Theresie Tungilik

Personal Inuit Art Life Experience

Theresie Tungilik — Sun, 29 May 2011 09:38:29 +0000

the drill for instance, the handle is made from a rib of a polar bear and if one is not available it is made from caribou antler. The line is made from bearded seal rope. The drill bits are made from bone when no wood is available with flint stone tips known as bits and the mouth piece is from a knee cap of a caribou. Even things like combs were made out of ivory.

Vancouver, the Hot Place for Inuit Art

Theresie Tungilik — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:06:08 +0000

Since I came to Vancouver of the night of the Olympic opening ceremonies on February the 12th, it has been non-stop all the way. Besides the Olympics Games going on there are many other things people from the city and the visiting world can see and do. The last couple of days have been very [...]

Canada`s Northern House

Theresie Tungilik — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:12:28 +0000

I have visited the Canada`s Northern House in Vancouver on 602 West Hastings, and yes it is very interesting. The set up is so that one can see and experience the three northern Territories of Canada. Walking into the Canada`s Northern House (CNH) one can see the inuksuk made by Peter Irniq of Ottawa, Canada [...]

Inuit and the Fashions of Nunavut

Theresie Tungilik — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:19:05 +0000

The new Inuit fashions emerging from Nunavut are very exciting. Sewing jackets with matching wind pants, amautiit (large pouched at the back of the woman`s parka, used for carry our new-born till too big to fit, or too heavy), children`s clothing, teens, this trend is becoming popular among our young people. When looking back in [...]

Olympics – What It Meant To Me

Theresie Tungilik — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:03:26 +0000

The first time I ever heard the word Olympics was when I as going to school. The teacher proudly showed us a book with pictures of athletes and a runner holding a lit torch. As the teacher proudly explains what the Olympics is all about, to me it looked so much more like a fairy [...]

Louisa Angugatsiaq Tungilik The Seamstress

Theresie Tungilik — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:34:47 +0000

Louisa Angugatsiaq Tungilik was my beautiful mother. She was beautiful externally and in her heart. One of her great abilities was to sew Inuit traditional clothes. When she sewed caribou skin clothing, her stitching was so fine it looked only like a fine line where her seams were. Her waterproof kamiit were exactly that, waterproof. [...]

Sananguaqti Was His Nickname

Theresie Tungilik — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:38:25 +0000

Sananguaqti was my dad Marc Tungilik`s nickname. His friends called him that and that translates to `The Carver`. Marc Tungilik was known throughout the community as Sananguaqti, many in Repulse Bay (Nauyaat in Inuktitut), Nunavut that was, though just his friends called him that. My dad carved every where. He carved indoors when there would [...]

The Untold Story of Marc Tungilik The Carver

Theresie Tungilik — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:17:06 +0000

Marc Tungilik was a great carver of Inuit lifestyle, simply because he lived it. Since birth I have heard the sound of hacking, chipping, sawing, filing and sanding. They were very much a part of our everyday sound around our home when he was carving. He took the Lord`s Day to heart so Sundays and Holy Days [...]

Inuit and Fashions

Theresie Tungilik — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:03:41 +0000

The Inuit of the Canadian north are one tough race of people. Living in an environment that can reach the maximum coldness of -65 degrees Celsius with the wind chill factor. During the years before the arrival of explorers, the Hudson Bay Company, RCMP and the missionaries, all clothing the Inuit wore were made of [...]

Nunavut Inuit Culture

Theresie Tungilik — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:21:46 +0000

Growing up in the iglu days, one had to aniyaaq, it`s a gesture taken by all Inuit to wake up early in the morning and dress as quick as possible to then continue to go outside. It is expected of you to do so as soon as you have learned to walk. It was strongly [...]