Uriash Puqiqnak
b. 1946
Person TypeIndividual
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) / Bear Clan, 1931 - 2015
BiographyUriash Puqiqnak, CM is an experienced soapstone carver and former territorial and municipal level politician in Canada. He served as Mayor of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut and was a member of the Nunavut Legislature from 1999 until 2004. Uriash Puqiqnak briefly served as acting speaker in 2000 after Levi Barnabas' resignation
