Joe Teemotee ᔫ ᑎᒨᑎ
One such young person was Joe Teemotee. Joe says he was about seven or eight years old when he arrived at Mountain Sanatorium in 1958. He had tuberculosis. He came with two other Inuit who were much older than him, Aulaqiaq and Akumalik. They were from the High Arctic and Joe came from Iqaluit, Frobisher Bay at the time. In the 1950s and ’60s the C.D. Howe hospital ship made
her rounds in every Arctic community along the coasts of the eastern Arctic each summer. We were still living on the land full-time. The only time we went to the settlements was at Christmas, ship time and to get staple supplies like tea, flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, ammunition, tobacco and jam.
ᔫ ᑎᒨᑎ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ. ᐳᕙᓪᓗᓕᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᒐᒥ 1958-
ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑎᓕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓅᖕᓂᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ: ᐊᐅᓚᕿᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑯᒪᓕᒃ. ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊᓕ ᖁᑦᓯᒃᑐᒥᐅᑕᒥᓃᒃ; ᑖᓐᓇ ᔫ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᖑᓪᓗᓂ. ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᒪᓐᓇᒫᕈᓗᒃ 1950 ᑕᒪᐅᖓ 1960-ᒧᑦ, ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓗ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᑦᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᒪᑦᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᓘᒃᑖᓄᑦ ᑎᒥᓕᒫᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᓪᓛᑦ ᑭᒍᑎᖏᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᓐ - ᖏᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ, ᐳᕙᓪᓗᓐᖏᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ. ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᓱᓕ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᐅ - ᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᕙᒃᑎᓪᓗᑕ − ᐃᓅᖃᑎᕗᑦ ᑲᑎᕙᒃᑕᕗᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᑦᑕᕋᐃᖕᒪᑦ ᒪᑦᑖᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᑐᑕ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᕙᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓂᐊᕋᐃᒐᑦᑕ. ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᑕᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᐅᕐᕕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᕐ -
ᔪᐊᓂᒃ. ᐊᓱᐃᓪᓛᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᔪᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᔾᔨᐊᓯᕙᒃᑐᒥᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᒪᑦᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᑎᑭᑐᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕙᔪᔪᑦ ᓘᒃᑖᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᒪᑦᑖᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᓯᕘᕋᒋᔭᐅᕙᔪᔪᖅ, ᐅᐱᓐᓇᕋᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᑐᐊᕈᑎᒃ, ᐳᕙᓪᓗᑐᐊᕈᑎᒃ, ᑕᕝᕙᓐᖓᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒥᑦ ᓅᖁᔭᐅᒍᓐᓃᖅᐸᔪᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᒃᑐᒃᑯᕕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐅᕙᒍᓪᓕ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᖑᓪᓗᑕ, ᓱᕈᓯᐅᓪᓗᑕ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᔪᔪᒍᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑎᑭᑐᐊᕐᒪᑦ. ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᑕᖃᓕᕋᐃᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᒐᓴᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᑲᑎᑦᑕᖅᓯᓐᓇᓕᖅᐸᔪᒐᑦᑕ, ᑐᓴᓕᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᑕᓗ ᐃᓅᒍᓐᓃᖅᑐᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ, ᐱᐊᕋᖅᑖᖅᑐᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐅᐃᑖᖅᑐ - ᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ.
ᒪᑦᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓕᕋᐃᒐᑦᑕ ᑎᒥᓕᒫᕗᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐊᓪᓛᑦ
Inuit watching arrival of the Eastern Artic patrol vessel C.D. Howe. Credit: W. Doucette/National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque/Library and Archives Canada/e010692606.
There is an island where people gathered to wait for the supply ships and the hospital ship outside of Kimmirut, Lake Harbour at the time. Supply ships are simply ships delivering goods for the year: building materials, food, mail, cloth materials, fuel and coal. When the C.D. Howe was spotted, we headed for Kimmirut. We were very obedient towards getting medical check-ups since the RCMP members told our people it was necessary for our health. The adults feared the medical check-ups just in case they had sickness and would have to go somewhere south and not come back. To us kids the arrival of a ship of any kind was a time of great excitement and adventure. It was a time to see so many other people all at once. The
adults could hear news of their relatives who were living in different villages along the coast. We saw adults crying because their relatives or friends had died during the winter. They could hear who had babies or who got married. When we lived on the land our villages were small, usually three to five families.
ᑭᒍᑎᕗᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᒫᕗᑦ ᑎᒥᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ ᐲᔭᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᒋᑦ ᐅᕕᓃᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᑕ. ᐅᐱᓐᓇᕋᓂ ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᒪᑦᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥᒃ ᐊᑦᓯᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯ. ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᑐᐊᕈᕕᑦ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᒋᐊᒃᓴᕕᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᑕᕝᕙᓐᖓᑦ ᒪᑦᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥᑦ ᓂᐅᖁᔭᐅᒍᓐᓃᖅᐳᑎᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓚᓕᒫᑎᑦ ᓂᐅᔪᑐᐊᑦ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖓ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕘᕋᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᖃᑐᐊᓘᕙᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕ - ᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᕐᒥᒃ ᓘᒃᑖᓄᑦ. ᔫ ᑎᒨᑎ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 1958-ᒥ ᐊᓈᓇᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᖕᒪᑕ
ᐃᓛᒎᖅ ᑖᓐᓇᔪ ᐃᕐᓂᖓᑦ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᖃᖓᑕᔫᒃᑯᑦ. ᔫ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᐸᓘᓐᓂᕆᐊᖅ ᐅᐱᓐᓇᕋᓂ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᒐᒥ. ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᖕᓂᓐᖏᑦᑐᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᔫᕆᐅᕐᓂᐊᕋᒥ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᐸᓘᓪᓗᓂ − ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᐸᓘᖕᒪᒡᒎᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᑕ ᕿᒻᒥᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑎᒥᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᑯᒪᓕᒃ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓂᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᕿᐊᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ. ᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒥᓃᑦ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᒨᔅᐹᒃᑐᕆᒧᑦ. ᐊᔪᕆᑦᓱᐃᔨᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᕆ - ᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᓃᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᐅᓚ ᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᕆᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ. ᓂᖀᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ. ᐅᐱᓐᓇᕋᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓐᓂᓐᖏᒻᒪᑕ. ᔫ ᓇᓪᓕᒍ - ᓱᒃᐸᒃᑐᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᕿᐊᒥᒃ ᐅᐱᓐᓇᕋᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕙᓗᒃᐸᓐᓂᕐᒪᑦ ᖁᐃᖅᓱᓐᐃ - ᓇᖅᑐᓂᓗ. ᓱᓖᓛᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᓐ -
ᖏᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᓱᓇᐅᕝᕙ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑯᑖᒃᑯᑦ. ᑕᑯᔭᕆᐅᖅᑐᒍᓗ ᐃᑭᕕᒋᓕᖅᑐᒍᓗ. ᔫ ᑕᐸᐃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᒥᓂᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓕ ᐃᓅᖃᖏᑎᒃ ᓯᕘᕋᕙᓗᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ. ᔫ ᐃᖅᑲᐅ - ᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑯᑖᒧᑦ ᐃᑭᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᖃᐃᒐᓪᓛᔪᒥᓂᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᑖᑉᓱᒧᖓ
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