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Jose Kusugak (2 May 1950 – 18 or 19 January 2011) was an Inuk politician from Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories (now Naujaat, Nunavut), Canada. He moved, along with his family, to Rankin Inlet in 1960. Kusugak was born in Repulse Bay. After attending school in both Chesterfield Inlet and Churchill, Manitoba he went to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to attend high school. After finishing high school he went on to teach in both Rankin Inlet and Churchill, where he taught Inuktitut and Inuit history.

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  • Jose Kusugak (2 May 1950 – 18 or 19 January 2011) was an Inuk politician from Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories (now Naujaat, Nunavut), Canada. He moved, along with his family, to Rankin Inlet in 1960. Kusugak was born in Repulse Bay. After attending school in both Chesterfield Inlet and Churchill, Manitoba he went to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to attend high school. After finishing high school he went on to teach in both Rankin Inlet and Churchill, where he taught Inuktitut and Inuit history. In 1971 he joined what was then called the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, known today as the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), and served as an assistant to Tagak Curley the organization's first president. Later moving to Arviat he helped to establish a standardized writing system for Inuktitut syllabics. In 1979/1980 he joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as the area manager for the Kivalliq Region. After working with them for 10 years, he joined the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, and introduced several new areas of programming to the network. He then became the president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, one of the four organizations that make up the ITK. As president of NTI he was responsible for negotiating the comprehensive land claims for Inuit, including the creation of Nunavut, with the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories. In acknowledgement of this work, he has been called the "Last Father of Confederation." The new territory was proclaimed on April 1, 1999, five days before Kusugak's eldest daughter Aliisa Autut, gave birth to her third child. Kusugak held the position of president until losing the election to Paul Kaludjuak after which he was controversially appointed president of ITK. After 6 years as president, Kusugak announced on 12 May 2006 that he was stepping down. Kusugak wrote the short comic Kiviuq vs Big Bee that was published in the anthology Arctic Comics in 2016. Kusugak was married to the acting Commissioner of Nunavut, Nellie Kusugak. Kusugak died in Rankin Inlet, Kivalliq, Nunavut, Canada. He was commemorated on a Canadian stamp in 2022, as the first in a series of three indigenous leaders on stamps. (en)
  • Jose Kusugak (2 de maio de 1950 - 18 ou 19 de janeiro de 2011) foi um político canadense da etnia inuíte. Exerceu atividades profissionais na Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, na e tornou-se presidente da . (pt)
  • Хосе Кусугак (англ. Jose Kusugak; 2 мая 1950 года — 19 января 2011 года) — канадский политик, эскимос. Был инициатором стандартизации эскимосской письменности. (ru)
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  • Jose Kusugak (2 de maio de 1950 - 18 ou 19 de janeiro de 2011) foi um político canadense da etnia inuíte. Exerceu atividades profissionais na Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, na e tornou-se presidente da . (pt)
  • Хосе Кусугак (англ. Jose Kusugak; 2 мая 1950 года — 19 января 2011 года) — канадский политик, эскимос. Был инициатором стандартизации эскимосской письменности. (ru)
  • Jose Kusugak (2 May 1950 – 18 or 19 January 2011) was an Inuk politician from Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories (now Naujaat, Nunavut), Canada. He moved, along with his family, to Rankin Inlet in 1960. Kusugak was born in Repulse Bay. After attending school in both Chesterfield Inlet and Churchill, Manitoba he went to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to attend high school. After finishing high school he went on to teach in both Rankin Inlet and Churchill, where he taught Inuktitut and Inuit history. (en)
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  • Jose Kusugak (en)
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  • Кусугак, Хосе (ru)
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