Simeonie Amagoalik (May 1, 1933 – March 2, 2011) 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 ...

carver from Resolute,

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Career

Amagoalik was born May 1, 1933, in

Inukjuak Inukjuak ( iu, ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ, ''Inujjuaq'' or ''Inukjuaq'' in Latin script, meaning 'The Giant') is a northern village (Inuit community) located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the region of northern Queb ...

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. He started carving at the age of 14 on soapstone and tusks after learning from an American working for the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1953, Amagoalik and his family along with 10 other Inuit families were sent to Resolute. He met his wife, Eetoolook, in 1963 when they were both being treated for tuberculosis. Amagoalik was involved in the early negotiations of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Along with

Looty Pijamini Looty Pijamini ( Inuktitut syllabics: ; born 1953) is an Inuit artist. He lives and works in Grise Fiord, Nunavut. Pijamini was born November 14, 1953, in Clyde River, Nunavut, and moved to Grise Fiord in 1961, when his father, who was a special ...

Grise Fiord Grise Fiord (; iu, ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ, translit=Aujuittuq, lit=place that never thaws, italics=no) is an Inuit hamlet on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of three populated places on ...

, Nunavut, Amagoalik was commissioned by the Canadian government to build a monument to the

High Arctic relocation The High Arctic relocation (french: La délocalisation du Haut-Arctique, iu, ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥᐅᑦᑕ ᓅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ, Quttiktumut nuutauningit) took place during the Cold War in the 1950s, when 92 Inuit were moved by the Government of Ca ...

which took place in 1955. Amagoalik's monument is located in Resolute.

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* 1933 births 2011 deaths Artists from Nunavut Artists from Quebec Inuit from Quebec 20th-century Canadian sculptors Inuit sculptors People from Resolute People from Nunavik 21st-century Canadian sculptors Deaths from cancer in Canada {{Canada-sculptor-stub