Source:
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: a Biographical Dictionary. New York, Garland, 1995.
Description
At the back of the first floor of Shapiro Library.
Napatchie Pootoogook was born at Sako, traditional Inuit camp Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Her early work was concerned with Inuit beliefs in the spirit world; her more recent work concentrates on traditional life, clothing and local Inuit history.
Gift of President Harold T. Shapiro and Dr. Vivian Shapiro (May 19, 1995).
