kenojuak remembered ushuakjuk as "a kind and benevolent man." her father, a respected shaman, "had more knowledge than average mortals, and he would help all the inuit people." according to kenojuak, her father believed he could predict weather, predict good hunting seasons and even turn into a walrus; he also had the ability "to make fish swarm at the surface so it was easier to fish." her father came into conflict with christian converts, and some enemies assassinated him in a hunting camp in 1933, when she was only six.