Lighting the Qulliq & Inuit Artifacts with Inuit Knowledge Keeper Tauni Sheldon

Join Inuit Knowledge Keeper Tauni Sheldon as she lights the Inuit Qulliq and speaks to Inuit history through artifacts. Hear samples of Inuit music and throat singing and get interactive with Inuit artifacts such as the drum. Learn about artifacts that have been passed down since time immemorial and listen to teachings on how Inuit preserve their culture through stories Tauni will share.

Tauni was born to her Inuit parents from Nunavik however, taken at birth as a Sixties Scoop baby. She was raised by her qallunat parents in Milton, Ontario. Tauni has spent her lifetime reconnecting with her biological family, while growing up in the "south". She became the first female Inuit pilot, having flown in the Arctic for Air Inuit Ltd.; and has worked with federally incarcerated Inuit and Aboriginal men. Currently she works in a social capacity for all Inuit, and shares her Inuit culture. Tauni and her son embrace the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit way of learning, and is reconciling her Inuit Rites of Passage.

Learn more on Gryph Life: https://gryphlife.uoguelph.ca/event/133829.