Collection search - Portrait of an Inuit man. [Mukkik or Makkik]

(Arctic Explorations - L.T. Burwash - 1926)
Described by the RECON project.
The original inscription of this photograph has been corrected by two family members. The information that they have provided is found in the square brackets in the above caption.
Identification one - Mukkik. He was the maternal grandfather of Maryann Tattuinee and Rhoda Karetak.
Identification two - Makkik. He was married to Nanuraq and they had two biologicial children - a son, Nicodeme Qusagaat, and a daughter, Tarralik. Makkik and Nanuraq also had two adopted children - Panniuq (now in his late eighties), and Maryann Tattuiniq (Tattuinee), whose parents died when she was a young child. Makkik and Nanuraq were both reputed to be angakkuqs (shamans).

Copy negative available: PA-099345

Muk-kik, (Rising) Southampton Island.