Looking Back / Tautukkonik : A Portrait of Inuit Life in Northern Labrador, 1969-1986 / Piusigilauttavut Labradoriup taggani, 1969-1986

“TautukKonik / Looking Back shows the strength of our culture. It shows the strength of family and family connection. It was strong, the way that we lived. Our culture was strong, our language was strong. And this book shows that.” ― Julius (Joe) Dicker, Nain AngajukKâk / Mayor

TautukKonik | Looking Back is a collaborative portrait of a time of change for Inuit in northern Labrador. Using repatriated photographs of Inuit life taken by Candace Cochrane between 1969 and 1986, a group of Inuit from Nain and Hopedale called the “Nunatsiavut Creative Group” joined with Andrea Procter and Candace Cochrane to combine the images with Inuit recollections in both Inuktitut and English. Together, they created an inspired portrait of time and place.

Nunatsiavut Creative Group:
Peggy Andersen • Julius Dicker • Rutie Dicker • Minnie Gear • Jade Holwell • Beverly Hunter • Maria Merkuratsuk • Levi Noah Nochasak • Sue Webb • Fran Williams • Katie Winters

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“TautukKonik / Looking Back takutitsijuk sangijonningit ilukkusivut. Takutitsijuk sangijonningit ilaget ammalu ilaget katingasiattunut. Sangijualolauttuk, inosigiKattalauttavut. Ilukkusivut sangijualolauttuk, uKausituKavut sangijualolauttuk. Ammalu tamanna atuagak takutitsijuk tâpsuminga.” ― Julius (Joe) Dicker, AngajukKâk Nainnimit

TautukKonik/Looking Back ikajuttigettautluni sanagiamut atjinguammik asiangusimatsiatumik taggami Labradorimi. Atutlutik katitsutauKatigettausimajunut atjinguannik Inuit inosimajaginnik tigujausimajut omunga Candace Cochrane akungani 1969 ammalu 1986, katingaKatigejut Nainimit ammalu Hopedale taijaujut “Nunatsiavut Sananguatillagialuit katingaKatigejut” ilaKalauttut taikkuninga Andrea Procter ammalu Candace Cochrane katitsuigiamut atjinguannik ilagillugit Inuit katitsutaugiaillasimajunut tamâgennik Inuktitut ammalu Kallunâtitut. Tamammik sanasimajok inigijausimajunik atjinguammik sitontiKajumik, iniKajumillu.

nunatsiavut sananguatillaget katingakatigejut:
Peggy Andersen • Julius Dicker • Rutie Dicker • Minnie Gear • Jade Holwell • Beverly Hunter • Maria Merkuratsuk • Levi Noah Nochasak • Sue Webb • Fran Williams • Katie Winters

Candace Cochrane has photographed in Newfoundland and Labrador since 1967. Her interest in oral history led her to author Outport (Addison Wesley 1981, reprinted Flanker Press 2008), a portrait of a traditional Newfoundland fishing village. After researching the use of photographs to teach Indigenous history, she received her doctrate in Education from Harvard University. In 2017, she returned to Labrador to collaborate on TautukKonik/Looking Back.

Andrea Procter is a historical anthropologist who focuses on settler colonialism and community-driven research. She has authored several books with Inuit partners, including TautukKonik: A Portrait of Inuit Life in Northern Labrador, 1969–1986 (Memorial University Press, 2022), and A Long Journey: Residential Schools in Labrador and Newfoundland (Memorial University Press, 2020), winner of the 2021 Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing, the CLIO Prize (Atlantic), and the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Non-Fiction. She earned a PhD from Memorial University and lives, hikes, and kayaks in St. John’s with her family.

The Nunatsiavut Creative group is comprised of a group of Inuit from Nain and Hopedale, Labrador. Members include Peggy Andersen, Julius Dicker, Rutie Dicker, Minnie Gear, Jade Holwell, Beverly Hunter, Maria Merkuratsuk, Levi Noah Nochasak, Sue Webb, Fran Williams, and Katie Winters.