Name: Alooloo Eecheak

Bio: Alooloo Eecheak was born on December 20th, 1951. She lives in Arctic Bay with her husband. They have 11 children, four sons and seven daughters. Alooloo is a skilled seamstress. She first started sewing at the age of 10, which is when she made her first pair of kamiks. She is able to work with all types of material such as seal skin, caribou skin and store bought material. Today she makes parkas, mitts, snow pants as well as other types of clothing out of modern material. Like most of the women she encourages younger women to do more sewing and seek advice from the Elders.

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