Maligiaq Padilla
Maligiaq Johnsen Padilla (maligiɑq jonˀsn padiɬa) is a Greenlandic kayaker known for his skill with the sea kayak.[1] In 1994, at the age of 12, he won every event in his age group at the National Kayaking Championship.
History[edit]
Born in Greenland to an American father and Greenland Inuit mother, Juliane Padilla (née Johnsen),[2] he was raised from age 4 in Sisimiut.[1][3] Padilla's grandfather, Peter Johnsen,[2] taught him much of what he knows. A skilled kayaker in his own right, Johnsen taught Padilla how to kayak, how to build the boats and how to hunt using a harpoon and rifle.[3] Included in his training were open-ocean skills and traditional kayak building skills.[1] Kayaks built by Padilla are housed at the Greenland Sisimiut Museum, the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC and the Kativik Cultural Center in Nome.[3]
In 2010 Padilla moved to Alaska where he is working to revive traditional kayaking culture. He and wife Elizabeth Saagulik Hensley, an Iñupiaq attorney, have two children.[4]
Padilla is the only person in history to win four Greenland National Kayaking Championships, winning his first title at 16.[5]
External links[edit]
- SeaKayaker Magazine
- Pictures
- "Maligiaq Padilla". inuit.com. Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- "Kayak clothing from Greenland". www.britishmuseum.org. British Museum. 2001. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "The Revivalist – Maligiaq Padilla". www.canoekayak.com. CanoeKayak. February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ a b "Sealskin sprayshirt (akuilisaq)". www.britishmuseum.org. British Museum. 2001. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ a b c Moeller, Karina (November 2013). "The humble revivalist Maligiaq". greenlandtoday.com/gb/. greenland today. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ Kerns, Chris (May 2012). "Unfiltered: Maligiaq Johnsen Padilla". www.canoekayak.com. CanoeKayak. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
- ^ Holthouse, David (January 8, 2010). "Hope floats, and rolls". www.adn.com. Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
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