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Darrell Greer
Northern News Services
Kuugaarjuk's Jose Angutingnungniq was named the Kitikmeot winner, while Enusilq Nashalik was selected in the Qikiqtalik region.
Baker Lake Mayor David Webster says he was thrilled to hear Tunnuq had won the award.
"Elisapee certainly deserves this award," says Webster. "She's done a lot to both preserve and promote Inuit culture."
IHT is dedicated to the preservation, enrichment and protection of Inuit cultural heritage and identity embodied in Nunavut's archaeological sites, ethnographic resources and traditional place names.
The winners of IHT's annual award each receive a plaque and a cash award.
The awards are divided into two sections.
The second segment carries a $1,500 cash award which can be used to support a community-based heritage project on the land involving elders and youth.
The money may also be used to support elder presentations on Inuit heritage to students, or to purchase or produce artifact replicas, books, maps or other materials concerning Inuit heritage.
The materials would be donated to a local school in the elder's name.
The deadline for submissions to the second segment is Feb. 15, 2002.
Webster is also the director of Baker's Inuit Heritage Centre, where Tunnuq often teaches children about Inuit legends and traditions.
Tunnuq also helps out during the Heritage Centre's numerous adult workshops aimed at people from the South who relocate to the Kivalliq.
Webster says the workshops are held to help people understand a bit about Inuit culture and traditions.
"Elisapee worked with us for two or three years when we did the national historic site project for the fall caribou crossing on the Kazan River. She's from that area and was able to provide us with a great deal of information about legends, place names and histories," he says.
"There's no doubt she's a deserving winner and a popular choice."
