Although Tama Fost is a Newfoundlander, and a Labradorian too, she is also describes herself as a ‘first-generation urban Inuk.’ (Submitted by Tama Fost)
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Ullukut ilonnasi. Tamauvunga — good day all of you. I am Tama.
I was born and raised in downtown St. John’s. My settler dad, Fred, was from Millertown, N.L., while my Inuk mom, Charlotte, is from Hopedale, Nunatsiavut (north coastal Labrador).
Although I’m a Newfoundlander and Labradorian, I am the first generation of my Inuit
