Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the concurrence of my colleague for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Floyd Roland, I would like to again take this opportunity to make a statement in memory of a dear friend who recently passed away in Inuvik.

Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that during the past month, the town of Inuvik has lost a number of important members of our community. One such member is a gentleman by the name of Noah Selamio. Noah frequently attended our elders luncheons at Ingamo Hall, where I enjoyed sitting down and listening to his many stories.

Noah was born in Nunalok in the Yukon Territory. As a young man, Noah hunted and trapped in the northern part of the Yukon and eventually moved to the Mackenzie Delta.

Mr. Selamio's occupations varied throughout his life. He began working at the Moose Kerr School in Aklavik and when Inuvik came into being, he moved his family to Inuvik where he worked at Stringer Hall. After working there for several years, Noah worked as a labourer for Imperial Oil for several more years until the oil and gas industry left in the mid 80s.

Mr. Speaker, what continues to sadden me most is that many of our elders who are leaving us behind played such an integral part in developing Inuvik in its formative years.

So today, Mr. Speaker, I ask the Assembly to join me in expressing our deepest sorrow and to send our condolences to his family of two sisters, several children and grandchildren. Mr. Selamio's funeral will be held at the Pentecostal Church in Inuvik on Thursday, June 20th. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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