Introduction-E

When they came and got you, did you want to move?
Pauloosie: Even though I didn’t want to go because I still had a few dogs, I had to go.
Since I had to agree, I was brought to Pangniqtuuq.
Why did you give in? Did you resist? Were you afraid of them?
Pauloosie: Maybe they thought we were going to be hungry. That’s probably why it was
so.
Were you picked up when you were living in a qammaq at Qikiqtan?
Pauloosie: No.
Where were you when you were picked up?
Pauloosie: In what I called Illungajut. After I’d been there for a long time.
You had a qammaq there and you just left it?
Pauloosie: Yes. The one who I referred to as being my only son, Siimi, didn’t come by
plane, in order to keep the dogs. He was going to bring the dogs to Pangniqtuuq. He
was going to bring my only remaining dogs to Pangniqtuuq. It is known that those that
did not lose their dogs did that.
So when winter came, those teams were brought to Pangniqtuuq?
Pauloosie: During that same season we were taken to Pangniqtuuq, when the days got
long, when we were able to move into tents, when the sun was up all night, but it was
still cold.
Saullu: In March, we went there.
Did you leave all your personal effects behind?
Pauloosie: Yes, all we brought was what we were wearing. We were able to go and get
some of our things later.
Did you have to get married before you had children? Is this something
you had to do back then?
Pauloosie: Yes. Now it seems that only if there are a number of children they have to get
married. That’s probably not the way it is though. We used to have to get married early
back then.
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