What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile

ᓛᕆ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓗᒃ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐆᒐᖅᓯᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ,
ᓄᓇᒋᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑐᖃᖅ ᐃᓄᔾᔪᐊᑉ ᐱᖓᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᑯᐸᐃᒃ
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ, ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ. ᐱᖓᓱᑲᓴᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ
ᐃᓚᔮᕇᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ
7−ᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᔮᕇᓂᒃ ᓅᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒧᑦ 1950
ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ.
ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐱᓚᓇᖅᑐᒧᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᓱᖃᙱᑦᑐᒧᑦ.

ᓛᕆ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ,
ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓚᔮᕇᓪᓗ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᓇᓱᒡᒐᕐᓂᕆᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ,
ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᔭᐅᙱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ
ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕋᐃᕙᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᓪᓕ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ
ᐃᔪᕐᓈᕿᓕᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂᓗ, ᓛᕆ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᖅᑯᔾᔨᕗᖅ
ᐃᓅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᒃᓯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ −
ᐅᓰᒻᒪᓘᖅᑕᐅᓂᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ ᐊᔪᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ
ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑕᐅᓇᓱᖕᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓂᒃ
ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ.

Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit families relocated from Nunavik to the High Arctic in the early 1950s.They were promised a land of plenty. They were given an inhospitable polar desert.

Larry tells of loss, illness, and his family’s struggle to survive, juxtaposed with excerpts from official reports that conveyed the relocatees’ plight as a successful experiment. With refreshing candour and an unbreakable sense of humour, Larry leads the reader through his life as a High Arctic Exile—through broken promises, a decades-long fight to return home, and a life between two worlds as southern culture begins to encroach on Inuit traditions.

Written by Larry Audlaluk

Paperback (English) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-237-6 | $25.95 | 6″ x 9″ | 280 pages | Full-colour photographs section | General |

Paperback (Inuktitut) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-453-0 | $36.95 | 6″ x 9″ | 320 pages | Full-colour photographs section | General |

EPUB (English) | ISBN: 978-1-77227-382-3 | $13.99 | 280 pages | Full-colour photographs section | General |

Praise

“Amid some terrible histories, Audlaluk offers moments of unexpected tenderness and beauty.”—Literary Review of Canada

“Weaving together his own memories and interviews with family and friends, Audlaluk writes like a storyteller…This book will be eye-opening for southern Canadians who are just now realizing the depth of the history they were never taught.”—Broadview Magazine

“If those interested in the modern history of the Inuit people of eastern Canada were to read just one book on the subject, Larry Audlaluk’s What I Remember, What I Know, should be it.”—Arctic Book Review

Awards

Shortlisted — John W. Dafoe Book Prize for Non-Fiction Excellence, 2021

Shortlisted — Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-fiction, 2021

Honorable Mention — William Mills Prize, 2022