Aron of Kangeq
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Aron of Kangeq was a Greenland
Inuit
hunter, painter, and oral historian
. His paintings are noted for their depiction of Inuit culture and history. His storytelling is known to children's literature in Greenland.
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
Inuit
Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
hunter, painter, and oral historian
Oral history
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews...
. His paintings are noted for their depiction of Inuit culture and history. His storytelling is known to children's literature in Greenland.