We asked:
Do you feel National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21) should be a statutory holiday in Nunavut?
ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ (ᔫᓂ 21) ᒪᓕᒐᖅᑎᒎᖓᔪᒥ ᕿᑲᕐᓂᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᐸ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ?
Marnie Tatty
“Yeah, I think it should.”
ᒫᕐᓂ ᑕᑎ
“ᐄ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ.”
Maggie Amarualik
“Definitely, we deserve it.”
ᒫᒋ ᐊᒪᕈᐊᓕᒃ
“ᐄᓪᓚᕆᒃ, ᐱᓪᓗᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᕗᑦ.”
Terry Dobbin
“For sure, yes.”
ᑎᐊᕆ ᑖᐱᓐ
“ᐄᓪᓚᕆᒃ, ᐄ.”
Anjelika Kiris
“I think so. We’re on Inuit land so it has to be.”
ᐊᓃᓕᑲ ᑭᐅᕆᔅ
“ᐊᖏᕋᔭᖅᐳᖓ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓃᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ.”
Devon Whyte
“I definitely think it should be a holiday because, (it’s) where we are exactly, it’s the land and it’s the people.”
ᑎᐊᕙᓐ ᐅᐊᐃᑦ
“ᕿᑲᕐᓂᐅᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ, ᑕᐃᑲᓃᓪᓚᕆᒃᑲᑦᑕ, ᓄᓇᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ.”
Brian Lamman
“Yes. Because Indigenous peoples and the Indigenous presence is a part of the Canadian fabric, and the Indigenous peoples status as the first peoples of Canada. None of that is properly recognized.”
ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᓚᒪᓐ
“ᐄ. ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᖕᒪᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓕᒫᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᙱᒻᒪᑕ.”