Cutting up White Whale

Collection

“Cutting up White Whale,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed November 28, 2024, https://457921.kqmm.asia/items/show/3574.

1935

A photo of Silas Palayaq (Agnes Nigiruq’s adoptive dad) cutting up a white whale at Horton River. He is wearing traditional clothing.

This photo collection was used during the interviews of the Aulavik Oral History Project to get the names of people previously not identified.

Image

N1991-068-0209 (NWT Archives)

Physical collection housed at the NWT Archives.