Looty Pijamini

Looty Pijamini (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓘᑎ ᐱᔭᒥᓂ; born 1953) is a Canadian Inuk artist.

[2] Pijamini was born November 14, 1953, in Clyde River, Nunavut,[3] and moved to Grise Fiord in 1961, when his father, who was a special constable in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was posted there.

[4] Along with Simeonie Amagoalik in Resolute, Pijamini was commissioned by the Canadian government to build a monument to the High Arctic relocation which took place in 1955.

Pijamini said that he intentionally made them look melancholy because the relocation was not a happy event.

The monument was unveiled in September 2010, and received praise from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Monument of the first Inuit settlers of 1952 and 1955