Alootook Ipellie
Alootook Ipellie (1951 – September 8, 2007)[1] was an accomplished Inuit graphic artist, political and satirical cartoonist and writer, photographer, and Inuktitut translator.[1] He was born in the small hunting camp of Nuvuqquq [2] near Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories now known as Iqaluit, Nunavut on Baffin Island. His father Joanassie died in a hunting accident before Ipellie's first birthday and his mother Napatchie moved with him to the hamlet of Frobisher Bay.[3] "He spent his childhood and early teenage years adjusting to the transition from the traditional nomadic Inuit way of life to life in government-sponsored Inuit settlements." [3][4]
Three illustrated poems by Alootook were published when he was 17 called 'Hot to Warm and Cool to Cold'. It begins...
- The mosquitos are at large today
- As the wind stills, as the sun heats,
- And we walk the rocks under,
- Searching the hills for the meat
- And hide of the useful caribou
- that feeds and clothes my family,
- Through four different seasons
- When the winds change from
- Hot to warm, and cool to cold. [5]
He died of a heart attack in Ottawa, Ontario at age 56 [1] and is survived by his daughter, Taina Ipellie.
Publications
Year | Title | ISBN |
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1980 | Paper stays put: a collection of Inuit writing edited by Robin Gedalof ; drawings by Alootook Ipellie. Edmonton : Hurtig Publishers | 0888301812 |
1993 | Alootook Ipellie. Arctic dreams and nightmares. Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books. This publication is the first to exclusively feature Alootook Ipellie's stories and his pen and ink drawings.[6] | 0919441475 |
2005 | Blohm, Hans, Alootook Ipellie and Hartmut Lutz. The Diary of Abraham Ulrikab. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press | 978-0-7766-0602-6 |
2007 | Lutz, Hartmut, Kathrin Grollmuß, Hans Blohm and Alootook Ipellie. Abraham Ulrikab im Zoo: Tagebuch eines Inuk 1880/81. Wesee (Germany): vdL:Verlag. German translation of The Diary of Abraham Ulrikab. | 978-3-9263-0810-8 |
2007 | Alootook Ipellie and David MacDonald. The Inuit thought of it : amazing Arctic innovations. Toronto : Annick Press. | 9781554510887 |
2008 | Alootook Ipellie and David MacDonald. Innovations inuites : il fallait y penser. Toronto : Éditions Scholastic. | 9780545992299 |
2009 | Alootook Ipellie and Anne-Marie Bourgeois. I shall wait and wait. [Oakville, Ont.] : Rubicon. In association with Scholastic Canada. | 9781554487332 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Alootook Ipellie's work lives on in Europe: A fitting legacy for Ipellie". Nunatsiaq News. Iqaluit, Nunavut. 13 December 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ↑ Aboriginal Affairs (2009). "Alootook Ipellie, Inuit storyteller".
- 1 2 Joyce MacPhee (29 October 2007). "Remembering Alootook Ipellie". The Epoch Times. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
- ↑ Theytus Books (2007). "biography".
- ↑ north May-June 1971 Volume XVIII, Number 3, pages 34 to 37 (north was a scarce publication by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa.)
- ↑ Alootook Ipellie (1993). "Arctic dreams and nightmares". Theytus Books.
External links
- Dreams and Nightmares
- Alootook Ipellie - MSN Encarta (archived 2009-10-31)
- "Alootook Ipellie - Documentary", documentary on The Current