| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | June 20, 2025 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Quantity | 3,630,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Series | Indigenous Leaders |
| Series Time Span | 2022 - 2024 |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|---|---|
|
M-NH-VF
|
Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine | |
|
U-VF
|
Used - Very Fine |
Witnessing the erosion of her Inuit heritage spurred Julia Haogak Ogina (b. 1962, Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories) to devote her life to revitalizing the culture and languages of her ancestors. As colonization fragmented families and undermined traditions, she noticed that lessons once learned through singing, dancing and storytelling were gradually being lost.
Ogina worked with anthropologist Richard G. Condon on The Northern Copper Inuit: A History (1996) to document the rapid pace of socio-economic change experienced by her community. In 2017, the accomplished drum dance teacher and leader helped publish Huqqullaarutit Unipkaangit (Stories Told through Drum Dance Songs). The project involved a decade-long consultation with Elders to retrieve forgotten drum dance songs – which she sees as a conduit for ancestral knowledge and “a window into all the strengths of our people.”
In nearly two decades with the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Ogina has contributed to the creation of a regional language framework and programs promoting oral learning and knowledge transfer. In 2020, she was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for her efforts to protect and promote Inuit culture and traditions.
The booklet cover features a photograph of Ogina in her drum-dancing attire (credit: Dustin Patar |The Canadian Press). The inside of the booklet features a photograph of the Huqqullaaqatigiit drum dance group in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, in 2018. The drummer in the foreground is Ogina’s husband, Jerry Puglik (credit: Kate Kyle | CBC Licensing). It also includes a sentence about the cultural significance of drum dances (in English, French and Inuinnaqtun).
The back features a short text on Ogina, a bar code and credits.
Proud advocates for the rights and well-being of their people, the three modern-day Indigenous leaders in this inaugural series are honoured for dedicating their lives to preserving Métis, First Nations and Inuit culture and improving the quality of life of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
The second set of stamps in the Indigenous Leaders series honours three Métis, First Nations and Inuit leaders whose tireless efforts to protect the rights, culture and welfare of their people had a profound influence on Canada’s history.
The thid set of stamps issued in 2024 pays tribute to three remarkable women.
The fourth set features three stamps honouring the remarkable knowledge/language keepers of the Indigenous Leaders series.