Simeonie Keenainak
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Simeonie Keenainak is an Inuit accordionist and retired RCMP officer from Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada. He is also a photographer and hunter. He has performed at the Pangnirtung Music Festival and was featured in regional and national media for his musicianship and cultural community efforts.
Simeonie and Daisy Keenainak have been married since 1967. Their daughter, Rosemary Keenainak, works for the Nunavut government as the Assistant Deputy Minister for Sustainable Development.
[edit] External links
- CBC Radio One Hotsheet (21 July 2004, item 5. Outfront)
- Canadian Folk Music Bulletin: Inuit Accordion Music-A Better Kept Secret (PDF format, March-June 2000, by Jim Hiscott, accessed 20 May 2006)
- Nunatsiaq News: "Selected music from Pang festival now on CD"
- Legislative Assembly of Nunavut: comments by Hon. Jack Anawak (PDF format, 1 November 2002, p1507)