Life Stories with Mary Kailek

Collection

Citation

Kailek, Mary, “Life Stories with Mary Kailek,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed January 25, 2026, https://inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1463.

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Title

Life Stories with Mary Kailek

People

Kailek, Mary

Date

[197-?]

Description

Mary Kailek is storytelling of when she recovered from her illness and went to pick up Joe from the hospital with her dogteam, of the numerous people that were sick and some who passed away, with the hospital in Aklavik being full including the public school, of the police and doctor message for people not to travel to Aklavik or return to Aklavik due many being sick, that they would deliver food with the bombardier to people, of she and other’s travels, of beluga whale hunting, of the lifestyle living out on the land, of the new experience of people going to listen to a court hearing in Aklavik, also of the dancing, of suddenly going into labour and giving birth to her son, of some people that made it safely to Tuktoyaktuk with a lifeboat after hearing that a boat had sunk, and more.

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0398

Dialect

Sallirmiutun