It reads in part:

“I'm not sure what year I was born. When Noah Nasook, the Anglican Minister in Igloolik, baptized me, he recorded his own year of birth because I was close to his age. My daughter Elisapee thinks I am now 71 years old. My parents, who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, were originally from Repulse Bay and I grew up there. In earlier times, Inuit were very close. They had strong friendships and helped each other through hard times. Today, some people have so much while others have so little and do not bother to share at all. In the earlier days, people shared food even if they didn't have much, as long as there was a little bit of extra food. Pieces of meat were cut up evenly and distributed among the whole community. Bread, bannock and tea were also evenly shared. If there was not enough tea to be divided up for each household, every bit of it was brewed together in a big pot so that everyone could have a cup. Tobacco was also shared - if people ran out, they would gather the little bits of leftover tobacco and everyone would sit around sharing one pipe. …”