Johannes Lampe
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Johannes Lampe | |
|---|---|
| 3rd President of Nunatsiavut | |
| Assumed office May 6, 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau Mark Carney |
| Premier | Dwight Ball Andrew Furey John Hogan |
| Preceded by | Sarah Leo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nutak, Newfoundland and Labrador[1] |
Johannes Lampe is a Canadian politician who is the current President of Nunatsiavut, an autonomous Inuit region of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.[2][3]
Repatriation of Labrador Inuit Human Remains
Lampe was sworn in as president in May 2016 after being the only candidate for the role. He hopes to preserve the Inuit culture, identity and language.[4] Before becoming president, he served as a member of the Nunatsiavut Assembly for Nain and he served as Minister of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.
Lampe was re-elected in 2020.[5] In 2024, being the only candidate to come forward for the Nunatsiavut President seat, Lampe was acclaimed for a third term on April 3, 2024.[6]
On May 23, 2011, as Nunatsiavut's Minister of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Lampe participated in the repatriation of the remains of 22 individuals held at the Chicago Field Museum. These remains had been removed from marked graves in Zoar during the Rawson-MacMillan sub-Arctic expedition of 1927-28.[7][8] In 2017, Nunatsiavut Government and The Field Museum received the first Inuit Cultural Repatriation Award from Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's President Natan Obed for the work they did leading to the successful return of the human remains.[9]
In 2014, Lampe was selected by the Nunatsiavut Government and Nain's Inuit Elders Committee to accompany the film crew of the documentary Trapped in a Human Zoo to retrace the steps of Abraham Ulrikab in Europe and to see his remains at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. This was to be the first step in Nunatsiavut's eventual request to have the remains repatriated to Labrador.[10][11] [12]
Lower Churchill Project
In June 2016, he led a protest at the office of MHA Perry Trimper.[13]
