“Recall the early vision of our Inuit ancestors to found and maintain a strong Inuit community, looking further back at the deepest roots of our Inuit culture to guide our actions.”

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May 21

Kitty Gordon (kit-tee gawr-dun)

Nunavik Nutrition and Health Committee

IMAGE SOURCE: Jane George. “Kitty Gordon and Naya model Nunavik Creations’ clothing.”  Nunatsiaq News. 23 Apr. 2012. | TEXT SOURCE: Kitty Gordon. “Meeting at Tuqsukattaq.” Makivik Magazine. Fall 2008. — IMAGE SOURCE: Jane George. “Kitty Gordon and Naya model Nunavik Creations’ clothing.” Nunatsiaq News. 23 Apr. 2012. | TEXT SOURCE: Kitty Gordon. “Meeting at Tuqsukattaq.” Makivik Magazine. Fall 2008.

QUOTE CONTEXT: ”This year marked the second annual Nunavik Elders and Leaders Retreat…(held) in order to face the challenges we meet today for the well-being of Nunavik and the future of its children.”

QUOTE QUESTION: Who is responsible to hold the vision of your ancestors?

IMAGE CONTEXT: ”Kitty Gordon and baby Naya steal the show during an April 23 fashion show of Nunavik Creations’ traditional and contemporary Inuit designs at the International Polar Year conference in Montreal.”

IMAGE QUESTION: Who’s got your back?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from an Inuit magazine and the photo from an Inuit online newspaper.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What media sources have been created by your People for your People?

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“Recall the early vision of our Inuit ancestors to found and maintain a strong Inuit community, looking further back at the deepest roots of our Inuit culture to guide our actions.”

Kitty Gordon (kit-tee gawr-dun)

“If you know the land it's not a wilderness. The only place I would call wilderness is a place I don't know.”

“Our entire culture and identity are based on free movement on land, sea ice and the Arctic Ocean.”