新的 2 美元硬幣巧妙地強化了 ITK 的訊息：有 4 個因紐特人權利持有組織

大多數加拿大人會將硬幣視為可以讓他們喝杯咖啡的東西。但它的設計體現了大多數因紐特人群體對於誰是因紐特人、誰不是因紐特人的信念。

The Royal Canadian Mint has unveiled a new two-dollar coin commemorating Inuit Nunangat, the homeland of the Inuit people in Canada. The coin was designed in collaboration with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), the national organization representing all Inuit in the country.

加拿大皇家造幣廠推出了一枚新的兩美元硬幣，紀念加拿大因紐特人的故鄉因紐特努南加特。該硬幣是與因紐特人 Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) 合作設計的，ITK 是代表全國所有因紐特人的國家組織。

The design of the coin features imagery and symbols of the four Inuit rights-holding organizations, one for each region of Inuit Nunangat: Nunavut, Nunavik, Inuvialuit, and Nunatsiavut. The coin also includes four ulus, a traditional Inuit knife, representing each of the recognized Inuit organizations.

硬幣的設計採用了四個因紐特人權利持有組織的圖像和符號，每個組織代表因紐特人努南加特地區：努納武特地區、努納維克地區、因紐特人地區和努納齊亞武特地區。該硬幣還包括四把烏魯斯（ulus），一把傳統的因紐特人刀，代表每個公認的因紐特人組織。

The coin's lasting impact will be to reinforce ITK's message that there are four Inuit rights-holding organizations, not five. This is significant because ITK has been engaged in an ongoing dispute with the NunatuKavut Community Council, a Labrador group claiming to be Inuit, which ITK does not recognize.

該硬幣的持久影響將強化 ITK 的訊息，即因紐特人權利持有組織有四個，而不是五個。這一點意義重大，因為 ITK 一直與 NunatuKavut 社區委員會發生爭執，該委員會是一個自稱是因紐特人的拉布拉多團體，但 ITK 並不承認該團體。

Four Inuit artists collaborated on the coin's designs, one from each region. The artists began their work on the coin design about a year ago, over the summer of 2023.

四位因紐特藝術家合作設計了這枚硬幣，每個地區都有一位。大約一年前，也就是 2023 年夏天，藝術家們開始了硬幣設計工作。

At that time, ITK was ramping up its campaign to highlight its position that it does not consider the NunatuKavut Community Council to be Inuit. In November 2023, ITK published an open letter calling NunatuKavut "a shape-shifting non-Indigenous organization."

當時，ITK 正在加強宣傳其立場，即不認為 NunatuKavut 社區委員會是因紐特人。 2023 年 11 月，ITK 發表了一封公開信，稱 NunatuKavut 是「一個變形的非原住民組織」。

The organization's president, Natan Obed, warned that it is part of the "alarming trend of non-Indigenous people and groups co-opting Indigenous identities" to secure financial resources and rights.

該組織主席納坦·奧貝德（Natan Obed）警告說，這是「非原住民和團體利用原住民身份的令人擔憂的趨勢」的一部分，以確保財政資源和權利。

The dispute intensified this year when it became clear that there was not enough space for both organizations to participate in the long-standing Northern Lights trade show.

今年，當兩個組織沒有足夠的空間參加長期舉辦的北極光貿易展時，爭端變得更加激烈。

The symbolism of the coin will likely go unnoticed by most Canadians, but every time someone uses one of the new coins, it will serve as a reminder of what Inuit Nunangat is ... and what it isn't.

大多數加拿大人可能會忽略這枚硬幣的象徵意義，但每次有人使用一枚新硬幣時，它都會提醒人們什麼是因紐特努南加特…以及它不是什麼。

Whether the mint and ITK intended it or not, the coin is a valuable tool in its public relations campaign—a message Canadians get for only two dollars.

無論造幣廠和 ITK 是否有意為之，這枚硬幣都是其公關活動中的寶貴工具——加拿大人只需兩美元就能獲得這樣的資訊。