Ayaya by Noah Piugattuk

 At age 9, Zacharias Kunuk is taken away from his family and brought to Igloolik, so he can attend the Federal Day School and learn English. "This was the saddest day of my life" he recalls.

 ᓄᐊ ᐱᐅᒑᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 95ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᒃ 1995ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍᑦ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᑯᓗᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᖕᒪᑎᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ. ᖁᔭᓕᓯᒪᖕᒥᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᖕᒪᑎᒃ ᓄᐊ ᐱᐅᒑᑦᑑᓚᐅᖅᑑᑉ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ.

When Noah was nearing his death, he could not eat anymore, and even had a hard time swallowing water. He was craving muktuk (Bowhead whale skin and blubber). He asked that a whale be caught for him, and they managed to catch one.
He was able to eat again.

Louis Uttak recalls the smell of paint from the first four wooden houses built.

The first wooden buildings were built in the Avajja area. They smelled like paint even when you were on the beach.

Policemen and Priests would come from Pond Inlet to Igloolik. They were “very rich” and had helpers.