Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 1

Collection

Citation

Kailek, Mary, “Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 1,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed June 15, 2025, http://slisdlibdev.srv.ualberta.ca/items/show/1468.

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Title

Mary Kailek’s Memories of Her Younger Days Part 1

People

Kailek, Mary

Date

[197-?]

Description

"Mary Kailek is storytelling of her younger days, of when she’d sew traditional caribou clothing for the police, of the various people, of the Christmas gatherings with the arrival of many with dog teams, the traditional food, and describes the snow houses that were made, and the games that were played, of the Nunamiut and Kuugyuarmiut, and Alaskans various styles of beautiful clothing, of shamans.
She also speaks of muskrat season in the Delta, of the many schooners, and many people eating outside, he Distributor boat, her father being a special constable in Iqaluktuuttiaq and feeling afraid to go to the East and of the Eastern Inuit, and a comical story of watching teenagers preparing a swan for cooking and trying to communicate with the langauge barrier and more. One of the stories repeats at the 42 minute mark, then continues the rest of the story around the 53:23 minute mark. Part 1. To be continued."

Type

Audio

Identifier

N-1992-253-0402

Dialect

Sallirmiutun

Kangiryuarmiutun