By Dominique Gené, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Two kayaks that replicate a 60-year-old model built by an elder are being reconstructed at a community workshop in Kuujjuaq. The event, scheduled to run April 20 to May 1, was originally designed for eight participants aged 17 to 30. However, due to strong interest, the organizers have opened it to all Inuit, said Alice Roy, a psycho-social worker with Nurrait — Jeunes Karibus, which offers on-the-land programs for youth. “This workshop is a place where people can gather, talk about kayaks but also where these organizations can be in contact with the community,” Roy said. In 1968, the Canadian Museum of History commissioned Tuumasikallak, an elder from Kangirsuk, to create a kayak. It construction was documented by Bernard Saladin D’Anglure,…
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