Taken Away From Family and Home by Agnes Nigiyok

Collection

Citation

Nigiyok, Agnes, “Taken Away From Family and Home by Agnes Nigiyok,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed April 19, 2024, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1338.

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Title

Taken Away From Family and Home by Agnes Nigiyok

People

Nigiyok, Agnes

Date

July 9, 1976

Description

Agnes Nigiyok is telling the very sad tale of when she was taken away from her family and homeland accross the ocean to Kugluktuk, Nunavut, as a young girl, by the Sikoalok’s who treated her like a dog and made her suffer and treated her very badly, when they had taken her in their plans to have her marry their son when they grew up. She would be very fearful of the Sikoakok’s and would cry only when she was alone for missing her family as she thought she would never see them again.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0286

Dialect

Sallirmiutun