Nunatsiavut artist mints Inuit design for new Indigenous coin series
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Rigolet artist Jason Sikoak is among the first to have his work featured as part of a new series of coins made by the Royal Canadian Mint to celebrate Indigenous stories.
Sikoak says he was shocked to find out that he had been selected to have his artwork featured as part of the series, called Generations.
In fact, when he received the email inviting him to apply to be part of the series, he thought it was junk mail.
"I read the little preview headline 'We contacted Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and they gave us your information so I was like 'OK, that usually doesn't pop up in a spam email, so I opened it."
The series of coins is meant to celebrate how, by passing down Indigenous legends and myths, one generation sets an example for the next.
The first in the series tells the legend of the sea goddess. The sea goddess, known to Sikoak as Sedna, has different names across Inuit Nunangat — the Inuit homeland — and the details of the legend vary across the region.
"She was married to Raven and things didn't go well, so she contacted her father to come take her back home.… Raven became upset and created a storm and the father who went and picked her up knew what was going on. So in order to save himself, he threw Sedna over the side of the boat and the storm abated," said Sikoak, recounting the version of the legend he grew up with.
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