“ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᒨᕐᓂᓐᖏᒃᑯᒪᓕ ᑐᖁᖓᓕᕋᔭᖅᑐᖓ” ᐊᓂ ᐃᒥᓚᔪᖅ ᓇᑕᖅ “If I weren’t taken to Hamilton hospital, I’d be dead,” Eemeelayo Annie


Nataq declares with conviction, then explains, “when I was in the hospital in Hamilton I got another sickness other than the TB and had to be operated on.” She had appendicitis. Eemeelayo went to the southern hospitals three different times. The first


time was to Hamilton with her mother Akiruq when she was a teenager. They both had tuberculosis. Her TB was so bad that she had to go by an airplane with her mother, Ullak and Evie. They were living outside of Kimmirut on the land. They were picked up by a military plane that had no seats. They landed in Goose Bay, Labrador. It was the very first time Eemeelayo and her companions had been away from their village; the new scenery diverted their thoughts from their illnesses. She remembers seeing trees only in magazines and now here they were in reality. “We had no escorts or interpreters, only the people who met us when we


landed. We had to demonstrate by our hands to communicate. We were very brave and able,” states Eemeelayo. She remembers thinking how good the people were to meet them and make sure they got on the right plane or train. Her voice trails off with “we didn’t get lost. We were very obedient and trusting.” Eemeelayo describes her bedridden days with pain and humour. She


had to be completely in bed, no touching the floor even when her bed was being made or she had to eliminate bodily fluids. The only time she was allowed to sit up was during the meal times. During these long bedridden


ᐱᕕᒃᑐᓂ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᒃ. ᐅᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᓂᓗ “ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᒋᐊᖅ - ᓯᒪᓪᓗᖓ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᒪ ᐊᓯᖓᓂᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᐱᓚᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆ - ᐊᖃᓕᖅᑐᖓ.” ᓱᓇᐅᕝᕙᐃᓐᓇ ᕿᐱᖑᐃᖅᑕᒥᓂᖅ. ᐃᒥᓚᔪᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᐊᖅᑎᖅᑐᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᒦᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᕈᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐅᓚᒃᒥᒃ ᐃᕕᒥᓪᓗ. ᓄᓇᒥᐅᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ. ᐃᓛᒎᖅ ᐊᐃᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᔫᒧᑦ. ᐃᑭᒻᒪᑕᒎᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᖃᖓᑕᔫᖓᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒥᓂᖅ ᒎᓯᐸᐃᒧᑦ. ᐃᒥᓪ - ᓚᔪᕉᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕆᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᔭᕆᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐅᓚᕕᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᑕᑯᔭᕆᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᓇᐹᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐃᔨᒥᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᑕᐃᓐᓇ - ᓕᖅᑐᒋᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕᒎᖅ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓐᓂᕐᒪᒋᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᒐᓂ. “ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖃᓐᖏᑦᑐᒍᑦ, ᑐᓵᔨᖃᓐᖏᑦᑐᒍᑦ, ᓱᓇᖃᓐᖏᑦᑐᒍᑦ. ᑕᒪᔾᔭ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ


ᐊᐃᒃᓯᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑎᑭᒐᐃᒐᑦᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᑎᒍᓐᓇᓐᖏᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖅᑐᑕ ᐊᒡᒐᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ. ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐱᓯᑎᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥᓂᐅᔪᒍᑦ.” ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊᒎᖅ ᐸᕐᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᕙᒃᑐᒥᓃᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐱᑦᓯ - ᐊᖅ ᐸᑐᒥᓃᑦ, ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᖅᐸᒃᑐᒥᓃᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᑭᑎᑉᐸᒃᑐᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎ - ᑯᑖᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᔫᒧᑦ. ᑕᒻᒪᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓐᖏᑦᑐᐊᓘᔪᒍᑦ. ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑐᓵᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᔪᒍᑦ ᑕᑎᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᑕᓗ.” ᐃᒥᓪᓚᔫᑉ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᕐᓇᖅᑐᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᔪᕐᓇᖅᐸᑐᑎᒡᓗ ᐱᔪᑦ.


ᐃᓛᒎᖅ ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᒃ ᓇᑎᕐᒨᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᓐᖏᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓪᓕᕐᒦᖏᓐᓇᕆᐊᓕᒥᓂᖅ. ᐊᓪᓛᑦ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᒃᑎᑕᐅᓕᕋᐃᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓪᓕᖓ ᓇᑎᕐᒨᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᖕᓂᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ. ᐊᕙᐃ ᕆᐊᑎᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐃᓪᓕᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᒪ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᒃᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥᓂᖅ. ᑭᓈᓗᒃᐸᒃᑐᓂᓗ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐃᓪᓕᕐᒥᓂ. ᓂᕆᓕᕋᐃᒐᒥᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᖅᐸᒃᑐᖅ, ᑮᑕᑲᐃᓐᓇᐅᖕᒥᔪᖅ. ᓇᓚᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᕈᓘᓪᓗᓂᒎᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓗᐊᖅᐸᑦᑐᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓚᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᐊᐱᖕᒥᓂᒃ, ᐃᓛᒃ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᑲᔾᔮᕆᔭᒥᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓕᒫᖅ ᑲᔾᔮᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑕᖅᑎᖅᐸᒃᑐᒋᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᓐᖑ - ᐊᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂᒋᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒥᓂ.


ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᔾᔫᒥᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᒡᒎᖅ ᐊᕐᓇᒧᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐃᓪᓕᕐᒦᖏᓐᓇᒋᐊᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ.


ᑖᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑕᑯᒥᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᑦᓯᐊᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᐱᑦᓯᐊᕆᒃᑐᓂ. ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕈᓗᑐᕈ. ᑕᑯᔭᕆᐅᕈᑎᒐᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᓇᐅᑎᑐᐃᓇᓕᑐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᐱᓐᓇᕋᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓪᓗᑏᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᑎᒌᓐᖏᑦᑑᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊᒎᖅ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑕᓂ ᒪᑉᐱᖅᑐᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᓯᕗᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᓐᖏᑕᖓ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᖃᖁᔨᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ “ᓴᓕ” ᐊᓱᐃᓪᓛᒃ ᐃᒥᓚᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᖅᑐᒥᓂᖅ ᓴᓕ. ᑖᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᖃᓪᓗ - ᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᖃᕆᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᖓ. ᓵᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᕆᐅᖅᓴᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᑕᑯᓴᕐ ᔫ -


ᒥ ᓕᕐᓂᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᓂ ᓈᑕᖅ ᐃᓪᓗᕈᓯᕐᒥᓂ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇᓕᒎᖅ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᖓ ᑕᑯᓇᒃᑐᐊᓗᒃ. ᐊᓂᒎᖅ ᖁᐊᑐᔪᔭᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᐱᒍᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓅᒍᓐᓇ - ᐃᓪᓕᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᔪᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᐃᓛᒎᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᖅ ᑲᓐᖑᑦᑕᐅ - ᖏᓐᓇᕋᒥ. ᑲᓐᖑᓱᓗᐊᓕᕋᐃᒐᒥ ᓱᒍᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᔪᖅ ᖁᐊᖅᑐᑎᑐᑦ. ᑕᐃᓐ - ᓇᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᖁᔨᒐᓗᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᓂ ᓱᒍᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᖕᒪᑦ ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐊᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᖅᑐᒥᓂᖅ. ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒍᓐᓃᖅᑐᒍᓗ ᐅᑎᓐ ᖏᑦᑐᖅ.


ᑕᖅᑭᒐᓴᖕᒪᕆᓂᒃ ᓇᑎᕐᒨᖅᑕᐃᓕᔪᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓅᓕᕐᓂᐅᑎᓂᒡᓗ ᐄᓯᑎᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᓂ ᐃᒥᓚᔪᖅ. ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᓕᕐᒥᒐᒥᒎᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓯ - ᐅᖅᑎᒧᑦ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓯᐅᖅᑎ ᐆᑦᑐᕋᖅᑐᓂ ᓇᑎᕐᒨᖁᔨᕈᓗᓕᖅᐳᖅ.


“ᓇᑎᕐᒨᕈᒪᓕᒧᑦ ᓂᑯᕕᒍᒪᓕᒧᑦ ᑐᓵᑦᓯᐊᕈᓗᓕᖅᐳᖓ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐃᓯᒐᒃᑲ ᓇᑎᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᒻᒪᑕ ᓂᑯᕕᒃᑲᓗᐊᕋᒪ ᐅᕐᕈᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ,” ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᕗᖅ ᐊᓂ. ᐃᓛᒎᖅ ᓂᐅᖏᒃ ᓄᑭᖃᕈᓐᓃᖅᑑᒃ ᐅᕕᓂᖃᕋᑎᒡᓗ, ᐊᑐᓐᖏᑦ ᓯᐊᓕᖅᑑᒎᖅ


ᐃᑉᐱᓐᓂᐊᒐᑎᒡᓗ. ᓂᑯᕕᒋᐅᖅᓴᖅᑐᓂᓗ


ᐱᓱᒋᐅᖅᓴᑕᓂᓗ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥᓂᖅ. ᐋᓐᓂᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓴᐱᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᒐᓗ ᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓂ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅ ᐊᑯᓂᒍᓱᒃ ᐸᒃ - ᑐᒥᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᕋᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᒋᐊᖅ, ᒪᒥᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᒋᐊᖅ.


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