Zebedee Nungak is a writer and broadcaster, an outspoken defender of the Inuktitut language and a leading figure in the building of Nunavik. He helped negotiate, and is a signatory to, the 1975 James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement. He later held several leadership positions in Nunavik, and was Co-Chairperson of the Inuit Committee on National Issues during the Aboriginal Constitutional conferences, 1984-87. He lives in Kangirsuk with his wife and their seven children.

Tagak Curley was the founding President of Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC). He held several Cabinet posts in the North-West Territories and Nunavut. He is a Member of the Order of Canada and of Nunavut, and received an Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.