Ennutsiak

Originally from Nunavik, he spent most of his life traveling around Baffin Island and eventually settled in Iqaluit.^[3][4][5]

His work mostly depicts scenes of daily life in the Arctic, such as women giving birth and men butchering seals and walruses.^{[3][6][7][4][5]} He worked in soapstone, also known as steatite.^[8]

His disc number (assigned by the Canadian government) is E7603.^[2]

Ennutsiak was the grandfather of writer Alootook Ipellie.^[9][10][1]

His work is held in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Art Gallery of Ontario,^[3][4][11] the National Gallery of Canada,^[3][12] the Winnipeg Art Gallery,^[3] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,^[7] the Canadian Museum of History,^[4][13] the Berwick Museum and Art Gallery,^[8] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,^[14] the McMaster Museum of Art,^[15] the Collection of the University of Saskatchewan,^[16] the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,^[2] and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.^[17]