Born of the Ice a short documentary

Tikigaq

It is about survival and the reliance of each other in the community, the animals are part of this cycle.

The longest inhabited village in North America.

The animals have taken care of us for thousands of years, it is our turn to take care of them.

When the whale skull is returned to the water it starts its journey to be reborn in agvigum nunaza the whale's country.

The great sea moves me, sets me adrift.

It moves me like algae on stones in running brook water.

The vault of heaven moves me. Mighty weather storms through my soul.

It carries me with it.

-Uvavnuk