When the Inuit succeeded in killing some muskox, he was given portions of meat and fat to take along with him back home to his people because in the old days young children were given pieces of meat for their amulets. As he was heading home, he took the meat. His share was a small piece of meat and fat. When he got home with the small pieces of meat and fat he had given to the Inuit, the people all got filled from it; to his people the meat was a big piece. It is customary for Inuit to share their catch; you get a share and you get full from it.

His people were filled with the meat and fat that he had brought home for them. His people were the same size as the ‘little people’. It is a custom to Inuit to share their catch.

I will tell more stories at another time, but I can tell you a bit about Kautakak from the Ikaluktuktiak area. He was my cousin and he was also a shaman. Alikamik had made him into a shaman but he has been dead for some time now.

Kautakak must have been a shaman because he could make the fish go into his nets when no one was catching any fish. “Yes he could do that; he was known to be a shaman as well.” said the interpreter. Kautak used to ly according to stories that were told from this area by Ikhik.