Biografía
He was the son of Ahivgak and Wegruk.
He was an Inuit mariner who served in the Canadian Arctic Expedition in the North Star and Alaska as an interpreter assisting Dr. Rudolph Anderson.
He married Etna Klengenberg (daughter of Christian Klengenborg) at Herschel Island and settled on Victoria Island at Rymer Point. Etna and Ikey Bolt eventually took over Klengenberg’s store at Rymer Point in 1920 and operated it until 1932.
He worked for many years with the Anglican Church in remote settlements.
He served as Ice Pilot for the Canalaska Trading Company and then the HBC.
In the 1940 he moved to Coppermine NT. In the mid-1930s Ikey and Etna moved to a location near Minto Inlet.
By the 1940s they moved to Coppermine where Ikey became caretaker and interpreter for the first government school established there.
In 1953 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in recognition of his services.
Referencias
- Davis, Richard C. (Ed.) (1996)
- www.kitikmeotheritage.ca ↗
