Joseph Idlout

Joseph Idlout
Idlout (right) after spearing a seal near Pond Inlet
Born1912 or 1913
Pond Inlet, Northwest Territories, Canada
DiedJune 2, 1968(1968-06-02) (aged 55–56)
Resolute, Northwest Territories, Canada
Children9 (including Paul)

Joseph Idlout (1912/1913 - 2 June 1968) was an Inuk featured on the former Canadian two-dollar bill. When the High Arctic relocation occurred in 1959, Idlout helped Inuit families adjust to their new surroundings in Resolute, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

In 1954, due to the lack of foxes in the Pond Inlet area, Idlout requested that he move to Resolute. The government was not supportive of the move but finally relented, and Idlout moved in 1955.

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