Joseph (Josephie) Pootoogook (1887-1958) was the leader of a traditional Inuit camp called Ikerasak, near Cape Dorset, Nunavut (then called the Northwest Territories). His son, Kananginak Pootoogook(1935-2010) became a master printmaker, drawer and carver. Their works incorporate many details and visual descriptions of traditional artifacts, Arctic birds and animals. Kananginak Pootoogook was also one of the early participants in the Cape Dorset print program who worked with James Houston to translate his father Joseph's drawings into print.