Ovilu Tunnillie
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title:
Ovilu Tunnillie
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Ovilu (Oviloo) Tunnillie was born at Kangia, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories and was an Inuit sculptor. Her carvings served as her commentary on both traditional and changing contemporary Inuit culture. She was one of the first Inuit artists to work with an autobiographical theme. At a young age, Oviloo's family was disrupted by the government's forced removal of tuberculosis patients to sanitariums in southern Canada. She was taken to Clearwater Lake Indian Hospital in Manitoba, where she
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Canadian artist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovilu_Tunnillie
date created:
2017-03-10T02:06:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T09:00:31Z
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