The negotiators, Minnie Grey and Harry Tulugak, met with the John Abbott post-secondary students to bring them up to date on the latest developments of the Nunavik Regional Government negotiations.
Read about their exchange with the post-secondary students
Photos: Kitty Gordon, Makivik Corporation
This awe-inspiring fiord near Salluit is the background for our Fall 2009 banner.
Photo: Hannah Shenker
Juusipi Keleutak shows Linda Rose and Louisa a traditional string game. They appear on our Fall 2009 banner as an example of the theme "Lasting Intergenerational Connections".
Learn about "Lasting Intergenerational Connections"
Photo: Kativik School Board
Participants at this year’s Elders' Retreat are featured in our Fall 2008 banner to draw attention to the current theme "The Strength of Our Elders".
Learn about "The Strength of Our Elders"
Read about the Elders' Retreat
Photo: Kitty Gordon, Makivik Corporation
The Inukjuak River, highlighted in our Fall 2008 banner, is a reminder that it takes a lot of inner strength to adapt to the forces of nature.
With several rapids on its' twenty-nine kilometer journey, the Inukjuak River flows from east to west before emptying itself into the Hudson Bay.
Photo: André Brassard, Inukjuak
On December 5, 2007 the government of Québec, the government of Canada and Makivik Corporation signed the Agreement-in-Principle on the creation of the Nunavik Regional Government.
Signing the agreement were Chuck Strahl (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and non-Status Indians, government of Canada), Pita Aatami (President, Makivik Corporation), and Benoit Pelletier (Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs, Aboriginal Affairs, Francophones within Canada, the Reform of Democratic Institutions and Access to Information, government of Québec) in the presence of Jean Charest, Premier of Québec.
Photo: Bob Mesher, Makivik Corporation
Quaqtaq singer Beatrice Deer accompanied by Charlie Keelan performed two songs at the signing ceremony of the Agreement in Principle.
Photo: Bob Mesher, Makivik Corporation
Negotiators, from the three parties, initialling the Agreement in Principle (AIP), August 9, 2007. 
Left to right: Fernand Roy (Quebec negotiator), Minnie Grey (Chief Makivik negotiator), Harry Tulugak (Makivik negotiator) and Richard Budgell (Federal negotiator).
The negotiators and guests representing Nunavik organizations at the initialling of the Agreement in Principle (AIP), August 9, 2007. Left to right: Johnny Peters (Vice-President, Makivik), Fernand Roy (Quebec negotiator), Harriet Keleutak, Harry Tulugak (Makivik Negotiator), Minnie Grey (Chief Makivik negotiator), François Dorval, Jean-François Arteau, Maggie Emudluk (KRG Chairman), Richard Budgell (Federal negotiator), Rachel Dubois, Paul Bussieres, Alasie Arngak, Donat Savoie and Charlie Arngak.
An outdoor activity ended the school year for this group of Quaqtaq students marking the beginning of their summer break.
Photo: Gary Koiter
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