Minnie Aodla Freeman was born on the Cape Hope Islands in James Bay in 1937 and grew up immersed in traditional Inuit culture. She is a translator, writer, editor , film producer, and has worked as Assistant Editor of Inuit Today Magazine, as Native Cultural Advisor and Narrator for the Canadian Broadcasting Co rpora ti on, and as Executive Secretary of the Land Claims Secretariat of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. She also founded and served as Manager /Producer of the Inuit Broadcast ing Corp orati on and has held lectureships ,at the University of Alberta, the University of Western Ontario, Memorial University and Arctic College.