Geela Akulukjuk

Geela Akulukjuk was born in 1952 in Ushualuk, an outpost camp near Pangnirtung. Her testimony includes information on two episodes of relocation that she faced as a child. She grew up in a camp with her grandparents. In 1960 she was sent to Iqaluit one day with her grandmother and her sister, without an explanation. That same year, she was sent back to the community of Pangnirtung, but not to her original camp. At school, she and other students who could not speak English experienced physical abuse by teachers.