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Also known as Hannah Tookoolito, Tookoolito

thumb|Taqulittuq in the United States Taqulittuq (, often transliterated as Tookoolito;  – December 31, 1876) was an Inuk interpreter and guide. She and her husband Ipirvik (also known as Joe) worked alongside Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall and joined him in his search for Franklin's lost expedition in the 1860s, as well as the Polaris expedition to reach the North Pole.

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Canada
Place of birth
Baffin Island
Place of death
Groton
Spouse
Ipirvik
Occupation
interpreter
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
Inuktitut
Image
Tookoolito Nourse (profile).jpg
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date of birth
1838-01-01
date of death
1876-12-31
Commons category
Tookoolito
name in native language
ᑕᖁᓕᑦᑐᖅ
nickname
Hannah
cause of death
tuberculosis
manner of death
natural causes
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8 sections
Contents
  • Biography
  • Early life and family
  • Travels
  • Later life
  • Legacy
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|Taqulittuq in the United States Taqulittuq (, often transliterated as Tookoolito;  – December 31, 1876) was an Inuk interpreter and guide. She and her husband Ipirvik (also known as Joe) worked alongside Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall and joined him in his search for Franklin's lost expedition in the 1860s, as well as the Polaris expedition to reach the North Pole.

== Biography ==

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