic Willow
Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Floral Passage
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Arctic willow

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
ᕿᔪᑦᑖᑦ 
qijuttaat       
qi-jut-taat  
White Arctic Heather      
Image: 
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White Arctic Heather

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Trails
ᑐᓪᓕᓃᑦ / ᐃᓪᓕᓃᑦ
tulliniit  / illiniit 
tu-lli-niit / i-lli-niit 
Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Gulls and Ravens
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Trails

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Hills
ᖃᖅᑲᐃᑦ 
qaqqait
qaq-qa-it
Image: Kananginak Pootoogook's Midnight Sun
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Hills

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
Campsite
 ᓄᓇᑐᕐᓕᖅ     
nunaturliq     
nu-na-tur-liq
Image: Shuvinai Ashoona's Camp Site
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Campsite

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
High tide         
ᐅᓕᓐᓂᖅ       
ulinniq        
u-lin-niq
Image: Mary Pudlat's Loading the Boat
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High Tide

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
High tide
ᐅᓕᓐᓂᖅ
ulinniq
u-lin-niq
Image: Nicotye Samayualie's My Dream Beach House
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Low Tide

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ripples            
ᕿᓐᓂᕋᔮᑦᑐᖅ    
qinnirajaattuq  
qin-ni-ra-jaat-tuq 
Image: Napachie Pootoogook's Lost in the Storm
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Ripples

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
ripples            
ᕿᓐᓂᕋᔮᑦᑐᖅ    
qinnirajaattuq  
qin-ni-ra-jaat-tuq 
Image: Germaine Arnaktauyok_Untitled 2009
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Sea Waves

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
Word of the day
ᐊᒪᐅᑎ
Amauti
A-mau-ti:
Amauti (traditional Eastern Arctic Inuit parka with built-in pouch for babies)
(Image: Ningeokuluk Teevee's Red Umbrella)

Amauti

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ
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ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ 
Iqalliarsimajut
Iq-al-li-ar-si-ma-jut
People fishing
(Image: Mayoreak Ashoona's Family of Fishermen)

People Fishing

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ 
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ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ 	
Asijjipalliajuq 	
A-sij-ji-pal-li-a-juq 
Transformation
(Image: Ningeokuluk Teevee's Diving Sedna)

Transformation

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ 
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ᓯᓐᓇᑦᑐᐊᖅ 
Sinnattuaq
Sin-nat-tu-aq: 
Dream
(Image: Kenojuak Ashevak’s A Raven's Dream)

Dream

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ 
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ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᒃ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᒻᒪᑕ
Iluunnatik surusiit pimmariummata
I-lu-un-na-tik su-ru-siit pim-ma-ri-um-ma-ta
Every child matters
(Image: Annie Pootoogook's Composition (Family Portrait))

Every Child Matters

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ 
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ᓯᓚᑐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ
Silatuningit Inutuqait
Si-la-tu-ni-ngit In-u-tu-qait
Wisdom of the Elders
(Image: Kenojuak Ashevak's Wisdom of the Elders)

Wisdom of the Elders

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ

ᓇᓕᖅᑲᐃᑦᑐᖅ
naliqqaittuq
na-liq-qait-tuq
Coldest Time of Year
(Image: Papiara Tukiki's Winter)

Coldest Time Of The Year

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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ	
Uqausiq
u-qau-siq	
Language	
(Image: Ohotaq Mikkigak's The Walking Heads)

Language

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ᖃᑕᙳᑎᒌᑦ
qatanngutigiit
qa-ta-nngu-ti-giit
Siblings

(Image: Kananginak Pootoogook's Wise Guys)

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