Background
He was born in the small hunting camp of Nuvuqquq near Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories now known as Iqaluit, Nunavut on Baffin Island.
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He was born in the small hunting camp of Nuvuqquq near Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories now known as Iqaluit, Nunavut on Baffin Island.
His father Joanassie died in a hunting accident before Ipellie"s first birthday and his mother Napatchie moved with him to the hamlet of Frobisher Bay. "He spent his childhood and early teenage years adjusting to the transition from the traditional nomadic Inuit way of life to life in government-sponsored Inuit settlements."
Three illustrated poems by Alootook were published when he was 17 called "Hot to Warm and Cool to Cold". lieutenant begins.. The mosquitos are at large today
As the wind stills, as the sun heats,
And we walk the rocks under,
Searching the hills for the meat
And hide of the useful caribou
that feeds and clothes my family,
Through four different seasons
When the winds change from
Hot to warm, and cool to cold.