order to uphold the constitutionally
protected rights of all Nunavimmiut.”
Makivik works within the Nunavik
region with the main organizations
created as a result of the JBNQA, with
the government of Quebec, and the
government of Canada, as well as with
fellow Inuit from across Inuit Nunan-
gat—the Inuit homeland—as part of
the national Inuit political process,
formally represented by Inuit Tapiriit
Kanatami (ITK). At the circumpolar
level Makivik is a member of the Inuit
Circumpolar Council (ICC).
Charlie Watt Sr. receiving the Air Inuit Award
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