Cutting up White Whale

Collection

Citation

“Cutting up White Whale,” Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Digital Library, accessed April 3, 2026, http://www.inuvialuitdigitallibrary.ca/items/show/3574.

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Title

Cutting up White Whale

Date

1935

Description

A photo of Silas Palayaq (Agnes Nigiruq’s adoptive dad) cutting up a white whale at Horton River. He is wearing traditional clothing.

This photo collection was used during the interviews of the Aulavik Oral History Project to get the names of people previously not identified.

Subject

Places

Nunaptingni (Northwest Territories)

Horton River

Kaanata / Kanata (Canada)

Type

Image

Identifier

N1991-068-0209 (NWT Archives)

Source

Physical collection housed at the NWT Archives.