Donald Suluk (alternately Sulutnar, born approximately 1925,

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form of Christianity in Nunavut in the 1940s. Suluk promoted practices such as the use of crucifixes, but also heterodox practices such as using his dog to make people confess.

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*Aparecida Vilaça, Robin Wright. ''Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity Among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas''. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009 , 978-0-7546-6355-3 Inuit missionaries Inuit from the Northwest Territories Year of death missing Year of birth missing Canadian Christian missionaries Christian missionaries in Canada People from Chesterfield Inlet {{nunavut-stub