Thanks for letting us visit our mother’s grave

We would like express gratitude for the opportunity to go and see our mother’s grave. They were four of us, Ineak Akavak and her daughter, Pitsiulak Kilabuk, myself, Opik Pitsiulak and my daughter Aksatunguak Ashoona.

Thank you to Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. in Rankin Inlet and their staff, the Qikiqtani Inuit Association president and his staff, and First Air. From Nunavik, Piita Aatami allowed discounts for our air fares and for our Nunavut Government Leader Pauloosie Okalik and his staff.

Thanks to everyone who helped for their kindness.

We also thank Pitsiulak Akavak for assisting in filling out forms that we had to send out, even though that was a difficult task, but it’s over now.

My sister, Ineak Akavak and I, thank our daughters who helped us out a lot.

In Quebec, we were taken care of very well, and we were able to go to the cemetery with a minister and funeral director.

There were 34 Inuit buried in a beautiful cemetery. My sister and I are extremely thankful now that in our memory, we are reassured where our mother’s body is buried and most of all, we won’t be questioning as to where she is. Both of us are grateful now that we can let it go.

God bless all of those who helped.

Opik Pitsiulak
Iqaluit