Joe Allen Evyagotailak was born 15 July 1953 in

Kugluktuk Kugluktuk (, ; Inuktitut syllabics: ; ), formerly known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996, is a hamlet located at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island. I ...

Nunavut Nunavut ( , ; iu, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ , ; ) is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' ...

, Canada. Evyagotailak was the

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

(MLA) for the

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having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election. Evyagotailak is a notable

Copper Inuit Copper Inuit, also known as Kitlinermiut and Inuinnait, are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line, in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Ter ...

. On 20 August 2008, Evyagotailak stepped down as the MLA. He stated that he wanted to run for the presidency of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA).MLA for Kugluktuk resigns from the Legislative Assembly

/ref> Prior to becoming an MLA, in the

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Evyagotailak was the mayor of Kugluktuk and worked with several local organizations, including the KIA of which he was both vice-president and president.

External links

Joe Allen Evyagotailak at the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

References

1953 births Living people Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut 21st-century Canadian politicians Mayors of Kugluktuk People from Kugluktuk Inuit from Nunavut {{Nunavut-mayor-stub