Anne Salluviniq Mullin – Her Story

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Anne’s parents; Daniel and Sarah Salluviniq were relocated from Inukjuak to Resolute Bay in 1953. Anne was born in Resolute Bay a few years later.

[…] we grew up with alcohol up in Resolute Bay. We didn’t mind it in the summertime, because you know in the summertime, it’s not cold. We can go run away until they fall asleep and then we can go home. But when the winter hit, we had nowhere to run.”

“My cousins, we would always get together, visit each other, like we would have to feed ourselves, we would be like seven years old. I’m not sure exactly how we survived, but we did.”

“Healing is very important in Inuit culture. In our last trip to Inukjuak, we did some healing, we did lots of crying, which felt so… something heavy came out from the inside and from the shoulders.”

Anne Salluviniq – Iqaluit, 2011