Remembering the Years of My Life: Journeys of a Labrador Inuit Hunter

Paulus Maggo

ISER Books, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 188 pages

At the age of eighty-three, Paulus Maggo, a highly respected Inuit elder residing in Nain on the Northern Labrador Coast, began narrating his experiences; from a child riding on his father's kayak to a senior citizen watching TV programs beamed by satellite to the community. His reflections provide a rare insight on the Inuit lifestyle, social relationships, and influences causing change in Aboriginal society during the twentieth century.

Remembering the Years of My Life is the story of a man with compelling dignity and wisdom, and is a testament to Inuit ingenuity, cooperation, and self-governance that existed prior to the union of Newfoundland and Labrador with Canada in 1949. An authoritative introduction traces the genealogies of Paulus Maggo and his late wife, Naeme, to the eighteenth century and places his personal life history in the broader context of Labrador history.

Contents

• Preface: 9
• Childhood Memories: 56
• Hunting and Trapping in the Country: 74

About the author

Paulus Maggo is a highly respected Inuit elder residing in Nain on the Northern Labrador Coast. Carol Brice-Bennett (1949-2018) was an anthropologist who worked for decades with Inuit in northern Labrador. Originally from Montreal, she coordinated land-use research for the Labrador Inuit Association in the 1970s. Her edited volume, Our Footprints Are Everywhere: Land Use and Occupancy in Labrador (Labrador Inuit Association, 1977), formed the basis of the land claim agreement for Nunatsiavut. Among other posts, she served as the Director of the Labrador Institute from 1985 to 1996 and as the Director of Aboriginal Health Programs and Research with the Labrador Grenfell Health Authority before she retired in 2015. She is the author of several books, including Dispossessed: The Eviction of Inuit from Hebron, Labrador (ImaginaireNord, 2017). She earned an MA from Memorial University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Remembering the Years of My Life: Journeys of a Labrador Inuit Hunter; Issue 63 of Social and economic studies
• Author: Paulus Maggo
• Editor: Carol Brice-Bennett
• Publisher: ISER Books, 1999
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Dec 16, 2009
• ISBN: 0919666957, 9780919666955
• Length: 188 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General; Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Indigenous; History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas; Social Science / Indigenous Studies