The Blind Man and the Loon

The Blind Man (or Boy) and the Loon, also commonly known as the Lumaaq Story (also spelled Lumiuk or Lumak), among other names, is a folktale told all over Greenland, Canada, and down into parts of the United States, though most heavily Inuit and Athabaskan.

[1] A blind boy lives with an abusive female guardian, either a mother, grandmother, or stepmother.

His guardian lies, telling him he missed and then keeps the bear's meat for herself and the sister.

Now that he can see, the boy takes part in a beluga whale hunt at the beach.

A rope is tied around her waist, and her job is to pull back and brace against the whale.