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An Aboriginal woman is carrying her baby on a native baby carrier which is hanging on her back and watching the baby over her shoulder. Behind her, some people are walking toward white houses next to a farm and before mountains. Additional inscription next to a picture of a young man wearing a baseball hat:My name is Audla Eetoorooloopiag Geetah-Cyr. I am an Inuk born in Iqaluit. I am 15 years old, and I live in Ottawa with my two fathers. My mother died from AIDS when I was only four years old. Sometimes people, not just kids, said mean things about my mother or called me names. It made us sad, not angry. People’s fear of HIV and AIDS is what made my mother decide it would be safer for me to be adopted out of my family by my dads in the south. My mother loved me enough to made sure I would be safe when she died. I am really proud of the remarkable things she did to educate Inuit about HIN/AIDS even they didn’t want to listen. Now tell people when it comes to HIV/AIDS not to be silent. Talk from your heart and tell people how you feel. Help them understand that the fear they feel is because they do not have facts and that they need to get them, not just for themselves but for their friends and family too. For more information on Aboriginal people and HIV/AIDS call the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network tool-free at 1-800-285-2226 or go to our webpage at WWW.caan.ca. Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, items CN034_1 and CN034_2 (back). Aboriginal AIDS awareness
Type
image
Identifier
CN034_1 CN034_2 ark:/21198/zz0002wtrs
Language
English
Subject
Awareness Discrimination Fear Indigenous peoples--Canada AIDS (Disease)--Information services
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