JakoMinnie Boat Charters is a business that offers boat chartering and culture experiences. This is a business that supports the need for certified boat operators and boats that meet all the Transport Canada (TC) regulations for small vessels. The business is run as a sole proprietorship and wholly and owned by Maria E. Merkuratsuk, an Inuk woman from Nain, Nunatsiavut, with extensive knowledge in the Inuit culture and language from years of traveling on the land and sea and learning from her parents, Jako and Minnie Merkuratsuk, along with her grandparents and family. This business caters to tourists, researchers and on-the-land programs for Inuit. Chartering passengers and cargo by a small vessel, 100% Inuit-Owned and controlled.