“I don't start with 'I am a woman.' No. I start 'I am a person.' I am a person like anybody else I deserve to be treated like anybody else. I am a person before I am anything else. Before I am a woman, before I am a Native. Anything else. And I deserve to be heard. As a person, I can help somebody else, too. That is what gives me the greatest satisfaction is helping somebody else. And I think I was put here on earth to serve people because that's what makes me whole and that's what makes me happy. To help other people. Sometimes I don't act that way! Especially when I start off wrong-but I think for now it's my reason to be here: In this college, in this community, in this world. And when you are helping others, you learn a lot!”

“One girl took the first job she'd ever had in her life. It was a cashier at the grocery store, But I think that took a certain amount of hauling yourself up out of a rut and saying I'm going to do this, earn a wage, Especially when her husband didn't work. It was putting herself in a vulnerable position. A threatening position. So it must have taken something inside of herself to do that. And she obviously took a lot of joy out of doing that, out of being in that job”.

“The radio program is a very good idea for women, because they are the ones who are usually at home, listening to the radio. And that way they can learn to read and write, or they can help me, A lot of times they do-especially the elder women. They'll call me and say 'This is how you say this,' or 'No, it's done this way.' So they give us support. For some reason, Inuit women don't just come out and talk. Like I work here in the college. I hardly get any calls here during the day. But at the radio where everybody's listening and they can hear me, then they'll call me and give me advice. . So there is an interest ”.