Tagak Curley

Tagak Curley CM ONu (born 1944) is an Inuk leader, politician and businessman from Nunavut.

As a prominent figure in the negotiations that led to the creation of Nunavut, Tagak is considered a living Father of Confederation in Canada.

He was born in a hunting camp at Coral Harbour, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

He ran as a federal Liberal candidate in the 1979 election for the Nunatsiaq (now Nunavut) riding, coming in second to Peter Ittinuar.

[11] In 2008, he appeared in the documentary Passage, challenging 19th century claims by Lady Franklin, widely believed at the time, that the Inuit were responsible for signs of cannibalism among her husband's doomed expedition through the Northwest Passage.