March 8, 2002
Whos on Team Nunavik?
Two separate delegations
from Nunavik will travel to AWG venues in Iqaluit and Nuuk.
Johnny Adams, chairman
of the Kativik Regional Government, is the Chef de mission for Nuuk. His assistant
is Silas Snowball of the KRGs recreation department.
Michael Gordon, the mayor
of Kuujjuaq, and Davidee Angutinguak, the mayor of Aupaluk, Makivik Corporations
corporate treasurer, Anthony Ittoshat, Makiviks secretary, George Berthe,
and Saputiit Youth Association president, Andy Moorehouse, will also go to Nuuk.
The Quebec government will
send Michel Létourneau, the new minister responsible for northern development
and Nunaviks MNA, as well as two other government officials.
Kuujjuaqs heavy rock
band Angava Band, throat singers Akinisie Sivuaarpik and Sarah Beaulne from
Puvirnituq, and carver Jean-Jacques Séguin from Kangiqsualujjuaq will
also head to Nuuk.
Frankie Gordon, recreation
director at the KRG, will go to Iqaluit as Nunaviks Chef de mission, accompanied
by André Morin, Kuujjuaraapiks recreation director, as his assistant.
KRG regional councillors, Charlie Tukkiapik and George Kakayuk, and Makiviks
vice-president Adamie Alaku, and youth association secretary Emily Emudluk will
also travel to Iqaluit.
The cultural contingent
slated for Iqaluit includes the Qimutjuit Band as well as throat singers Sarah
Surusilak and Gaina Angyiou from Puvirnituq.
Nunaviks 32 athletes
for the AWG are: Josie Kakayuk, Moses Atagotaaluk, Inukpuk Eliyassialuk, William
Saunders, Norman Saunders and Tommy Moorehouse in the Open Male Inuit Games;
Paul Walsh, Paul Savard, Daniel Oovaut, Terrence Tookalook, Etuk Eliyassialuk,
Harry Surusilak in the Junior Male Inuit Games; Kaina Tookalak, Laura Iqaluk,
Pauyungie Nutaraaluk, Barbara Muller, Julie Laroche, Martha Nakoolak in the
Open Female Inuit Games; Dora Ohaituk, Susana Puttayuk, Nellie Napartuk, Sarah
Nuktie, Jessie Mesher and Betsy Gordon in the Junior Female Inuit Games; Robert
Wynne, Johnny Kawapit, Juani Beaulne and William Hubloo in the Open Male Dene
Games; and Chris Martin, Brian York, Tamusi Sivuaraapik and Jack Annanack in
the Junior Male Dene Games.
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