"My name is Weetaltuk; Eddy Weetaltuk. My eskimo tag name is E9-422.” so begins From the Tundra to the Trenches. Weetaltuk means "innocent eyes” in Inuktitut, but to the Canadian government, he was known as E9-422: E for eskimo, 9 for his community, 422 to identify Eddy.

Eddy Weetaltuk (1932-2005) was born on Strutton Island, James Bay. He enlisted in the Canadian Army and served in Korea. He left the army in
>Thibault Martin is a sociologist and Canada Research Chair, Aboriginal
Governance.