AnânauKatiget Tumingit is offering FREE leadership training for Inuit women as a part of the Explore, Examine and Empower Leadership Project.

This training is being delivered by Odelle Pike who is President of the Newfoundland Aboriginal Women’s Network and will run for 2 or 3 evenings, depending on what works best for the women who are interested in participating in your community.

The list of the training include: Healing Rocks Ceremony, Empowerment, Overcoming Adversity, Establishing Healthy Boundaries, Words to Avoid, Culturally relevant Healing Practices, Self Esteem, Coping with Stress, Dealing with anger, and skills for work life balance.

The training will take place on the following dates:

• In Postville on Nov.16th to 18th.
• Makkovik, from Nov. 19th to 21st.
• And in Rigolet from Nov. 22nd to the 24th.

AnânauKatiget Tumingit would also like to note that they are offering to cover the cost of childcare expenses, if you require childcare in order to participate in this training.

It’s that time of the year again!

The Labradorian is now accepting letters from children to Santa.

Each letter is asked to have a maximum of 100 words and may be edited for content based on the number of words submitted.

Letters written with photo’s will cost $12.00, and $10 without photo, and should be in high resolution .jpeg.

The deadline to submit your letter is Nov. 21, 2018 @ 4:00pm and can be emailed to jennifer.moores@the labradorian.ca.

They would also like to note that all letters will run in the Christmas Edition.

Any letter that is not paid and received after the deadline will not be published.

The Makkovik Inuit Community Government has decided to increase the mil rates for property and business tax by 0.001 mils and to increase the water and sewer tax by $20.00 to offset these rising costs.

Makkovik Inuit community government has to show it is responsible to multiple levels of government it receives funding from, this decision was not taken lightly.

Under the Labrador Inuit Land claims act (LILCA) and Municipalities act 1999, The Makkovik Inuit community government, by law has to operate on a balanced budget.

After thoroughly reviewing the operating budget, Makkovik Inuit Community government, since the LILCA was signed and three years prior has not had an increase in any of its mil rates to reflect these rising costs.

MICG has also made cuts to its spending to bring costs down where ever possible.

Over this time, inflation on utility bills, fuel costs, regular general maintenance/repair on buildings, building insurance, and wages have also gradually increased.

In the last fifteen years there has been replacement of older infrastructure such as the new Craft centre, fire hall and youth center.

Completely new infrastructure has been built and operated such as the advanced water treatment plant, heated fire hydrant buildings, new sub-divisions, Makkovik arena, upgrades to the water and sewer system/lift stations and new heavy equipment.

The Nain DHSD started their flu clinic yesterday November 5, 2018 and will go on until Thursday, November 8, 2018.

The flu clinic starts from 9 am to 12 noon and from 1 -7 pm.

For anyone who receives their flu shot, will have their name put in to have a chance to win several separate prize draws and two draws for a $50.00 Northern gift card.

The recently formed OkKak commemoration committee travelled to OkKak for the day on Friday November 3, 2018 by Helicopter.

Sarah Abel is the Senior Television Producer with OK who was invited to travel with the committee.

She says that herself and Alex Saunders were there as descendants, along with Jamie Brake and Kyle Crotty , and James Okkuatsiak as the bear monitor.

Alex Saunders did a poem and prayer while there.

Stay tuned to today’s AtjiKangitut when we air the 2nd part of the audio that Abel provided from the trip to OkKak.

The recently formed OkKak commemoration committee travelled to OkKak for the day on Friday November 3, 2018 by Helicopter.

Sarah Abel is the Senior Television Producer with OK who was invited to travel with the committee.

She says that herself and Alex Saunders were there as descendants, along with Jamie Brake and Kyle Crotty; and James Okkuatsiak as the bear monitor.

Alex Saunders did a poem and prayer while there.

To hear the audio that Abel provided from the trip to OkKak, click HERE.

The Department of Health and Social Development would like to notify the residence of Nain that there will be a meeting this afternoon, November 5, 2018.

Reducing the Harms of Parental Alcohol and Drug Use consultations will be from 1-4 pm at the Pulâpvik Room.

They would like to know what you think about alcohol in Nain, what can be done to reduce parental alcohol use, and what services are currently available.

The Nain Safe house is now operating in their new building since Thursday November 1, 2018.

Tracy Denniston is the Acting Executive Director.

She says the location for the new Nain Safe House is located on 9 Alakkatik Street.

Denniston says they have 10 accommodations for clients, and are fully staffed.

She adds that the grand opening will be held in the near future, once they settle in.

And they also have a new layout throughout the new building including 2 bathrooms for clients.

Right now they are in the process of screening for two more Call in workers.

For more information you can call their office line at 922-1230 or their crisis line at 922-1229 for more information.

The AnânauKatiget Tumingit Regional Inuit Women’s Association held their 8th annual general meeting this year.

We spoke with Kim Campbell-Mclean who is the Executive Director.

She says they held their eighth AGM in Hopedale on Saturday October 13th, 2018.

Board members who attended were: Sue Webb from Nain, Sophie Pamak from Hopedale, Liz Evans Mitchell from Makkovik, Josephine Jacque from Postville, Donna Blake Michelin from Northwest River, Bertha Holeiter from Happy Valley Goose Bay and Sarah Anala from the Canadian Constituency.

Campbell-Mclean mentions that some board members couldn’t attend for various reasons.

The next AGM will be held in October 2019 in Makkovik.

She says everything went smooth and there is not a whole lot of change since the last AGM.

Angus Andersen is an Inuk and originally from Nain and has been living in St. John’s teaching everywhere about Inuit.

He says he teaches over 200 schools at one time over the internet about Inuit history, Inuit language, and how Inuit lived and hunted.

Andersen says that the interest is huge; a lot of schools, a lot of teachers, and a lot of different cities across Canada want to learn about Inuit not just Labrador but everywhere.

He added that last year he also started to teach people how to carve soapstone.

To hear Andersen tell you more about his teachings, click HERE.