Tivi Etok
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Early life
Etok was born in the camp of Qirnituartuq, which is in proximity of the Kangiqsualujjuaq region, Nunavik, Quebec. His mother was named Sarah, and his brother, Joe Willie. Etok's family originated from the Tasiujaq region, later moving to the areas of Nachvak Fiord in Labrador's Torngat Mountains, and the Koroc River area of Quebec's Ungava Bay watershed.[3]
Career
In 1967, he befriended anthropologist Donat Savoie, who stayed with Etok and his family while conducting research for his masters thesis. The household included Etok, Sarah, and Joe, as well as Etok's wife, Susie (née Baron; 1939–2006) of Koroc River, and children, Minnie, Tomasi, Aatami, and Charlie. Etok and Savoie's friendship has persisted throughout the years, even after Savoie became a government official.[4]
After attending a print workshop in Puvirnituq, in the 1970s, Etok learned how to earn money as a printmaker.[2]
Later life
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"Our Elders used to tell us that our future was going to be hard and life would be more difficult. Their predictions were very true." (Etok, 2007)
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Now considered an Inuk Elder, a trilingual (Inuktitut, English and French) biography of Etok's life was written by Jobie Weetaluktuk, and published in Nunavik in 2008. The previous year, Scott Heyes' 2007 study entitled Inuit Knowledge and Perceptions of the Land-Water Interface, researched Kangiqsualujjuaq people, especially their knowledge and perceptions of their surroundings, and included Etok, plus three generations of his family.
References
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Further reading
- Heyes, S. (2007). Inuit knowledge and perceptions of the land-water interface. Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, Dept. of Geography, 2007. OCLC 277159992
- Weetaluktuk, J., Bryant, R., & Etok, T. (2008). Le monde de Tivi Etok: La vie et l'art d'un aîné inuit. Québec: Éditions MultiMondes. Template:ISBN
External links
- Tivi Etok's biography on Inuit.uqam.ca
- Photo, with Donat SavoieTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Photo, family members