Josephie Pootoogook was married to Ningeookaluk, brother of peter Pitseolak, half brother of Eleeshushe, father of Kananginak, Eegyvudluk, Paulassie, Pudlat, and Solomonie Pootoogook.

Exhibitions

• Arctic Spirit 35 Years of Canadian Inuit Art, Frye Art Museum
• ART ESKIMO, Galerie de France
• Cape Dorset Graphics *59, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *60, (annual collection)
• Cape Dorset Graphics *61, (annual collection)
• Contemporary Canadian Eskimo Art, Gimpel Fils
• Eskimo Art, National Gallery of Canada
• Eskimo Carvings: Coronation Exhibition, Gimpel Fils
• Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada: First Collection, Cultural Affairs Division, Department of External Affairs, Canada
• Graphic Art by Eskimos of Canada: Second Collection, Cultural Affairs Division, Department of External Affairs, Canada
• Inuit Art From the Glenbow Collection, Glenbow Museum
• Inuit Masterworks: Selections from the Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, McMichael Canadian Collection
• Spoken in Stone: an exhibition of Inuit Art, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
• The Art of the Eskimo, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University
• The Bear, the Owl, the Walrus, The Arctic Circle
• The Cape Dorset Print, Presented at Rideau Hall by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the National Museum of Man
• We Lived by Animals/Nous Vivions des Animaux, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in cooperation with the Department of External Affairs
• Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection of Inuit Art, Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec

Collections

• Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria
• Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
• Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor
• Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal
• Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• Glenbow Museum, Calgary
• Klamer Family Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
• London Regional Art Gallery, London
• Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
• Toronto-Dominion Bank Collection, Toronto
• Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff
• Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Publications

• GEORGE TATTANIQ (SIC) OF BAKER LAKE., Author: Tataniw, George, Publication: Winnipeg: Upstairs Gallery. (1980)
• THE ANDY WARHOL COLLECTION OF AMERICAN INDIAN ART, Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., Publication: New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. (1988)