Ann Kasook

Ann Kasook was born in Yaya River, about 60 miles from Inuvik, NWT. She grew up in Reindeer Station and lived with Mikkel and Anna Pulk, as her mother Therese Iglayak was hospitalized for TB. Mikkel and Anna Pulk wanted to adopt Ann but due to religion in those days the adoption could not happen. Ann's dad’s name was Guy Umilruk, who came from Kugluktuk, NU. Both of her parents were sent to residential school in Aklavik at the age of 4 & 5, and they never made it back home.