During the medical check-ups, our entire bodies


were checked including our teeth. We had to strip all of our clothing, completely and utterly naked. The hospital ship was called ‘Matavik’ in Inuktitut, simply meaning ‘where you strip.’ Once you were diagnosed with TB or some other illness,


you didn’t leave the ship, only your family. I remember anxious moments. We always looked for a nurse or a doctor telling us to stay on the ship. I remember there wasn’t much conversation or laughter while we waited for our turn to be stripped. Everything was hushed. Joe Teemotee was a little boy in 1958 when he and his family heard the bad news. He was to leave right away by an airplane, a DC-3, otherwise if he left on the C.D. Howe, the trip would take over three months. The airplane ride took only days. Joe remembers being very excited the whole time. This was so different from the dog teams his father had. Everything was so fast. Joe, Aulaqiaq and Akumalik travelled together, although they were all from different places: an elder Akumalik was from Pond Inlet, Aulaqiaq from Broughton Island and Joe from Iqaluit. The plane landed the next day, Joe says: “I think we landed in Moose Factory, Ontario. An Anglican minister met them and it was very comforting because by that time we were overwhelmed by so many foreign things, like food, travel, scenery and the language. None of us spoke any English and we had no interpreter.” The young Teemotee felt sorry for the elder Aulaqiaq who was visibly very ill. He could not walk very fast and was coughing a lot. Once again, the three Inuit were to experience another kind of travel, a train. None of them had ever seen a train, let alone ridden one. Joe was beyond disbelief while the two older companions looked frightened and anxious. Joe remembers the man who took them to the train yelling at Aulaqiaq for being so slow. He wanted to tell the man “Aulaqiaq is too sick,” but he could not speak the man’s language. Today Joe says: “I have since learned that trains run on schedule and he didn’t want us to miss the train.” The train ride was even more exciting than the airplane.


Joe didn’t sleep at all because there was so much to see. The trees, houses, green fields, villages, animals, cars, people, and more trees passed by all too quickly for young Joe. He wanted to completely absorb everything because there was so much to tell his family and friends back home. They finally arrived to their destination but they didn’t


know it. They thought they were going to travel some more; instead they were quarantined in a room. They were all together, then separated many days later. Joe never saw Aulaqiaq and Akumalik again.


ᐊᐅᓚᕿᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᓇᐅ−ᕙ ᑐᐊᕕᖁᔨᓪᓗᓂ ᓱᐊᒐᓱᒋᔭᒥᓂᖓ. ᐅᖃᐅᑎᒍ - ᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᑐᒍ ᐃᒫᒃ: ᐅᓇᓕ ᐊᐅᓚᕿᐊᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓗᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᖃᓪᓗᓇ - ᐅᔭᕈᓐᓇᓐᖏᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᓐᖏᓐᓇᒥ. ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᔫ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑯᑖᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓱᑦ ᑭᖑᕙᖅᑕᐃᓪᓕᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᖃᐃᒐᓪᓛᔪᒥᓂᖅ ᕿᒪᒃᑕᐅᖁᔨᓐᖏᒧᑦ. ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑯᑖᒃ ᐊᓪᓛᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᑭᒪᕕᒋᒋᐊᖓ ᖃᖓᑕᔫᕐᒥᒃ.


ᔫ ᐅᓐᓄᐊᓕᒫᖅ, ᐅᓪᓗᓕᒫᖅ, ᓯᓂᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓐᓂᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᒃᓴᖃᒧᑦ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓈᓗᖕᓂᒃ. ᒪᑯᐊᒎᖅ ᑕᐸᑐᕋᓵᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓪᓗᒐᓵᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᐊᓗᐃᑦ, ᖃᓪᓗᓈᒐᓵᓗᐃᑦ, ᐆᒪᔪᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᕿᓚᒥᐊᓗᒃ ᖄᖏᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᑭᒪᕕᖓ ᓱᒃᑲᒧᑦ. ᔫ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖅ ᒪᑯᐊᒎᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒃᓴᖏᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕈᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᖅᐸᓗᓕᖅᑐᑦ.


ᑎᑭᑦᑕᓯᓐᓇᓕᖅᑐᒥᓃᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᒥᓄᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᑕᕝᕙᓃᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓐᓂᓐᖏᓚᑦ. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᒡᒎᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕕᖕᒦᓕᖅᑐᒥᓃᑦ. ᑲᑎᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᓃᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐅᓪᓗᒐᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᕕᓕᖅᑐᒥᓃᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᐅᓚᕿᐊᒃᑯᒃ ᐊᑯᒪᓕᒃᑯᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓃᖅᑕᒥᓂᖏᑦ.


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