Paul Idlout – His Story

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In 1955, Joseph Idlout, his wife Rebecca Qillaq and their three children; Paul, Moses and Leah were relocated from Pond Inlet to Resolute Bay.

“But these were what caused the hardships, at least for us, that there were no houses and it was fall and very cold, we lived in a tent and the tent was very cold, we did not go to a warm place for a long time (…)”

“Those of us who were relocated, it could not be helped, we were not from the same community the Quebec people and us and there was an obstruction as we did not speak the same dialect and our lifestyles were different and we had to get used to each other.”

“These were hardships we faced, not having nurses and trying to get accustomed to something we weren’t used to.”

Paul Idlout – Pond Inlet, 2013