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CANNIBAL

from SHIFTING by Beatrice Deer

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CANNIBAL

ᐃᑎᒉᑦᑐᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᖑᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖁᖅ
ᐊᑉᐸᑑᒥᐅᖑᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑌᑦᓱᒪᓂᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ
ᐱᕐᓕᕋᓕᕐᑐᕕᓃᑦ ᓂᕆᔭᑦᓴᖃᖕᖏᒪᑦ
ᑐᖁᕋᓕᕐᑐᕕᓃᑦ ᓱᓇᖃᖕᖏᒪᑦ
ᓂᕿᖃᖕᖏᒪᑦ
ᐆᒪᔪᖃᖕᖏᒪᑦ

ᐃᑎᒉᑦᑐᐊᓗᒎᖅ ᓱᒋᐊᓪᓚᕖᕈᒐᒥ
ᐃᓄᕕᓂᕐᑐᑐᕕᓂᖅ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᒍᒪᒐᒥ
ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓪᓕ ᑌᑲᓂ ᐅᑭᓕᕐᑐᕕᓂᐊᓗᒃ
ᐃᓄᕕᓂᕐᒥᖔᖅ ᐱᒍᒪᖔᓕᕐᓱᓂ
ᒪᒪᕐᓴᖔᓕᕐᓱᓂ
ᓂᕿᑐᐊᖃᓯᑦᓱᓂ

Roman orthography

Itigaittualummik angutiqalaurniquq
Appatuumiungutsutik taitsumanimmarialuk
Pirliralirtuviniit nirijatsaqanngimat
Tuquralirtuviniit sunaqanngimat
Niqiqanngimat
Uumajuqanngimat

Itigaittualuguuq sugiallaviirugami
Inuvinirtutuviniq annaumagumagami
Kisianilli taikani ukilirtuvinialuk
Inuvinirmingaaq pigumangaalirsuni
Mamarsangaalirsuni
Niqituaqasitsuni

English translation

There was a man named Itigaittualuk
They lived in Akpatok Island long, long ago
They faced a famine and there was nothing to eat
Some died because there was nothing
There was no food
There were no animals

It is said Ittigaittualuk had no choice
He ate human flesh to survive
But then he developed a liking
He preferred human flesh
He liked the taste instead
It was the only meat he wanted

French translation

Il y avait un homme du nom d’Itigaittualuk
Son peuple vivait sur l’île Akpatok, il y a très très longtemps
Ils ont été confrontés à une famine; il n’y avait rien à manger
Certains sont morts, car il n’y avait plus rien
Il n’y avait plus de nourriture
Il n’y avait plus d’animaux

On dit qu’Itigaittualuk n'avait d’autre choix
Il a mangé de la chair humaine pour survivre
Mais ensuite, il y a pris goût
Il préférait la chair humaine
Il aimait mieux son goût
C’était la seule viande qu’il voulait

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from SHIFTING, released December 10, 2021

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Canadian Aboriginal Music Award-winning singer-songwriter Beatrice Deer hails from Nunavik. Half-Inuk and half-Mohawk, Deer left her small hometown of Quaqtaq, Quebec (population: 376) in 2007 and moved to Montreal. Her themes range from classical Inuit folk tales and legends to the importance of finding understanding and the search for meaning within personal growth. ... more

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