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Kuujjuaraapik - Whapmagoostui
ᑰᔾᔪᐊᕌᐱᒃ
Lisa Koperqualuk
ᓕᓴ ᖁᐱ3ᕈᐊᓗᒃ
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KANGUQ Hiver/Winter 2016
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ᑦᓱᒪᓂ
ᐊ ᓪ ᓓᑦ
ᐃ ᓄ ᐃᓪᓗ
here was a time the history books
ᐅᓇᑕᐅᑎᕙᓚᐅᖅᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓲᒍᕗᐊᓪᓛᑦ
tell us that the Crees and the Inuit
ᑐᖁᕋᐅᑎᓲᒍᓂᕕᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ
were enemies once and they tell us
ᐃᕐᓯᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᑯᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᒥᓂᒃ. ᐊᔪᕿᕐᑐᐃᔩᑦ
themselves they made war and killed each
ᓂᐅᕐᕈᓭᔩᓪᓗ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᓯᐊᕙᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ
other due to fear. Missionaries and traders
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᓪᓓᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᖀᒻᒥᒍᓲᑎᓂᒌᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ.
alike knew of the enmity between them.
ᐃ ᓱ ᒪ ᒋ ᔭ ᖃ ᕈ ᓐ ᓇ ᑐ ᖃ ᓚ ᐅ ᕐ ᓂ ᖏ ᓪ ᓚᖅ
Solidarity seemed unlikely to ever come.
ᐱ ᖃ ᑎ ᒌ ᒍ ᓐ ᓇ ᒐ ᔭ ᕐ ᓂ ᒋ ᓐ ᓂ ᒃ
It is only very recently that Inuit and
ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᕆᒐᔭᕐᑕᒋᓐᓂᒃ.
Crees began living side-by-side, having
ᖃᒻᒥᐊᐱ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓓᓗ
been influenced, no doubt, by the missionᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐ ᓇ ᓕᑌᓐ ᓇ ᓯᒪ ᕗ ᑦ,
aries of the Anglican Church who arrived
ᓇᓗᓇᖕᖏᑐᖅ ᐊᔪᕿᕐᑑᓯᒋᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᓕᑫᑦ
to this part of the north in the late 1800s.
ᑐᑦᓯᐊᕕᖓᑕ
ᐊ ᔪ ᕿ ᕐ ᑐ ᐃ ᔨ ᖏ ᓐᓄ ᑦ
Today, Kuujjuaraapik/Whapmagoostui,
ᐃᑉᐱ ᒍ ᓱ ᓘ ᒥᓕ ᕐ ᑎ ᑕ ᐅ ᓂ ᑯ ᕕ ᓂ ᕐ ᒥ ᓄᑦ
the twin community of Inuit and Crees, is
ᑌᑦᓱᒪᓂᒋᐊᖅ 1800ᓂ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᕕᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
a fine example of the peaceful melding of
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ, ᑰᔾᔪᐊᕌᐱ|ᐅᐊᑉᒪᑰᔅᑐᐃ ᓄᓇ
two very different cultures.
ᓕᒋᓕᕐᐸᐅᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓓᓗ, ᐆᒃᑐᕋ
Though the political structures which
ᐅᑎᒃᓯᐊᕙᐅᕗᖅ
ᐱᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ
flowed from the 1975 James Bay and
ᐃᓗᕐᕈᓯᖃᑎᒌᖕᖏᒪᕆᑦᑐᑦ.
Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA)
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᔨᒥᔅ ᐲ ᑯᐯᑉ ᑕᕐᕋᖓᑕᓗ
created separate political institutions,
ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖓ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᕐᑎᓗᒍ
separate service