Photo: Late Inuit leader Jose Kusugak honoured with Order of Nunavut

Inuit leader Jose Kusugak was honoured with the Order of Nunavut posthumously this past week in his home community of Rankin Inlet. Nunavut Commissioner Edna Elias, seen here at left, presented the award to Kusugak’s wife, Nellie, centre, standing here with her granddaughter (from left) Cadet Tatonya Autut, daughter Alilsa Autut, granddaughter Cpl. Desiree Autut and Nunavut’s speaker, Hunter Tootoo. Jose Kusugak joins Mark Kalluak and Rev. Mike Gardener as the first ever recipients of the honour. (PHOTO COURTESY OF DOROTHY TOOTOO, NAC)