When I Was Eight

When I Was Eight book cover — When I Was eIght Christy Jordan-Fenton Margaret Pokiak-Fenton Art by Gabrielle Grimard The school Margaret attended in Aklavik The school Margaret attended in Aklavik

When I Was Eight — page 1 — I knew many things when I was eight I knew how to keep the sled dogs quiet while Father snuck up on caribou and to bring the team to him after a kill I knew the sun slept in the winter and woke in the summer And I knew that when the sun-warmed Arctic Ocean shrugged off its slumbering ice we would cross it to trade furs with the outsiders

When I Was Eight — page 2 — I knew many things when I was eight I knew how to keep the sled dogs quiet while Father snuck up on caribou and to bring the team to him after a kill I knew the sun slept in the winter and woke in the summer And I knew that when the sun-warmed Arctic Ocean shrugged off its slumbering ice we would cross it to trade furs with the outsiders

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