BETSY MEEKO   (KOWKALOOK)

       Born:  1943       Female       E9-101
       Resides:  Sanikiluaq
       Sculpture

           Betsy's husband, Samson, and her two sons, Lucassie and Zacharias, are all
       carvers.                                                                      

       EXHIBITIONS:

       1972                                   Belcher Island Sculpture
                                                   Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec                   
                                                   Montreal, Quebec

       March - July 1976              The Mulders' Collection of Eskimo Sculpture
                                                   Winnipeg Art Gallery                              
                                                   Winnipeg, Manitoba
                                                   (illustrated catalogue)

       Nov - Dec 1980                 Belcher Island Sculpture
                                                   Robertson Galleries                               
                                                   Ottawa, Ontario

       April - May 1981               Sculpture from Belcher Islands
                                                   Images of the North                               
                                                   San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

       May - June 1987               [Inuit Art Exhibition]
                                                   Whitby Arts Incorporated,                         
                                                   The Station Gallery                               
                                                   Whitby, Ontario

       Dec 1987 - Jan 1988      The Art of the Eskimo
                                                   Newman Galleries                                  
                                                   Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

       Jan - Feb 1989                 The Art of the Eskimo
                                                   Newman Galleries                                  
                                                   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

       COLLECTIONS:

       Bata Shoe Museum Foundation, Don Mills, Ontario                                
       Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.          
       Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories       
       Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba                                                                                                         

       SELECTED REFERENCES:

       Raven Gallery                                     
           INUIT SCULPTURE 1982.  Minneapolis: The Raven Gallery, 1982.