Inuit historian and teacher Louie Kamookak played a vital role in the discovery of the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror. The two doomed vessels were commanded by ...

Louie Kamookak, who tied ancestral stories to an ill-fated 1840s expedition to find the North-West Passage, to be honoured in Canada Growing up in the Canadian Arctic, Louie Kamookak was captivated by ...

Working tirelessly over 30 years, Louie Kamookak, who died of cancer on March 22, came up with the most educated-guess of where Franklin’s lost ships might be You can save this article by registering ...

Louie Kamookak has died after a period of serious illness. Kamookak's home was Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. He was 58 years old and is perhaps most famous for his role in the discovery of HMS Erebus in 2014, ...

It was Louie Kamookak’s knowledge of the oral history of his Inuit people that finally concluded the search for the lost ships of the expedition of Sir John Franklin. Mr. Kamookak died of cancer in ...

A tribute to the acclaimed oral history expert and RCGS Honorary Vice-President, who passed away this morning Louie Kamookak, a respected Inuit oral historian and Honorary Vice-President of The Royal ...

Louie Kamookak was a national treasure. As Canada’s leading Inuit oral historian, he worked at the intersection of Inuit traditional knowledge and the more formal disciplines of anthropology and ...

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Louie Kamookak spent 30 years collecting oral histories from Inuit elders and comparing them to the journals of subsequent expeditions You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Louie Kamookak, a ...