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“Taitsumani” was written and performed by the youth & community members of Puvirnituq, Nunavik, QC.

Stream:   / esuma-nunavik-youth-songs-volume-1  

Written and recorded by Alisa Marissa Tukalak, Brooke Sivuarapik, Harry, Jacqueline Tulugak, Johnny Aupalu, Mimzy-Leah Iqiqua Aupaluk, Patsauq Iqaluk & Vivian Qumaluk Tukalak.

Throat singing by Sarah Sala, Susie Tukai, Winnie Ittukallak and Lisa-Louie Ittukallak.
Acoustic guitar played by Johnny Aupalu
Inuktitut talking

Video by Dakota Sheperd
Produced by Milan André Boronell and Dakota Sheperd
Mixed by Milan André Boronell
Mastered by Kristofer Harris

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LYRICS

JACKY
Back then people were connected
Now we ignore how much we really got affected

ALISA
our people out here drinking so called “treasure”
While we’re out here slowly losing our culture

VIVIAN
ᐃᓗᕐᕈᓱᓃᕙᒍᑦ ᐃᑉᐱᒍᓱᑦᓯᐊᓚᐅᕐᑕ
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᕈᓯᖏᑦ ᓱᒃᑯᕈᓕᐅᒥᓕᕐᒪᑕ
(let’s be careful with our culture the way people are living is getting worse)

JOHNNY
No I’m not cutting myself and I’m good at hiding my scars
Hiding in your smile, I can tell, looking at the high stars, looking like I try hard
Making all this money, it’s a little funny
I guess you were right, this was never my fight

ALISA & BROOKE
People are keeping our kids from speaking our mother tongue
It’s so hard connecting with nature when the summer come

BROOKE
ᐊᓂᕐᓂᕋ ᓄᓇᒥ ᕿᑲᕐᑎᖃᑦᑕᑎᓂᐊᕐᑕᕋᓕ
(I’m gonna do my best to keep my spirit on the land)
ᑌᑦᓱᒪᓂ
(long ago)

PATSAUQ
follow your heart follow your dreams
Look inside your soul & live your life with no regrets
Everyday keep moving, even when this life is hard
It’s okay to make mistakes, just get back up when falling far

HARRY
ᐊᐅᓚᔨᕈᓇᑦᓴᕿᑦ ᒥᑭᔫᑦᓱᑎᑦ ᐃᓚᓐᓈᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᓃᖕᖑᐊᓱᓯ ᐊᒥᓲᑦᓱᓯ ᓇᒧᓕᒫᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᓇᑎᖓ ᓇᑎᕈᕚᑦᑎᓗᒍ ᕋᓗᐊᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᓱᓕ ᑖᕙᓂ ᐊᓃᓲᕈᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᓱᓕᑦᑕᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᕋᑕ ᓄᓇᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᓃᖕᖑᐊᓱᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᕋᓗᐊᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᒪᙯᕈᒪᕋᑦᑕ ᒪᙯᖕᖑᐊᓴᕐᓱᑕ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᒥᐊᖕᖑᐊᑦ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᖕᖑᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᑦ ᓱᓇᑐᐊᑦᓯᐊᑦ ᐱᖕᖑᐊᑲ ᖃᐅᑕᒫ ᐊᑐᖕᖑᐊᐸᓚᐅᔭᒃᑲ
(Do you remember when you were small, when you played with your friends, you would go everywhere, do you remember the cold Winter, when you could get frostbitten, when there was blowing snow, we weren’t worried to go play in any kind of weather, we wanted to go hunting, so we pretended to go hunting, our toy boats, toy guns, toy nets, different toys that I used all the time)

JACKY & MIM
ᑌᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᐃᓅᕈᓯᖏᑦ ᐯᖕᖑᓇᕐᑐᖅ
ᐅᓪᓗᒥᓪᓕ ᐃᓅᕆᐊᒥ ᑕᖃᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᑐᖅ
(How they lived long ago is something to miss these days it gets tiring to keep going)

Elder speaking
ᐃᓗᕐᕈᓯᕐᓃᕙᒍᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᓗᓯ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᐸᓪᓕᐊᕈᓐᓇᐳᓯ
(The only way you’ll learn is if you start living our old ways of life)
ᑌᑦᓱᒪᓂ
(long ago)