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Mary Akoaksion | Annie Buckle | Caroline Semple |
Irene Akhiatak | Bambi Amos | Annie Goose |
Judy Okheena | Helen Kitekudlak | Joseph Kitekudlak |
Derrald Taylor | Curtis Taylor | Ronald Felix ‘Inung’ |
Betty Haogak | Carol Blake | Elsie Klengenberg |
Wayne Thrasher | Pauline Gordon |
Marjorie Ovayuak
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Alice Omingmak | Victoria Akhiatak |
Pat Ekpakohak
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Susan Ruben | Nelson Ruben | Donna Wolki |
Holly Campbell | Beverly Amos | Abraham Klengenberg |
Buddy Alikamik | Alainna Carpenter | Jean Ekpakohak |
Kim Ruben | Janet Elias | Linda Kataoyak |
Mary Okheena | Miranda Amos | Edith Haogak |
Chris Trimble Kovan | Gladys Aleekuk | Roseanne Francis |
Verna Pokiak | Jonathan Elias | Alice Hunter |
Rex Goose | Michelle Kitekudlak | Molly Goose |
Erica Donovan | Tanis Simpson | Laurie Robertson |
Christina King | Elizabeth Arey | |
Mary Jane Nigiyok | Kate Inuktalik |
Florence Kataoyak |
Suzanne Ruben | Esther Kaye |
Kassandra Ekpakohak |
Cheyanne Ciboci | Naudia Lennie |
Barbara Memogana |
Blaire Bernhardt | Michael J (Nolan) Green |
Sheila Nasogaluak |
Esther Semmler | Helen Nakimayak | Danielle Nokadlak |
Brenda Lucas | Annie Buckle |
Margaret Noksana Elias |
Wilma Raddi | Kim Dillon | Sharan Green |
Wayne Thrasher | Bessie Inuktalik | Debbie Raddi |
Mary Kudlak | Emma Wolki | Sandra Goose |
Annie Inuktalik | Winnie Akhiatak | Laverna Klengenberg |

Nellie Sanikpiaq Arey
Nellie Sanikpiaq Arey grew up on the coast, seeing the delta mostly in springtime until finally moving to Aklavik in 1959. She started sewing on the land when she was eight years old with her mom, the constant guidance of her granddad (tataak) Paul Kayutak (wife Mae) and with her aunties Deva and Annie. “My tataak used to tell me, ‘You gonna sew lots in your life, when you start young and you know what to do.’ That’s how I learned. That’s what I do.”
Nellie learned to make parkies for winter clothing out of sealskin and caribou skins and waterproof shoes with sealskin. She also learned to tan wolverine and other furs: “We tan everything, anything, that’s what we do. Well that’s how I was taught. You can't leave anything anywhere. You can’t waste anything. You have to, you have to do it. For mattresses, we even tan them, tuktuvak.”
Nellie remembers the products of the work fondly, “So neat, I just think they were neat! My tataak, for me and my brother Jimmy, with moose legs without cutting it in the back, he skinned it, fill[ed] it up with something dry … he made us rubber boots like that to walk on mud. That was cool. From the moose legs! Mine was way up. Used to be good! We just used them for walking in the water.”
Thinking of her childhood spent living along the coast, Nellie says, “that’s how I learned to do things all the time. I sure enjoyed my life with them! .. cause I know what to do, I know what to do when I’m down there winter, summer, fall…”
“My tataak tell me how to do things all the time. It’s good, I enjoy it.” She recalls camping, travelling on foot and trips taking the family up Firth River, “not rushing and enjoy our lives, I used to just enjoy my life.”
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Since time immemorial, Inuvialuit artistry has been deeply valued and well sought after. This continues to hold true today. The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and Inuvialuit Community Economic Development Organization have created this website to provide our artists and seamstresses with a platform to market their work and their brand nationally.
Our artists come from various communities across the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, each having their own unique style and colour coordination, while still sharing the same love and passion for creating unique Inuvialuit art.
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