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There are a lot of stories about the sea that the
elders have told us, like the beluga whale that changed into
a wolf and the beaver that changed into a killer whale.
Whenever they wanted to change into an animal they
would go to the shore.
Long ago if the whales were swimming around and they
were really starving because they weren't able to find any
food, they would come up on land and change into wolves. As
wolves they walked around the land and ate everything that
was in sight, that is until they came up to this one woman
who had rubbed some ointment on her that would keep the
dangerous animals away from her. The wolves could not touch
her at all, so they went on until they found food somewhere
else.
Until this day it is believed that they still change
from land animals to sea animals, and sea animals to land
animals. This is why Beluga whales sometimes have hair on
them. It is said they are about to change into
wolves.
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Amllertut quliirarqat imarpirmeng, teggnet
quliiruallqat wangkutnung. Imar-piurtartung cimiirarqlluteng
kairgameng, paluktak-llu allrumeng. Cimiryukamengllu ssnamun
taggtut.
Aka tamaani cetuat kuimallarteng,
kiak-apairluteng-llu, neqkamiiteng-llu nall-kitcirartnateng.
Tua-llu ssnamun maiyur-lluteng cimirluteng-llu tanrilriit
ner-luki, tua-llu arnamun tekilluteng cameng-rruq
mingurluni, tauna mingurqaq ungung-ssineng agtuggcigganaku,
tamaakut kegger- nerlet ayaluteng neqkameng
evaryartug-luteng.
Maiyirpak cali tamaakut ungungssit tuaten cimirrlartut
kaiggakameng. Ung-ungssit cimiiraqluteng imarpiutarmeng,
imarpiutat-llu ungungssitmeng. Cetuat-ruk nuyangkertut
cimiryukameng kegglernermung.
Story by
Irene Kaganak
Interviewed by
LouAnn Aguchak
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