“Nation-states pretend...that they can just destroy cultures and languages, while the rest of us indigenous people have little voice, so we just have to be very, very loud in the way we can be.”

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May 21

Aaju Peter (eye-you pee-terr)

lawyer, activist and sealskin clothes designer

IMAGE SOURCE: Hazel Borys. “Kuujjuaq: Heart of the Arctic Day 1.” Blog post. www.placemakers.com. 18 Jul. 2015. | TEXT SOURCE: Interview with Hanna Pfeiffer. “Canada Would Be Wise to Include the Inuit.” International House University of Chicago. 27 Oct. 2016.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “Q: Will you continue with your activism in the future? Peter: I think there’s something in there where there’s no turning back. I’ve stuck my head out too far. I can no longer just disappear because it’s a rights issue.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What causes you to be very very loud in the way you can be?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “When we understand the hardship someone has lived through, only then can we hear the beauty of their song of resilience. This is a huge country. We have experienced starvation here. This is a people that have not only survived, but have done it with humor and laughter. And have formed a new state, without shedding a drop of blood.”

IMAGE QUESTION: What causes you to pick up the mike and lead the way?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from an interview. The photo is from a blog post.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What are the media forms that best help you amplify your voice?

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“Respect for our Elders stems from the understanding that their lived experience and survival is something that we have to admire and replicate if we are to keep our culture strong.”

“Nation-states pretend...that they can just destroy cultures and languages, while the rest of us indigenous people have little voice, so we just have to be very, very loud in the way we can be.”

Aaju Peter (eye-you pee-terr)

“Respect for our Elders stems from the understanding that their lived experience and survival is something that we have to admire and replicate if we are to keep our culture strong.”

“Our language contains the memory of four thousand years of human survival through the conservation and good managing of our Arctic wealth.”