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Photostory #148: Canada's Northern Citizens Produce Unique Art: Lively Forms from Lifeless Stone

Photographer(s)
Doucette, Wilfred; Lunney, Gar; Lund, Chris
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
March 11, 1958
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Craft
Carving
Arts
Visual

Photostory #279: Eskimo Artists at Cape Dorset: When the Wind Blows They Make Prints

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary; N.A.N.R.
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
February 21, 1961
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Arts
Craft
Carving

Photostory #308: New Canadian Committee Advises Arctic Craftsmen: Eskimo Art Approved by Experts

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris; Grant, Ted; unattributed; Korda, B.; Wilkinson, Doug; Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
April 3, 1962
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Gender
Women

Photostory #308: New Canadian Committee Advises Arctic Craftsmen: Eskimo Art Approved by Experts

Photographer(s)
Lund, Chris; Grant, Ted; unattributed; Korda, B.; Wilkinson, Doug; Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
April 3, 1962
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Gender
Women

Photostory #365: Age-Old Hunt for Fabled Fish of Canada's North: SAPOTIT -- Where The Char Run Big

Photographer(s)
Wilkinson, Doug
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Pelly Bay [Kugaaruk]
Date
June 2, 1964
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Fishing
Wildlife and game

Photostory #365: Age-Old Hunt for Fabled Fish of Canada's North: SAPOTIT -- Where The Char Run Big

Photographer(s)
Wilkinson, Doug
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Pelly Bay [Kugaaruk]
Date
June 2, 1964
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Fishing
Wildlife and game

Photostory #289: Kenojuak -- Poet of the Arctic

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary; N.A.N.R.
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
July 11, 1961
Subjects
Biography
Kenojuak
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Government
Federal
National Gallery of Canada (NGC)
Gender
Women

Photostory #289: Kenojuak -- Poet of the Arctic

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary; N.A.N.R.
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Cape Dorset [Kingnait]
Date
July 11, 1961
Subjects
Biography
Kenojuak
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Arts
Visual
Government
Federal
National Gallery of Canada (NGC)
Gender
Women

Photostory #326: Eskimo Celebration at Pelly Bay: Christmas in a Snow Cathedral

Photographer(s)
Wilkinson, Doug
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Pelly Bay [Kugaaruk]
Date
December 11, 1962
Subjects
Holiday
Christmas
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Religion

Photostory #326: Eskimo Celebration at Pelly Bay: Christmas in a Snow Cathedral

Photographer(s)
Wilkinson, Doug
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories [Nunavut]
Pelly Bay [Kugaaruk]
Date
December 11, 1962
Subjects
Holiday
Christmas
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Religion
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