Simon Tookoome

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Simon Tookoome (b 1934) is an Inuit artist from Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. He is author, with Sheldon Oberman, of the children's book Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North [1] [2], which won the $10,000 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian children's non-fiction in 2000. This autobiographical book deals with Tookoome's youthful experiences of the traditional Inuit way of life, including experiences with hunting and encountering non-Inuit culture for the first time.

In addition to being an accomplished artist, Tookoome is renown as a master whipper. [3]

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The Canadian Centre for Contemporary arts has 39 images of Tookoome's prints and sculptures

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