Coopérative en vedette / ᑯᐊᐸ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑕᐅᔪᖅ / Co-op Spotlight
Puvirnituq
numerous because of decline in their populations and changes in migration routes
and walrus hunting grounds very far. The
Ivujivimmiut, on the other hand, had a
good number of seals and walrus nearer to
their communities.
“When Umikallak came to Puvirnituq,
he saw people struggling to make a living,
and the hardship they experienced when
the Hudson Bay Company’s budget would
run out during the year for the purchase
of carvings. Furthermore the price of fur
had gotten very low and Inuit searched for
other sources of money. He wondered how
he could help. So it was in 1958/59 that
Charlie Sivuaraapik, Peter Angutiggiq, and
Aisa Koperqualuk travelled with him to the
United States and southern Canada to see
how they could earn more money for Inuit.
I remember Charlie