Kane Tologanak is a Copper Inuit

Copper Inuit

Copper Inuit are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line, in Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region and the Northwest Territories's Inuvik Region. Most historically lived in the area around Coronation Gulf, on Victoria Island, and southern Banks Island.Their western boundary was Wise Point,...

 and former Member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1979 to 1983.

Tologanak was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election

Northwest Territories general election, 1979

The Northwest Territories general election, 1979 was the 14th general election in the Northwest Territories history. The election took place on October 1, 1979....

. He served one term and did not return when the legislature was dissolved in 1983. Kane Tologanak was listed as a member of the Committee for "Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is an Inuktitut phrase that is often translated as Inuit traditional knowledge, Inuit traditional institutions or even Inuit traditional technology...

 in the Government of Nunavut".

Tologanak is the first cousin to Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

 MLA Donald Havioyak

Donald Havioyak

Donald Havioyak is a territorial level politician in Canada. He served as a member of the Nunavut Legislature.Havioyak was elected to the Nunavut legislature in the 1999 Nunavut general election. He won the Kugluktuk electoral district with a plurality of six votes defeating three other candidates...

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