Nunavut Tunngavik Mourns the Loss of Jose Kusugak

Jose Kusugak was awarded the Elijah Menarik Award by CBC North late last year.

Photo by: Franco Buscemi

Nunavut Tunngavik Timinga Angayukaak, Cathy Towtongie ublumi ukaktuk Katimayiit ovalo havaktiit NTIkut tamamik akhut kiahimayut tamaitjutaiik ilanaminik, havakatiminik ovalo ikayuktimik, Jose Kusugak. Jose tukutuk unuak Kangiklimi akhuugutigaakhimaplugu aniagutainik.

“Ihumagiyavut Jose alakatigiit hamani ublumi ayokhagutainut,” ukaktuk Towtongie. Kingulia ovalo akhuugutait Inuit ihumagiyainik akhuugutigiyavut havagutiptinut Inuit ovalo Nunavut angayukaagutainut.”

Towtongie ilitagiyait nakuutjutainik Nunavumi Nunataagutit Angigutaanut Josemut, ovalo ukaktuk akhuugutainut ukiugaalumi havakpiaguait, Inuit tailimaitait Nunavut angilgaminik nunait.

Kusugak akhuukhimayuk inuuhiminut havakhimagami Inuit Nunavumi. Ilaukatauyuk akhut iniktigutainik NLCAmik, ilauhimayuk ukiugaalunik aivagutainik ovalo angayukaanguyuk NTIkut angayukaamut Nunavumi ilaulimat 1999mi. Angayukaanguhimayuk Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami ovalo kingulimik Angayukaanguyuk Kivalliq Inuit Katutjtikatingit. Jose havagaakhimayuk CBCkuni ukiugaalumi ovalo akhut tuhaktitihimayuk atugutikhainik Inuktitut. Jose nagligiyainik ilakatiminut puiguktaulaitu.