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Mary Jeannie May Simon CC CMM COM OQ CD (in Inuktitut syllabics: ᒥᐊᓕ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ; [2] [3] Inuktitut: Ningiukudluk; [4] born August 21, 1947) is a Canadian civil servant, diplomat, and former broadcaster who is serving as the 30th governor general of Canada since July 26, 2021.
This is a partial list of Canadian Inuit. The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimo ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous Canadians inhabiting the Northwest Territories , Nunavut , Nunavik ( Quebec ) and Nunatsiavut ( Labrador ) that are collectivity referred to as Inuit Nunangat .
[1] This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a recognized, documented source and specifically name tribal affiliation according to federal and state lists. Indigenous American artists outside the United States can be found at List of indigenous artists of the Americas.
His father was a non-Inuit manager of the Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Fort Severight (now Kangiqsualujjuaq), while his mother was a local Inuk. [3] Among his seven siblings, his sister Mary Simon is a former president of Makivik Corporation, former diplomat and the current Governor General of Canada.
This list includes notable visual artists who are Inuit, Alaskan Natives, Siberian Yup'ik, American Indians, First Nations, Métis, Mestizos, and Indigenous peoples of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Indigenous identity is a complex and contested issue and differs from country to country in the Americas.
The following is a list of Canadian artists working in visual or plastic media (including 20th-century artists working in video art, performance art, or other types of new media). See other articles for information on Canadian literature , music , cinema and culture .
James Houston, an artist, author and filmmaker who played an important role in promoting the recognition of Inuit artists, encouraged him to continue. [3] His themes are childrearing, domestic and hunting activities. [3] Inukpuk’s wife, Mary, had a hare-lip, which he depicted in several of his sculptures of mother-and-child.
Here he met and was influenced by the Netsilik Inuit. [2] [3] He moved to Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada in the 1960s when his Inuit band was threatened with starvation. After the arrival of arts advisors in 1969, Tookoome began to draw and carve stones. He was a founding member of the Sanavik Co-op. [3] Tookoome died in Baker Lake, Nunavut on 7 ...