Aqjangajuk Shaa (17 March 1937 – 2019) was an

Inuit Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...

artist.Jean Blodgett (August 20, 2019)
Aqjangajuk Shaa
''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. He was born at Shartoweetuk camp near

Cape Dorset Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning "high mountain" or "where the hills are"; Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ), formerly known as Cape Dorset until 27 February 2020, is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island near Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin ...

, Nunavut. He is known for his stone carvings, including a pink granite

inuksuk An inuksuk (plural inuksuit) or inukshuk (from the iu, ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ, plural ; alternatively in Inuinnaqtun, in Iñupiaq, in Greenlandic) is a type of stone landmark or cairn built by, and for the use of, Inuit, Iñupiat, Kalaallit, Yupi ...

that currently stands at the

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. He also made one print, ''Wounded Caribou'', in 1967.Wounded Caribou
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, accessed 22 December 2020. His brother

Kavavaow Mannomee Kavavaow Mannomee (also known as Qavavau Manumie) (born September 21, 1958) is an Inuit printmaker who lived and worked in Nunavut. Early life He was born in Brandon, Manitoba, when his mother was hospitalized there for tuberculosis. However, th ...

(born 1958) is also an artist. He was elected to the

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in 2003. His work is held in a variety of museums, including the

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the

University of Michigan Museum of Art The University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, Michigan with is one of the largest university art museums in the United States. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War, Alumni Memorial Hall ori ...

, the

University of Lethbridge , mottoeng = ''Let there be light'' , type = Public , established = , academic_affiliations = Universities Canada , endowment = $73 million (2019) , chancellor = Charles Weasel ...

Art Collection, the

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA; french: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, MBAM) is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest art museum in Canada by gallery space. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square ...

, and the

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.Stone Bird
The Met, accessed 22 December 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaa, Aqjangajuk 1937 births 2019 deaths Inuit artists 20th-century Canadian sculptors People from Kinngait Inuit sculptors Inuit printmakers Artists from Nunavut Inuit from Nunavut Canadian male sculptors 20th-century Canadian male artists