Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 3

Collection

Citation

Gruben, Persis, “Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 3,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed April 5, 2026, http://slisdlibdev.srv.ualberta.ca/items/show/1348.

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Title

Persis Gruben telling her Life Stories, Part 3

People

Gruben, Persis

Date

November 1976

Description

Persis Gruben continues storytelling about her younger days with her parents, of she and her family’s many travels, of fishing, hunting and gathering for food when living a traditional nomadic life,. She also speaks of fatal illness, of when the Catholic Father froze his feet, of White Trappers, of a store, of various relatives and people and the numerous people camping in tents, of the police and the Hudson Bay, the flu epidemic, deaths and births, about the summer gatherings, about polar bears, caribou, seals, and whitefox, of the new years celebration, never going without, of not knowing about modern electricity and about hearing the prediction of people being able to just press a button for stoves, for heat, and for electricity, which she says they now live nowadays compared to long ago when they’d have to use an Inuit lamp (qulliq) for light, and get wood for the stove, and heat, so what she heard has come to pass, and more. Part 3. To be continued.