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These are the caribou mittens that I’ve made beginning of the year. All thanks to Susan toolooktook for guiding and teachi8ng me, I can now my own pair for my child now.

janaya

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These are sealskin mittens. There’s layers in the mitts, first some sort of lining like sheep skin and/or radiantex then the sealskin, on the top we put fox fur so our wrists wont get cold. Back then we had no stores to buy store bought clothing so the ladies would sew things out of what was caught like tuktu(caribou), fox, wolves, seals and other animals. They would make pants, amauti (baby carrier), mitts and other clothing. We use mitts to keep our hands warm in the cold winter.

~Shania

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Inuit culture

This is me and my dad when he took me out hunting, it was my first time to shoot with a g.u.n and my first time to catch a caribou, I’ve never ever caught again, but the caribou I caught that time had a lot of fat (tunnuq) some of us Inuit love eating those, I could go overboard for those lol, but I used to enjoy going hunting every weekend with my family, I never use to try and catch cause I was scared to try a rifle during those times I was a child, caribou is a traditional food we Inuit enjoy so I used this photo.. :)

-krisy

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I got into sports when i was only about 5 years old. My sister who’s 6 years older than me played basketball and i started playing basketball because i wanted to be just like her.

From the age 5 to 10 years old, sports was just for fun and we learned how to dribble, pass and shoot the ball to the basket. When i turned 11 (in grade 6) and transferred to the middle/high school we started actual basketball practices, learning more how to dribble, shoot and different types of passes.

I also started playing futsal when i turned 11 and started playing volleyball when i was in grade 8.

I think that same year i started playing volleyball i got picked for nationals for futsal when it was just me and one other girl playing futsal so we were surprised when we both got picked for nationals.

The next year i tore my acl and mcl playing futsal and couldnt play for a year and a half. I had to gain my range of motion so i could relearn how to walk properly, regain the strength in my leg and knee and learn how to trust my knee again. So far its been almost 3 years since my injury and im still struggling to trust my knee sometimes and keeping the strength in my leg and knee so it lowers the chances of re-tearing the ligaments.

The past couple of months its been hard to get back into my old routine of working out and sports and keeping a routine. Without being able to play sports or work out like i used to it felt like i was somebody else without the two things that make me, me. But slowly i am getting back and better than i used to be

- Harriet

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This is myself at the age of 7 or 8 with the first tuktu(caribou) I caught. This is connected to Inuit culture because in our Inuit culture, we hunt for our food. We go hunting for caribou in the fall time during their migration, my family would stock up on caribou meat during the fall to fill up the deep freezer to last the whole winter as it was too cold for my dad to go out hunting. That day when my dad and I were out hunting, we didn’t see any wildlife animals for a long time so we decided to eat lunch and have tea. While we were eating, that one lone caribou decided to show up at the bottom of the hill so we started heading towards it. My dad loaded the rifle and helped me aim at it, and he told me to let him know when I’m going to pull the trigger. As soon as he said that, I pulled the trigger without letting him know so he was very angry, thinking I could’ve shot anywhere else without trying to, thinking I would’ve caused an accident but as soon as the bullet hit the caribou, it went down to the ground and my dad became very happy, like he just forgot that he was upset the minute before. While my dad was skinning and butchering the caribou, his brother Robert and his children were out hunting as well and found us out on the land and came to us. Robert’s children were a lot older than I was so they were all very happy and amazed that I caught my first caribou at a young age, and told us they’re happy for my dad and I.

-Lisa

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My best friend.

My best friend stayed by my side at all times, I hung out in our qamutik - inuit-made sled. My brother told me to go off the sled so the dog and go potty, I didn’t want to but I went off and so my dog went to potty. My uncle tried to kunik (Eskimo kiss) me but my dog was protective of me so my dog hit my uncles face with his nose.

-Angel A.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Think of an Inuit specific item: a piece of clothing, a tool or form of transportation that you could share with ECE learners to foster cultural identity and pride.

Then

Share a photo of the item

Write a short description of the item

Write a short description of how the item is connected to Inuit culture

Then describe how you would share this item with children OUTSIDE

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EXAMPLE:

This is an Ulu. It is a metal blade with a wooden handle. This tool is often referred to as "a women's knife". It has been used by Inuit women for decades to cut animals skins and meat. It is deeply connected to Inuit culture and identity because it was used traditionally; however it is also used today all the time in kitchens, outside and when sewing. Uluit come in different shapes and sizes and have different purposes. If I were to share this cultural item with students I would make sure there was a class set of wooden ulus because a "real" ulu has a sharp blade. The wooden ulus could be used outside by a big group of children during "pretend play" when children pretend to harvest. It IS however important for young kids to learn about ulus and how to carefully use one. It would be appropriate to use an ulu with a metal blade with children in a 1:1 setting. For example, perhaps meat could be shared outdoors, and each child could take turns cutting with an ulu (with a blade).