By Cedric Gallant Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tattoo artist Arsaniq Deer and full-time fish tanner Janey Chang are helping to revitalize a lost skill in Nunavik. The pair recently hosted fish-tanning workshops in Akulivik and Ivujivik, as part of the Ilurqusitigut program (which means `through our culture’ in Inuktitut), the cultural subsection of the adult education program at Nunavik’s school board. “I’d never thought I’d be able to do this kind of work,” said Deer, seated next to Chang during a phone call from their hotel room in Akulivik. The workshops can be used to add credits toward participants’ high school diplomas. The plan is for them to be hosted in all 14 communities in Nunavik. This was the first time Deer joined Chang to help lead the fish-tanning workshops. The…
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