Culture shock: Mini Aodla Freeman recalls moving from James Bay to Ottawa in the 1950s – CBC
Nov 29, 2015
When Mini Aodla Freeman was 18 years old she moved from James Bay in Canada’s north, almost 800 kilometres south, to Ottawa.
The Inuit woman, who had never been to a big city, may as well have moved to another planet.
“I was really fascinated with the town,” she said. “Fascinated with everything that I saw… street cars, mini car, tall buildings.”
‘In our community, we just naturally lived in the community. Everything was off the ground, everything we ate was off the land, so everything I saw in the south was totally different and fascinating to me.’
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