Helen Konek | |
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Born | Helen Agaaqtuq May 1932 Near the eastern shore of
Henik Lake,
Nunavut |
Known for | Appearing in a 1949 photograph by Richard Harrington |
Helen Agaaqtuq Konek is a Inuk elder from Arviat, Nunavut. A 1949 photograph of her went viral in 2019.
Konek was born as Helen Agaaqtuq in May [1] 1932 [2] in a tupiq on the eastern shore of Henik Lake. [3] Helen's father was Piqqanaaq Agaaqtuq [4] and her mother was Paalak Agaaqtuq. [5] She had three brothers: Nanauq, Pukiluk, and Kinaalik. [5] [3] As a child she accompanied her brothers and father on caribou hunting trips, including to Ennadai Lake in the Ahiarmiut's territory. [3]
Helen was photographed in 1949, aged 17, by Richard Harrington as part of a series taken while he was travelling around the Arctic. [1] The photograph was taken in ᑭᖓᕐᔪᐊᓕᒃ ( English: of big hill). [6]
By 1952, the Agaaqtuq family were living close to the Padlei trading post. [3] In 1953, Helen started living as a couple with James Konek, the son of a storekeeper in Arviat. [3] They both lived in Arviat in winter and in Barren Lands area in the summer. [3] The 1950 Caribou Inuit famine caused Helen's mother Paalak to die in 1957, the rest of the family survived on fish, rabbit, and ptarmigan. [3] The Royal Canadian Mounted Police forcibly displaced the Konek family in 1960 from Padlei to Arviat. [3]
One of Harrington's photographs of Konek entering her igloo was widely shared online in 2019 after her journalist grandson Jordan Konek tweeted it. [1] Konek is an elder, [7] [1] and lives in Arviat, Nunavut. [1]
Helen Konek | |
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Born | Helen Agaaqtuq May 1932 Near the eastern shore of
Henik Lake,
Nunavut |
Known for | Appearing in a 1949 photograph by Richard Harrington |
Helen Agaaqtuq Konek is a Inuk elder from Arviat, Nunavut. A 1949 photograph of her went viral in 2019.
Konek was born as Helen Agaaqtuq in May [1] 1932 [2] in a tupiq on the eastern shore of Henik Lake. [3] Helen's father was Piqqanaaq Agaaqtuq [4] and her mother was Paalak Agaaqtuq. [5] She had three brothers: Nanauq, Pukiluk, and Kinaalik. [5] [3] As a child she accompanied her brothers and father on caribou hunting trips, including to Ennadai Lake in the Ahiarmiut's territory. [3]
Helen was photographed in 1949, aged 17, by Richard Harrington as part of a series taken while he was travelling around the Arctic. [1] The photograph was taken in ᑭᖓᕐᔪᐊᓕᒃ ( English: of big hill). [6]
By 1952, the Agaaqtuq family were living close to the Padlei trading post. [3] In 1953, Helen started living as a couple with James Konek, the son of a storekeeper in Arviat. [3] They both lived in Arviat in winter and in Barren Lands area in the summer. [3] The 1950 Caribou Inuit famine caused Helen's mother Paalak to die in 1957, the rest of the family survived on fish, rabbit, and ptarmigan. [3] The Royal Canadian Mounted Police forcibly displaced the Konek family in 1960 from Padlei to Arviat. [3]
One of Harrington's photographs of Konek entering her igloo was widely shared online in 2019 after her journalist grandson Jordan Konek tweeted it. [1] Konek is an elder, [7] [1] and lives in Arviat, Nunavut. [1]