Indigenous Languages Series: Michael Kusugak, Inuktitut

Michael Kusugak grew up in Repulse Bay, NWT (now Nunavut). During his childhood, his family travelled by dog sled, living a traditional Inuit lifestyle. He is the author of twelve children's books, including The Littlest Sled Dog, The Curse of the Shaman, T is for Territories, Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails, winner of the Ruth Schwartz Award; Hide and Seek; My Arctic 1, 2, 3; and Baseball Bats for Christmas; and was co-writer of A Promise Is a Promise (with Robert Munsch).

Michael Kusugak lives in Sooke, BC and spends most summers in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.

This segment of the Indigenous Languages Series was filmed in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Situated on ancestral land on Treaty One territory.

The project is funded by the government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and distributed with help from the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation and First Peoples Radio Inc.

Links:
https://u-channel.ca/home/ilp/
https://www.canada.ca/home.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage.html
https://inuitbroadcasting.ca/
https://www.elmntfm.ca/