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Looking for Love

Taken from the chapter “Looking for Love” in the book Keepers of the Faith: Five Native Women Share Their Stories

by Debra Fieguth.

Canada’s Arctic can seem cold and desolate to people who make their home in the South, but to those whose way of life is rooted in the tundra and snow, it’s warm, familiar and secure.

On May 28, 1954, Lizzie Epoo was born into an Inuit family on Patterson Island. It was nearing summer, and since the family was nomadic, Lizzie was born in a tent. She was the second daughter born to Lazarusie and Amilia (Emily) Epoo, but since another...