William Noah (born 1944, Back River,

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

(now

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)) is a former territorial level politician and artist. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 until 1982. Noah was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election, winning the

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electoral district. He resigned before completing the end of his first term in 1982. Noah currently resides in Baker Lake,

. He ran the constituency office for Baker Lake MLA

David Simailak David Simailak (born c. 1952) is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Baker Lake having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election. Simailak was the Minister of Finance and the ...

. He currently works as a Community Liaison Officer on the Kiggavik Project for

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. In 1998 the

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Marion Jackson, Judith Nasby, William Noah co-curated a major exhibition with catalogue both entitled ''Qamanittuaq (Where the River Widens): Drawings by Baker Lake Artists'' which included and a memoir by William Noah and distinguished drawings by Noah, his three siblings

Janet Kigusiuq Janet Kigusiuq (b. 1926 Putuqsuqniq camp, near Garry Lake, Nunavut; d. 2005 Baker Lake, Nunavut) was an Inuit artist. Kigusiuq came from a large family of artists: she was the eldest daughter of Jessie Oonark, her siblings included artists Victo ...

Victoria Mamnguqsualuk Victoria Mamnguqsualuk (sometimes Mamnguksualuk) (Inuktitut syllabics: ) (1930-2016) was one of the best-known Canadian Inuit artists of her generation. Early life Born near Garry Lake, Mamnguqsualuk passed a nomadic youth until her thirties, wh ...

, and Nancy Pukingrnak, and their mother— first-generation artist—

Jessie Oonark Jessie Oonark, ( ᔨᐊᓯ ᐅᓈᖅ; 2 March 1906 – 7 March 1985) was a prolific and influential Inuit artist of the Utkuhiksalik, Utkuhihalingmiut ''Utkuhiksalingmiut'' whose wall hangings, prints and drawings are in major collections includ ...

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. Noah formed the Art and Cold Cash Collective, a five-person artists' collective, with

Sheila Butler Sheila Butler (born 1938) is an American-Canadian visual artist and retired professor, now based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is a founding member of Mentoring Artists for Women's Art in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the Sanavik Inuit Cooperative ...

, Ruby Arngna'naaq, Patrick Mahon, and Jack Butler.

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1944 births Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Living people Inuit politicians People from Baker Lake Inuit from the Northwest Territories Inuit artists 20th-century Canadian politicians 20th-century Canadian artists Inuit from Nunavut Oonark family {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub