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This section provides a timeline of Inuit cultural and literary facts from Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, Greenland and Nunavut (dates of birth and death of authors, dates of publication of books, etc.). You can choose to see only the dates of one of the territories.

Birth of author and Labradorian matriarch Lydia Campbell in Hamilton Inlet (Nunatsiavut, Labrador) in 1818, first person from Nunatsiavut to publish a book.

Birth of the hunter, trapper and diarist Thomas L. Blake in Hamilton Inlet (Nunatsiavut) in 1843.

Birth of author and diarist Margaret Baikie in Mulligan (Lake Melville, Labrador, Nunatsiavut) in 1844.

Birth of author, painter and violinist Abraham Ulrikab in Hebron (Labrador, Nunatsiavut) in 1845.

Death of author, painter and violinist Abraham Ulrikab in Paris (France) in 1881.

Publication of Sketches of Labrador Life by Lydia Campbell, considered the first book written by a person from Nunatsiavut. In this book, Campbell tells about her life, but it also describes beliefs and ways of life in Nunatsiavut in the 19th century.

Birth of the pioneer, trapper’s wife and diarist Elizabeth Goudie in Mud Lake (Nunatsiavut, Labrador) in 1902.

Birth of trapper, poet and storyteller Harvey Mesher in Independent Harbour (Nunatsiavut) in 1904.

 

Death of author and Labradorian matriarch Lydia Campbell in Mulligan River (Nunatsiavut, Labrador) in 1905, first person from Nunatsiavut to publish a book.

Birth of author, hunter, elder and political advisor Paulus Maggo in 1910 in Salmon Bright (Nunatsiavut).

Birth of the Inuit elder, author and seamstress ᑐᐊᕋᓯ ᒥᐊᓱᒥᒃ in Tasiujaq (Nunavik) in 1932.

Death of the hunter, trapper and diarist Thomas L. Blake in Hamilton Inlet (Nunatsiavut) in 1935.

Birth of hunter, storyteller and artist John Igloliorte in Nain (Nunatsiavut) in 1936.

Death of author and diarist Margaret Baikie in Nunatsiavut in 1940.

Birth of the journalist, photographer and musician Bob Mesher in Nunatsiavut in 1958.

Publication of the memoirs of Elizabeth Goudie from Nunatsiavut, entitled Woman of Labrador.

Birth of professor, researcher, curator and visual artist Heather Igloliorte in Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Nunatsiavut) in 1979.

Death of pioneer, trapper’s wife and diarist Elizabeth Goudie in Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Nunatsiavut, Labrador) in 1982.

Death of trapper, poet and storyteller Harvey Mesher in Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Nunatsiavut) in 1986.

Publication in English of the autobiographical story of Dorothy Mesher, from Nunavik to Nunatsiavut, entitled Kuujjuaq — Memories and Musings.

Death of the author, hunter, elder and political advisor Paulus Maggo in 2000 in Nain (Nunatsiavut).

Publication of A Bibliography of Canadian Inuit Periodicals, by Sharon Rankin, which makes an inventory of magazines, journals, newspapers and newsletters published by or about the Inuit of Canada.

Publication of the trilingual (English, French, Inuktitut) book of photographies Labrador by Bob Mesher. It is the first book of photographies by an Inuit from Nunavik ever published.

Publication of the collective essay on linguistic issues in Nunanga, the Arctic territory of the Inuit, Uqausivut sivummuagutivut. Our Language, Our Leadership, edited by Jeela Palluq Cloutier and Louis McComber.

Death of journalist, photographer and musician Bob Mesher in Goose Bay in 2021.