Millennium 5 -The Powers of the Inuit Shaman

[This post is another in a series  profiling each of the 68 stamps issued by Canada Post Corporation on September 15, 1999 on the occasion of the new Millennium. Links to previously published posts are listed at the bottom of this page]

The Inuit shaman or angakkug was a mystical guide who helped heal the sick, influenced the weather, and interpreted dreams.

Baker Lake artist Paul Toolooktook's sculpture of a muskox shaman was featured on the millennium stamp.

Links

• Angakkuq

• Shamanism

• Living Arctic

• Aboriginal Intangible Property

• Mahood, Gail, The Art of Colonialism: Inventing Canadian Identity through Inuit Soapstone Carving

The Millennium Stamp

1.  Millennium Collection Album

The Inuit Shaman stamp was one of 68 Millennium stamps first issued in a hardbound book, Canada Post The Millennium Collection : Expressions of a People, on September 15, 1999. The stamps were printed two to a page.

 The Inuit Shaman  and Aboriginal Healing stamps were printed on the same page.

2. Millennium Collection Souvenir Sheet

Canada Post Corporation re-issued the Millennium stamps in panes of 4 stamps issued over a three month period from December 17, 1999 to March 17, 2000. The souvenir sheet with the Inuit shaman was released on February 17, 2000.

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Millennium Stamp Collection

1. Wikipedia :  Canada Post Millennium Stamps
(This site describes the stamps and provides links to article dealing with each subject.)

2. Postal History Corner articles:

 
1. L'Anse aux Meadows

2. Pier 21

3. Pontiac

4. Tom Longboat
5. Inuit Shaman
6. Healing From Within