Nunavut

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ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
NUNAVUT
(Our Land)

ᑭᒍᑎᙳᐊᖅ Kigutinnguaq (Resembles a Tooth)
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EDITION	ARTIST - SONG​	RANK​	SCORE​		12s​	VOTERS​
WV 155	The Jerry Cans - ᐅᑭᐅᖅ (Ukiuq)​	TBD​
WV 154	Aocelyn - Adventure Awaits​	23rd/24 SF​	30 Points​		0​	8​
WV 153	ᑕᓐᔭ ᑕᒐᖅ (Tanya Tagaq) - Colonizer [Nordic Mix]​	15th/25​	113 Points​		1​	22​
WV 152	ᑕᓐᔭ ᑕᒐᖅ (Tanya Tagaq) - Teeth Agape​	14th/25 SF​	51 Points​		1​	9​
WV 151	Twin Flames - ᑖᓂᓯ (Taanisi)​	14th/27​	106 Points​		1​	23​
WV 150	Kelly Fraser - ᓴᓐᓇ (Sedna)​	18th/27​	93 Points​		0​	20​
WV 149	ᕇᑦ (Riit) - ᖃᐅᒪᔪᐊᐱᒃ (qaumajuapik)​	17th/27​	100 Points​	​	1​	19​

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[theditz83]

You and Ashley were the only ones not to put Sedna in your top two! That British taste .

I noticed that. But Ashley also had Nallinimi as last - what now? Guess we aren't clones after all

 

[iowacorn]

151

ᓱᕕᑦ ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᑲᕙᕐᕐᑭᑦ
suvit sunamik kavarrkit

ᓱᒧᑦ ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᑲᕙᕐᕐᑭᑦ
sumut sunamik kavarrkit

ᖃᐃᓚᐅᕆᑦ ᖃᐃᕌᐱ ᐅᕆᑦ ᒫᓂ ᑖᓂᓯᓚᐅᕆᑦ
qailaurit qairaapi urit maani taanisilaurit

ᖃᐃᓚᐅᕆᑦ ᖃᐃᕌᐱ ᐅᕆᑦ ᒫᓂ ᐃᙱᓂᐊᑦ
qailaurit qairaapi urit maani inginiat

Life's too short, Life's too short, Life is way too friggin' short.​

 

[iowacorn]

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[iowacorn]

152

Touch my children
And my teeth welcome your windpipe​

 

[iowacorn]

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This song is inspired by the plights faced by Inuit mothers past and present. Up until the year 1996, Indigenous Canadian children as young as 4 years old including Inuit Nunavummiut were by law taken from their homes and forced to go to schools. These schools were run by churches and were designed to erase the Indigenous culture. By this policy, mothers could no longer be mothers. They could not pass down their culture to their beloved children.

The practice of residential schools has now ceased. Despite this, Indigenous children are still snatched away from their parents by Canadian government agencies. Indigenous children are extremely over represented in the foster care system to this day. While the government may find some justification for this, it remains true that this colonial force is still strong and at work trying to break Indigenous people down.

Tagaq's song Teeth Agape is a testament to the female beast that is a mother's instincts. Inuit mothers have had their children snatched from them for over a century now. So, at this point, they are on guard, as any mother would be with such intergenerational trauma. Their claws are sharpened, teeth agape.

Here are some resources if you are curious to educate yourselves on the atrocities of the colonial Canadian government:

RE: RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS

Inuit Experiences at Residential School

Residential schools were government-sponsored religious schools created to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture. Schools in the North were ...

www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

RE: THE MODERN FOSTER CARE SYSTEM

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foster-care-is-modern-day-residential-school-1.6054223

This information is not well known outside Canada let alone in Canada. Thank you so much for educating yourself. It is very important that this is known far and wide.
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[iowacorn]

Nunavut 153
Tagaq's Revenge NF

Tanya Tagaq is back, claws sharpened, teeth agape,
and she's brought some friends from the South.

Enjoy the music, and please send your rankings to yours truly @iowacorn
Best song #1 to least best #6

1. A Tribe Called Red & Tanya Tagaq - Sila

2. Tanya Tagaq - Cocido de Carrilleras y Tripas de Bacalao

3. Iskwé & Tanya Tagaq - The Unforgotten

4. Indian Agent & Tanya Tagaq - Mother

5. Tanya Tagaq - Colonizer (Nordic Mix)

6. Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq - You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind)

Voted:​

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[iowacorn]

It's a tight race here, but you can change that. Vooooote!!!!

 

[RainyWoods]

has voted in this very special selection! I was extremely happy to see a certain artist here.

 

[iowacorn]

Alright, this is still super tight!!! If you want to make a difference, feel free to vote, otherwise I’ll be entering the winner when I wake up tomorrow!!!

 

[iowacorn]

We have a winner by 1 point...

Will be revealed at the semi final and results posted after

 

[iowacorn]

153

Oh, you're a colonizer.
Oh, you're guilty.

Aimed at:
John A. Macdonald (First Prime Minister of Canada)
&
The clergy who ran Canada's residential schools
+
Vladimir Vladimirovich





Tanya enlisted her Southern Canadian friends for support in her WV revenge, but clearly she can handle it on her own.

This song did not pull it out until the very last moment. I'm glad it did.

BIIIG thank you to all who voted ​

	Sila	CdCyTdB	Unforgotten	Mother	Colonizer	You Got to Run
Tohouku	4	6	1	5	2	3
China	6	4	2	5	3	1
Australia	1	5	4	6	2	3
Sudogwon	3	2	4	6	5	1
Vietnam	2	5	4	6	1	3
USA	6	5	2	3	4	1
Cyprus	4	6	1	3	5	2
Poland	2	5	4	3	1	6
The Netherlands	3	6	4	5	2	1
South Korea	1	4	2	6	3	5
Romania	1	4	5	3	2	6
Moldova	1	6	2	3	4	5
Ukraine	4	6	1	5	2	3
Belgium	3	4	2	5	1	6
Total	41	68	38	64	37	46

 

[iowacorn]

154

We're living life to the fullest.
Dreams come to true and it's within your reach.
Have faith and believe
And turn it into reality.
Today.​

 

[iowacorn]

155

ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ1
ᐊᓄᕋᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ
ᐃᖃᐅᒪᔭᖃᑦᑕᓚᖓ ᑌᑲᓂᒥᐅᑕᖅ
ᓇᓪᓕᒋᓚᐅᕋᒃᑯ

aullaqsimaguvit ukiutaqtumi
anuraqattaqtillugu
iqaumajaqattalanga taikanimiutaq
nalligilaurakku

When you find yourself travelling in the Arctic
While the wind blows,
Remind them of me,
Remind them I used to love them.​