Cross-posted from https://lemmy.ca/post/31501999

More information:

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/jordan-konek-grandmother-arviat-photo-1.5118410
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Konek

Helen was photographed in 1949, aged 17, by Richard Harrington as part of a series taken while he was travelling around the Arctic.[1] The photograph was taken in ᑭᖓᕐᔪᐊᓕᒃ (English: of big hill).[6]

Konek is an elder,[7][1] and lives in Arviat, Nunavut.