Surviving Very Hard Times by Agnes Nigiyok

Collection

Citation

Nigiyok, Agnes, “Surviving Very Hard Times by Agnes Nigiyok,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed January 12, 2026, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1333.

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Title

Surviving Very Hard Times by Agnes Nigiyok

Audience

Contains sensitive material.

People

Nigiyok, Agnes

Date

July 9, 1976

Description

Agnes Nigiyok is telling a story of when she was a young girl of the many years of hardships she endured when she lived with her step parents, the Sikoaluks . She recalls how they let her suffer in need of clothes and left her hungry most of the time she was with them. She speaks of staying with the Lennie family who treated her like their own child, and staying with various families while growing up, then getting married where she felt she was treated really well and finally got a good home, and more.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0281

Dialect

Sallirmiutun