Introduction-E

Hervé Paniaq
Interviewers: Susan Enuaraq and Julia Shaimaiyuk
Translation: Maaki Kakkik
Frédéric Laugrand
Who were your parents?
Paniaq: Yes, I will tell you a story from before that time. My grandfather was
Ittuksaarjuat. My grandmother was Ataguttaaluk. On my mother’s side my grandfather
was Inuaraq and his wife was Ilupaalik. My father’s name was Piugaattuk, who was
Ittuksaarjuat’s son, and my mother’s name was Alariaq, who was Inuaraq’s daughter.
These were my parents.
Where did you live before?
Paniaq: We lived around the Iglulik area in a place called Avvajja. That’s where I start
remembering, from when we lived there.
Is that where you were born?
Paniaq: I was born in Avvajja.
Do you know what year you were born?
Paniaq: Yes of course. I was born in 1933 in the month of October on the 7th.
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