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ᓇᓃᓕᖅᐱᑕ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᖅ 20011 - Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

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ᓇᕙᓕᒃ ᕼᐃᓕᓐ ᑐᓗᒐᕐᓇᒦᓐᖔᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔾᔨ / Courtesy of Navalik Helen Tologanak / Pihimayaa Navalik Helen Tologanak<br />

ᕼᐃᓕᓐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᔅ ᕙᕋᐅᓐ.<br />

Helen and Miss Brown.<br />

Helen ovalo Miss Brown.<br />

ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᕋ ᒥᔅ ᐳᕋᐅᓐ. ᐱᐅᒋᓂᖅᐹᒋᕙᓚ -<br />

ᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐅᐊᑦᓯᐅᔪᓂ. ᐅᓪᓗᒥᓱᓕ ᐃᓅᔪᖅ. 77-ᓂᒃ<br />

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖃᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐳᑎᔅ ᑲᓚᒻᐱᐊᒥ<br />

ᐅᐃᖃᑐᖅ ᕗᕋᐃᔭᓐᒥᒃ. ᐳᓛᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᕋᑖᔪᔭᕋ ᒥᔅ<br />

ᐳᕋᐅᓐ ᐱᓯᒧᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᖃᑎ ᒌᒃᑲᓐᓂ -<br />

ᕋᓐᓄᑦ, ᕿᐊᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᓚᐅᑐᖅ.<br />

ᑐᓂᓚᐅᕌᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᓂᒃ ᐅᐊᑦᓯᔨᒋᖃᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᑎᒍ<br />

ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᕕᓂᖏᑦ. ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᓕᕋᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᔾᔩᑦ, ᕿᐊᓯᓚ -<br />

ᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᐃᓕᑕᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᑯᓘᓚᐅᕋᑦᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ<br />

ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᔅᑐᕆᖑ ᕼᐊᓪᒥ.<br />

ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᑎᓪᓗᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪ ᓕᓚ -<br />

ᐅᖅᑕᒃᑲ: ᓂᕆᕕᒋᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ, ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᑏᓪᓗ<br />

ᐊᑭᓕᕇᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᑰᑎᕙ ᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ<br />

ᐊᓂᕗᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᕙᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓃᖔᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ.<br />

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᐃᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ,<br />

ᐃᓅᑑᖑᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᑐᖅ, ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᓕᔭᖏᑦᑐᓂ<br />

ᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᓕᔭᖏᑦᑐᓂᓗ. ᐃᑦᑐᑯᒃᑲ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᒃ, ᐸᔅᑕ<br />

ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᐅᕕᐊ ᑲᐃᓕᒃ, ᕋᐃᓐᑎᐅ ᔅᑕᐃᓴᓐᒥᐅ ᑕᐅ -<br />

ᓚᐅᑐᑦ, ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐃᓅᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᖢᑎᒃ.<br />

ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᑐᓗᒐᕐᓇᖅ ᓱᕈᓯᖏᑦ ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᐅᓕᕋᐃᖕᒪᑦ<br />

ᓯᓂᑦᑕᕆᐊᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑎᓐᓄᑦ,<br />

ᐊᒃᑲᑯᑎᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᔭᒃᑯᑎᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᒃᑯᑎᓐᓄᓘᓐᓃᑦ.<br />

ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᖃᑕᓐᖑᑎᖃ -<br />

ᓚᐅᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᓂᒃᑐᒦᑦᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ<br />

ᑐᑭᓯᐊᓇᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖏᑕᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᐊᑦᓯᔭᐅᓪᓗᑕ.<br />

ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᖏᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᖏᓪᓕᕙᓪᓕ -<br />

ᐊᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐊᐅᓪᓛᓕᕆᓪᓗᑕ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒧᑦ<br />

ᑐᔪᕐᒥᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᑲᐃᑦᓱ ᕼᐊᓪᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᓴᐃᓐᓇᖅ,<br />

ᐊᖏᕐᕋᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᒪᐃᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂ -<br />

ᐊᕆᐊᓕᕋᑦᑕ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓅᕕᖕᒥ<br />

ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥᓪᓗ. ᐊᓂᒐ ᐊᖏᔪᑦᓯᖅ ᑲᐃᓐ ᑕᐃᒪᐃ -<br />

