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George Weetaltuk standing beside his outdoor tool cupboard.

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Component

Date:

1949.

Reference:

R216-1031-5-E, Volume number: 14980

Item no. (creator):

1949-134

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4485716

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

Northern Affairs Program sous-fonds

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch: Photographs

Departmental library albums

Album 37, Eastern Arctic Patrol

George Wetaltuk watching Dr. Amyot and Cst. Van Blarcom taking pictures of his handicraft; George Wetaltuk with his tools; Dr. Amyot taking a picture of the Norseman; Aerial view of Factory River; Aerial view of Belcher Island post; Inuit

George Weetaltuk standing beside his outdoor tool cupboard.
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1949.

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Place:

Cape Hope Islands, N.W.T. [Nunavut]:

Place of creation:

Nunavut

Extent:

1 photograph: b&w

Language of material:

English

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
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Depicted: Weetaltuk, George

Photographer: Bailey, S. J
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Title of the photograph in square brackets is based on information provided by Project Naming. This project brings Youth and Elders in Nunavut to work together to identify and record the names of people in photographs held at Library and Archives Canada.
George Weetaltuk was seasonally employed by the Hudson's Bay Company. When the HBC closed down its Charlton Island entrepot, Weetaltuk moved his family to Cape Hope Island. They would have moved between Charlton Island, Strutton Island and Cape Hope Island in the early years after the HBC closure, only visiting it seasonlly for hunting and gathering purposes. After this, the family spent most of the year at the principal settlement on Cape Hope Island. This information was provided by Mini Aodla Freeman, granddaughter of Geroge Weetaltuk and his third wife, Mina. Mina was born on Cape Hope Island in 1936 where she grew up. She was later recruited to serve as an interpreter at the Mountain TB Sanatorium in Hamilton, Ontario. She is the daughter of Thomas Aodla and Mala Weetaltuk (George's youngest daughter).

Signatures and inscriptions note:

George Wetaltuk has a very fine set of tools, some of which he keeps in this weather-proof cupboard, while others he keeps in his home.
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Inuit

Portraits
Source:

Government

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1974-366 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R216]

[Consultation 90 Open]

14980 Page 52

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Library and Archives Canada
Credit: S.J. Bailey / Canada. Dept. Indian and Northern Affairs Development collection / Library and Archives Canada / e006609906
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