Taamusi Qumaq, CM CQ (January 1, 1914 – July 13, 1993) was an Inuk historian, linguist, writer, politician and elder from Nunavik, Quebec, Canada, who contributed to the preservation of the Inuit language and traditional culture.
After contributing to the establishment of Rankin Inlet in the Northwest Territories, he returned to Povungnituk in 1960 and founded its first village council and acted as its chair from 1962 to 1968.
The family travelled by dog sled between Great Whale River and Povungnituk and hunted game such as walrus, seal, and fish.
Over the next few years, there were few animals and starvation abounded in his community, which was exacerbated by the concomitant closing of trading posts, the drop in value of fox pelts and the decrease in availability of commodities due to World War II.
He travelled with members of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1958 to establish a general goods store to the north of Churchill, Manitoba, but instead landed in Rankin Inlet due to bad weather, where he lived for two years.
In 1961, an administrator of the department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada mandated that a village council be elected.
Qumaq and representatives from all the other villages in Nunavik met with René Lévesque in Fort Chimo in 1964, where they discussed Inuit autonomy and place in Quebec society.