ᓯᒪᒻᒥᔪᖅ. ᐅᓪᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ,<br />

band Brian. I recently went to visit Miss<br />

Brown in BC and it was a wonderful reunion,<br />

very emotional, but happy. She<br />

gave me photographs and slides of the<br />

years we spent with her while she was<br />

the supervisor. As we looked at the pictures<br />

and slides, I began to cry, recognizing<br />

us little girls and also many other<br />

hostel students of Stringer Hall. As we<br />

looked at the slides, many memories<br />

came back to me: the dining room<br />

where we had to eat, girls on one side<br />

and boys on the other side. This is when<br />

we can see our brothers and cousins and<br />

those from home.<br />

As years went by, it was a lonely life,<br />

without our parents and grandparents.<br />

Luckily my grandparents from my<br />

mother's side, Buster and Sylvia Kailek,<br />

lived at Reindeer Station, and they later<br />

moved to Inuvik. We Tologanak kids<br />

were lucky to get signed out on Saturdays<br />

to be with our grandparents, uncles,<br />

aunts, cousins. But most of the<br />

students did not have relatives close by,<br />

many could not understand English and<br />

the hostel way of life with strangers supervising<br />

us and looking after us.<br />

This went on until we were older students,<br />

then we moved onto to Yellowknife<br />

where we stayed at Akaitcho<br />

Hall. Again, we were still forced to leave<br />

home to attend residential school. Many<br />

graduated in those days from Inuvik and<br />

Yellowknife. My older brother Kane was<br />

one of them. As days go by, between<br />

September and June of each year, we<br />

were never allowed to go home to our<br />

hometowns for Christmas, not even for<br />

funerals even if our relatives and families<br />

passed away. If we got homesick, we<br />

yaga Miss Brown ovalo alianaktuk<br />

takuyaangani, ikpinaktuk kihimi<br />

alianaktuk. Tunihimayuk piksanik ovalo<br />

takuyakhanik amigaituni ukiuni<br />

havakhimagami. Kungiakhugit piksat<br />

ovalo takuyakhat, kialiktuguk, ilitagilikhugit<br />

mikiyut aknait ovalo amigaitut<br />

ilihagiaktukhimayut Stringer Hallmut.<br />

Kungiakhugit takuyakhat, amigaktut<br />

ihumaliktavut: nigiviit nani nigilikpaktugut,<br />

aknait ilangani ovalo angutit<br />

ilangani nigiviit. Hamna ilaani, takulikpaktatka<br />

nukavut ovalo anakatigiit<br />

ovalo tahapkoa ilihaktut angilgaptinit.<br />

Ukiugaaluni tikitpaktut, ilaani avaliitumik<br />

inuuhianut, mikhaanut angay -<br />

ukaat ovalo ataatatiat ovalo anaanatiat.<br />

Aliana ataatatiatka amaamamnit,<br />

Buster ovalo Sylvia kailek, inuuhimayut<br />

tuktuhiukvianit Reindeer Stationmi<br />

ovalo kinguani nuutitihimayut Inuvikmut.<br />

Tologanakut nutagait aliahuktut<br />

hiniktagiaganik hilataanit Stringer<br />

Hallmit Saturdaymi, ataatatiakatigiivut,<br />

angait, atait, anakatingit pulaagiaga nik.<br />

Kihimi amigaitut ilihaktut ilakatimi nik<br />

hanianiingitut, amigaitut ukagiaganik<br />

kalunaatitut naluyut ovalo hiniktakvimi<br />

inuuhianut aalangugamik atanguyainik<br />

ovalo munagiyunut.<br />

Hamna pikataktavut inuulgamingu -<br />

ligapta, nani nuutitihimayugut Yellow -<br />

knifemut ovalo hiniktakviani Akaitcho<br />

Hallmi. Ilaa, nani kimaktihimayavut<br />

angilgavut ilihagiaktukluta. Amigaitut<br />

inikhimayut ilihakvianit Inuvikmit ovalo<br />

Yellowknifemit. Angayuga Kane atauhiuyuk<br />

inikhimayuk. Ubluit tikiligaagata,<br />

kitkanit Septembermit Junemut tamaat<br />

ukiumi, angilgaulaitugut aliahukvimi,<br />

angilgauluni iluviklugit ilakativut.<br />

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