Simon Tookoome
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Simon Tookoome (born 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, 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.[1]
