Īs the transplanted Inuit struggled to adapt to their new surroundings, the motivation behind their relocation became increasingly clear.
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“His role in Resolute Bay was to assist with teaching Inuit how to survive in a much harsher climate than what they were used to,” said Idlout. To ease their transition, Joseph Idlout was hired to instruct the southern Inuit on life in the unforgiving northern climate. Ostensibly done to improve their standard of living, the realities of life in the High Arctic proved difficult for families accustomed to the warmer temperatures and more fertile tundra of Quebec. In the 1950s, the Canadian government relocated a number of struggling Inuit families from Inukjuak (Quebec) to the communities of Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord - hundreds of kilometres to the north. But dig a little deeper, and the story behind the photograph becomes much more complicated. On its surface, the bill appears to reflect nothing more than an innocent scene of daily Inuit life.
“He was one of the first few Inuit to receive the Coronation medal from the Queen - I kind of view him as a superhero, even though I never met him.”īased on a photograph taken by documentarian Douglas Wilkinson, the bill features Joseph Idlout and his relatives hunting nearby the Baffin Island community of Pond Inlet. “My grandfather was known to be an excellent hunter,” said Idlout. (Douglas Wilkinson / Library and Archives Canada (PA-189095)) Photographer Douglas Wilkinson spent years documenting Joseph Idlout and his community.
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