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Posted inAround The North, Nunavut News

99 year-old honoured as a Hometown Hero

by Rajnesh SharmaFebruary 5, 2020

Inuk elder Qapik Attagutsiak, 99, was honoured as a Hometown Hero on Jan. 27. Parks Canada recognized Attagutsiak for her contributions during the Second World War. The elder had played a vital role during this period by voluntarily gathering animal bones and carcasses, which were then shipped and made into munitions, aircraft glue and fertilizer […]

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