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{{Short description|Canadian Inuit woman acquitted of murder}}
'''Kikkik''' was an [[Inuit]] woman who
== Relocation ==
Kikkik was a member of the [[Ihalmiut]] (Ahiarmiut), a [[Caribou Inuit]] band, who had originally lived in the [[Ennadai Lake]] area. In 1949, the Ihalmiut were relocated by the [[Government of Canada]] to [[Nueltin Lake]]. However, hunting was poor at Nueltin and over time the people returned to Ennadai. In 1957, the Government again moved the Ihalmiut, now numbering 59 people, to the [[Henik Lake]] area.▼
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▲Kikkik was a member of the [[Ihalmiut]] (Ahiarmiut), a [[Caribou Inuit]] band
== Desperate circumstances ==
During
Ootek then returned to Kikkik's igloo, but she became suspicious and followed him as he left the igloo. He shot at her but she pushed the rifle aside. She fought with Ootek, who was weak from hunger, and forced him to the ground
Kikkik
== Rescue and trial ==
She was later picked up by a [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] aircraft that also was able to find the two girls, one of whom had died. Kikkik was then charged with the murder of Ootek, child neglect for abandoning Annecatha, and causing the death of daughter, Nesha. At her trial, in [[Rankin Inlet, Nunavut|Rankin Inlet]], presided over by [[John Sissons]], she was found not guilty of all charges. Sissons, in his remarks to the jury said the case "demands that we revert our thinking to an earlier age and try to understand Kikkik and her life and her land and her society" and that she should be judged by her culture.▼
Kikkik, Karlak, Ailoyoak, and baby Nokahhak were rescued by a [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] aircraft that also was able to find the two stranded girls, one of whom had died. Kikkik was charged with the murder of Ootek, child neglect for abandoning Annecatha, and causing the death of Nesha.
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Her story was featured in the 1959 book ''The Desperate People'' by [[Farley Mowat]]. Kikkik never talked about this part of her life and her children did not learn of it until Annecatha read the book. Kikkik's story was also turned into two documentaries featuring daughter Elisapee (neé Nurrahaq [or Nokahhak]) Karetak in 2000 ([[English language|English]] and 2002 ([[Inuktitut]]).▼
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▲Her story was featured in the 1959 book ''The Desperate People'' by [[Farley Mowat]]. Kikkik never talked about this part of her life,
* Tester, Frank J., and Peter Keith Kulchyski. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=HVf9N3jdsp4C&pg=PA231&dq=Kikkik+mistakes&sig=XR12iNbrg1qE5haPARJhMC7LZoE#PPA234,M1 Tammarniit (Mistakes) Inuit Relocation in the Eastern Arctic, 1939-63]''. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0774804523 ▼
*Eber, Dorothy. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=g7Qcr7vzQbQC&dq=angulalik+trial Images of Justice A Legal History of the Northwest Territories As Traced Through the Yellowknife Courthouse Collection of Inuit Sculpture]''. McGill-Queen's native and northern series, 28. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997. ISBN 0773516751 ▼
*[http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Nunavut/kikkik.htm Kikkik, When Justice Was Done]▼
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* Damas, David. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3TZHXQaFk2IC&dq=henik+padlei+distance&pg=RA1-PA92 ''Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic'']. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. {{ISBN|0-7735-2405-3}}
*There were three carvings commissioned by John Sissons to represent the case:▼
▲* Eber, Dorothy. ''[
**[http://www.nwtcourts.ca/Sissons/Kikkik3.htm Ootek shooting Hallow]▼
▲* Tester, Frank J., and Peter Keith Kulchyski. ''[
**[http://www.nwtcourts.ca/Sissons/Kikkik2.htm Kikkik stabbing Ootek]▼
**[http://www.nwtcourts.ca/Sissons/Kikkik1.htm The girls left in the igloo]▼
== References ==
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