Pitseolak Ashoona

Pitseolak Ashoona

female, deceased (1983)
CanadianInuit, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, Foxe Peninsula, Royal Academy of the Arts, International Woman's Day, Inuktitut syllabics…Inuit artist, inuit, Canadian
Pitseolak Ashoona, CM (1904 or 1907 - 1983; Inuktitut syllabics:ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓲᓇ) was an Inuit Canadian artist admired for the unpretentious auth...
Peter Pitseolak

Peter Pitseolak

male, deceased (1973)
CanadianInuit, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, From Nunavut, snowmobile, Qikiqtaaluk Region, baffin island…inuit, Inuit artist, Canadian
Peter Pitseolak (November 1902, Nottingham Island, Northwest Territories-September 30, 1973, Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories) was an Inuit...
Mary Simon

Mary Simon

female
CanadianInuit, politician, Chancellor of Trent University, activist, CBC North, Mary May Simon…Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Northern Quebec Inuit Association, Canadian Constitution, Inuit politician, inuit
Mary May Simon is a Canadian Inuit politician and activist. Mary Simon was born in Kangirsualuujuaq (George River) in Nunavik (northern Quebec)....
Paul Okalik

Paul Okalik

male, 45 years old
Nunavut premier, CanadianInuit, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Bachelor of Laws, Consensus…Inuit politician, Canadian, inuit
Paul Okalik, MLA is the Premier of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Okalik was born on May 26, 1964, in Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now...
Susan Aglukark

Susan Aglukark

female, 42 years old
Inuit musician, LL.D, Order of Canada, Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Fine Arts, DFA…CanadianInuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, Canadian, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Susan Aglukark OC, LL.D, DFA (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ) (born January 27, 1967), is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose blend of Inuit fol...
Jose Kusugak

Jose Kusugak

male, 59 years old
from Kivalliq Region, CanadianInuit, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Chesterfield Inlet, Inuit politician, Rankin Inlet…Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, inuit
Jose Kusugak (2 May, 1950 -) is an Inuit politician from Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada. He moved, along with his family, to Rankin Inlet in 1960....
Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk

male, 52 years old
tundra, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, CanadianInuit, arctic, Officer of the Order of Canada, From Nunavut…inuit, Canadian
Zacharias Kunuk (born 1957) is a Canadian Inuit producer and director most notable for his film "Atanarjuat", the first Canadian dramatic feature...
Jessie Oonark

Jessie Oonark

female, deceased (1985)
from Kivalliq Region, CanadianInuit, Barren-ground Caribou, Back River, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Baker Lake…Inuit artist, inuit, Canadian
Jessie Oonark was a Canadian Inuit artist who is best known for her wall hangings and her prints. Oonark was born in a remote area roughly 150 km...
Peter Irniq

Peter Irniq

male, 62 years old
from Kivalliq Region, CanadianInuit, Peter T. Irniq, Inuit cultural, Territorial Council in 1975, Coral Harbour…Inuit politician, inuit, Canadian
Peter T. Irniq (born 1947, Lyon Inlet, Northwest Territories) is an Inuit Canadian and served as the second Commissioner of Nunavut from April of...