新的 2 美元硬币巧妙地强化了 ITK 的信息：有 4 个因纽特人权利持有组织

大多数加拿大人会将硬币视为可以让他们喝杯咖啡的东西。但它的设计体现了大多数因纽特人群体对于谁是因纽特人、谁不是因纽特人的信念。

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.

加拿大皇家造币厂推出了一枚新的两美元硬币，纪念加拿大因纽特人的故乡因纽特努南加特。该硬币是与因纽特人 Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) 合作设计的，ITK 是代表该国所有因纽特人的国家组织。

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.

硬币的设计采用了四个因纽特人权利持有组织的图像和符号，每个组织代表因纽特人努南加特地区：努纳武特地区、努纳维克地区、因纽特人地区和努纳齐亚武特地区。该硬币还包括四把乌鲁斯（ulus），一把传统的因纽特人刀，代表每个公认的因纽特人组织。

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.

该硬币的持久影响将强化 ITK 的信息，即因纽特人权利持有组织有四个，而不是五个。这一点意义重大，因为 ITK 一直与 NunatuKavut 社区委员会发生争执，该委员会是一个自称是因纽特人的拉布拉多团体，但 ITK 并不承认该团体。

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.

四位因纽特艺术家合作设计了这枚硬币，每个地区都有一位。大约一年前，也就是 2023 年夏天，艺术家们开始了硬币设计工作。

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."

当时，ITK 正在加大力度宣传其立场，即不认为 N​​unatuKavut 社区委员会是因纽特人。 2023 年 11 月，ITK 发表了一封公开信，称 NunatuKavut 是“一个变形的非原住民组织”。

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.

该组织主席纳坦·奥贝德（Natan Obed）警告说，这是“非原住民和团体利用原住民身份的令人担忧的趋势”的一部分，以确保财政资源和权利。

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，当两个组织没有足够的空间参加长期举办的北极光贸易展时，争端变得更加激烈。

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.

大多数加拿大人可能会忽视这枚硬币的象征意义，但每次有人使用一枚新硬币时，它都会提醒人们什么是因纽特努南加特……以及它不是什么。

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.

无论造币厂和 ITK 是否有意为之，这枚硬币都是其公关活动中的一个宝贵工具——加拿大人只需两美元就能得到这样的信息。