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June 4, 2004

Art and music from Nunavik in Montreal

Montreal's First Peoples' Festival opens on June 10 at the Quebec library's Saint-Sulpice building at 1700 St-Denis in Montreal, with an exhibition called Founding Mythologies: Nunavik engravings and sculptures.

Bernard Saladin d'Anglure, an anthropologist and translator of the first Inuttitut novel, Sanaaq, by Mitiarjuk Napaaluk, curated this exhibition of Nunavik art, featuring work from the library's collection and the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec.

On June 19, Rez, White and Blues will perfom at the Lion d'Or at 1676 Ontario E., along with the Elisapie Isaac's group, Taima, and Gilles Sioui, Brian André, Richard Desjardins and the Kanasuta musicians.

The festival winds up on June 21. For more information on the festival's schedule, consult the Web site at: www.nativelynx.qc.ca

June 4, 2004

Nunavik Toponymy by Taamusi Qumaq now on-line

Taamusi Qumaaq's work on place-naming in Nunavik, his Nunavik Toponymy, can now be consulted at: www.avataq.qc.ca/ang/reg/topo.html.

"I would like to talk to you about the names the Inuit have given to the places they inhabit today," Qumaq wrote.

During his lifetime, Qumaq played a leading role in Nunavik, helping to establish the cooperative in Puvirnituq. He was a vocal opponent of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, served on the task forces on education and on justice, and created a museum in his community.

He also wrote and published both an encyclopedia and a dictionary of the Inuttitut language.

Qumaq was awarded numerous honours, including the Polar Prize for scientific research, the Order of Canada, the Order of Quebec, and the Centennial Medal.

June 4, 2004

TB under control, says public health director

A Puvirnituq patient under treatment for tuberculosis is now in a Montreal hospital.

That's because the patient, who could still spread TB, was having problems remaining in her residence until she was no longer contagious.

"We tried to treat the person at home, but we heard that the person did not respect the quarantine. We explained that we had a room in a hospital in Montreal. The patient could either respect the quarantine condition, or could be in Montreal in an isolation room until the period of contagion had passed," said Dr. Serge Déry, the director of public health for Nunavik.

The Inuulitsivik Hospital in Puvirnituq has no isolation room or area for contagious patients, although one is due to be constructed this summer.

The treatment period for TB is six months, but those affected with TB usually become contagion-free after two weeks to a month, depending on the case.

This is Nunavik's first case of TB this year. In 2003, there were none and in 2002, only two cases. Due to a drop in cases, Nunavik is now considering a halt to vaccinating all newborns against TB.

"We have a much better situation than Nunavut. We know that all cases and their contacts are very well followed by the health network. Treatment is followed, contacts are identified and tested," Déry said.

June 4, 2004

Ivujivik man sentenced for threats on police

On Apr. 28, Quebec judge Paul Chevalier sentenced Paulusi Tarriasuk, 34, to three and a half years in prison for assault, uttering death threats, pointing a firearm at a constable and using a firearm while committing an indictable offense.

Tarriasuk had pleaded guilty to nine offenses in connection with two separate incidents in which he threatened a Kativik Regional Police officer in Ivujivik with a firearm.

Last January, the constable shot Tarriasuk in the leg, in what was determined to be a justified use of a firearm.

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