Inuutersuaq Ulloriaq

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Inuutersuaq Ulloriaq [ iˈnuːˌtɜsːuɑq ˈuɬːɔʁiˌɑq ] (according to the old spelling Inûterssuaĸ Uvdloriaĸ ; * 1906 in Uummannaq (Dundas) as Inûteĸ ; † 1986 ) was a Greenlandic writer , storyteller , expedition participant and local politician .

Life

Inuutersuaq Ulloriaq was the son of Uvdloriaĸ Ingâpaluk (1875-1921) and Louisa (Kavsâluk Avôrtungiaĸ Usuitsoĸ) (around 1885-1916). His mother was the daughter of Merĸusâĸ (around 1852–1916) and Agpaliapik (around 1860–1901), who immigrated from Canada with Qillarsuaq . His (never baptized) older sister Navarana (around 1899–1921) was the wife of Peter Freuchen . His sister Natuk (1908–1971) was the daughter-in-law of Ôdâĸ (around 1880–1955). About his younger brother Ûssarĸak (1913–1937) he was an uncle of Uvdloriaĸ Løvstrøm (1936–2015). His family were among the first Inughuit to be baptized . He and his siblings were also one of the first of their people to learn to read and write. On May 8, 1927, he married Naduk Atangana (Mánik Tavfínguaĸ) (1909 – after 1986), daughter of Avikínguaĸ (around 1885–1932) and Torne (Nalíkak Patdlúnguaĸ Nasugaluaĸ) (around 1876–1932).

In 1931 Inuutersuaq and his wife took part in the search, led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police , for Hans Krüger's expedition team, which he had lost on Ellesmere Island the previous year . The search was unsuccessful. They later took part in the Oxford University Ellesmere Island Expedition 1934-1935. Five years later he and his wife were participants in Den danske Thule-Ellesmere Land Ekspedition 1939–1940.

From 1937 to 1959 Inuutersuaq was a member of the Inughuit Hunters Council. From 1971 to 1975 he sat on the council of the Qaanaaq community and from 1975 to 1979 he was a member of the village council of Siorapaluk , where he had lived with his wife since 1959.

In 1953 he received the Kongelige Belønningsmedalje 2nd class. In 1980 he received the Ebbe Muncks Mindefond award from Queen Margrethe II . In 1976 he published the book K'itdlarssuákúnik oĸalualaĸ (Beretningen om Qillarsuaq og hans long rejse from Canada til Nordgrønland i 1860erne), about the immigration of Qillarsuaq from Canada to Northwest Greenland . He died at the end of 1986 at the old age of 80.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Church records Thule 1909-1939 (various places)
  2. ↑ Kunũnguaĸ og Pîtaĸ in the Atuagagdliutit of March 3, 1983
  3. ↑ Michael Hauser : Traditional Inuit Songs from the Thule Area . Ed .: Museum Tusculanum Press. 2010, ISBN 978-87-635-2589-3 , pp. 248 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Inuutersuaq Ulloriaq: Hvad har man hørt om de første Nordpolsfarere in the Tidsskriftet Grønland (1984/3)
  5. ^ Obituary in the Atuagagdliutit of December 17, 1986
personal data
SURNAME Ulloriaq, Inuutersuaq
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Uvdloriaĸ, Inûterssuaĸ (old spelling); Inûteĸ (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greenlandic writer, storyteller, expedition member and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Uummannaq (Dundas)
DATE OF DEATH 1986