Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 3

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Citation

Kailek, Mary, “Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 3,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed May 3, 2025, http://www.inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/1482.

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Title

Fond Memories of Younger Days by Mary Kailek Pt 3

People

Kailek, Mary

Date

[197-?]

Description

Mary Kailek is sharing more life stories from long ago of their travels, shares some funny stories, of clean ice water, of she and other’s having to go to Aklavik for their tooth extractions, arrival of the Hudson Bay Boat, the numerous tents, and the schooners, and more. The storytelling switches to a more recent past and she shares more life stories of her family, her travels, her relatives, and fond memories of when her daughter Jessie was small. Mary then tells more life stories from an earlier time when traveling to various communities like Kugluktuk, Nunavut on the Police boat, Fort Roch, in 1939, the year her brother Donald Kaglik got hurt, then on to Ulukhaktok, N.T., of advice she was given on sewing traditional clothing for her family, and some humorous stories and more.