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28-666: The Ekalluktogmiut (also spelt Iqaluktuurmiutat and Ikaluktuurmiut ) were a geographically defined Copper Inuit subgroup in Canada 's Nunavut territory. They were located along the Ekalluk River near the center of Victoria Island , Albert Edward Bay in western Victoria Strait , and Denmark Bay . According to the Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson , the Ekalluktogmiut winter hunt on Dease Strait . This article relating to

56-664: Is essentially the same as Inuinnaqtun which is also used in the Nunavut communities of Kugluktuk , Bathurst Inlet and Cambridge Bay . Natsilingmiutut used by the Netsilingmiut of Gjoa Haven , Taloyoak , Kugaaruk and Repulse Bay in Nunavut. Uummarmiutun, Siglitun and Inuinnaqtun (Kangiryuarmiutun) are all written using Latin script while Natsilingmiutut is written in Inuktitut syllabics . Year-round, Inuvialuit hunt caribou from

84-510: The tupilaq is similar to the Christian concept of the devil . The angakkuit ( shamans ) could be male or female. They warded off evil spirits, functioned as intermediaries between people and the spirit world, healed illness or taboo violations, and controlled weather. Copper Inuit lived within geographically defined subgroups well documented by Stefansson, Franz Boas , and others: Inuvialuit The Inuvialuit Settlement Region

112-727: The Back River . To the east, the Copper Inuit and the Netsilingmiut were separated by Perry River in Queen Maud Gulf . While Copper Inuit travelled throughout Victoria Island, to the west, they concentrated south of Walker Bay , while to the east, they were concentrated south of Denmark Bay . As the people have no collective name for themselves, they have adopted the English term "Copper Inuit". It represents those westernmost Central Inuit who used and relied on native copper gathered along

140-614: The Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Nunavut -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Copper Inuit Copper Inuit , also known as Inuinnait and Kitlinermiut , are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line , in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in

168-538: The Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories . Most of them historically lived in the area around Coronation Gulf , on Victoria Island , and southern Banks Island . Their western boundary was Wise Point, near Dolphin and Union Strait . Their northwest territory was the southeast coast of Banks Island. Their southern boundary was the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake , Contwoyto Lake and Lake Beechey on

196-506: The McClure Arctic expedition , Irish explorer, Robert McClure abandoned his ship, HMS  Investigator , at Mercy Bay on Banks Island in 1853 during his search for Franklin's lost expedition . It provided extensive amounts of wood, copper, and iron which the Copper Inuit used for years. Richard Collinson explored the area in 1850–1855. In the belief that the Copper Inuit had migrated to Hudson Bay for trading at various outposts,

224-412: The 1930s, the ceremonial clothing of the Copper Inuit had died out, although it was intentionally revived in the 1990s. Copper Inuit had an animistic spiritual system, which included belief that animal spirits could be offended through taboo violations. They believed that dwarfs, giants, "caribou people", and the sea-goddess Arnapkapfaaluk or "big bad woman" inhabit the world. Their conception of

252-606: The Canadian government's 1906 map marked Victoria Island as "uninhabited". It was not until the early years of the 20th century that trading ships returned to Copper Inuit territory. They followed Vilhjalmur Stefansson 's encounter with, and report on, so-called Blond Eskimos among the Copper Inuit from his Arctic exploration of 1908–1912. During the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916 , Canadian ethnographer Diamond Jenness spent two years living with and documenting

280-871: The Cape Bathurst and Bluenose herds, and have also shared the Porcupine herd with the Gwich’in . There has been some tension between the Inuvialuit and the Gwich’in over caribou hunting. Other activities are seasonal: Traditional games include: The area of the land covered by the Inuvialuit Settlement Region is 521,707.68 km (201,432.46 sq mi). Aklavik ( Aklavik Indian Band , Ehdiitat Gwich’in Council ) and Inuvik ( Nihtat Gwich’in Council ) are shared with

308-470: The Copper Inuit diet. They liked raw but not boiled eggs . They used and cooked food and products from the sea, but kept them separate from those of the land. Copper Inuit clothing consisted of short-waisted inner parkas accented with long, narrow back tails, and sleeves that came short of the wrist. In severe weather, they added a heavy outer parka. Women's parkas were distinguished by elongated hoods, and exaggerated, pointed shoulders. Boots extended up

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336-595: The Copper Inuit were hunter-gatherer nomads . Their settlement and acculturation to some European-Canadian ways has occurred only since the 1940s, and they have also continued the hunting and gathering lifestyle. They lived in communal snowhouses during the winter and engaged in breathing-hole ( mauliqtoq ) seal hunting. In the summer, they spread out in smaller, family groups for inland caribou hunting and fishing. The people made copper arrows, spear heads, ulu blades, chisels, harpoons, and knives for both personal use and for trade amongst other Inuit. In addition to

364-497: The Copper Inuit. Copper Inuit traditionally speak Inuinnaqtun and Inuvialuktun , sometimes referred to as Western Canadian Inuktitut. Historically, Copper Inuit lived among tundra , rocky hills, outcrops, with some forested areas towards the southern and southwestern range. Here they hunted Arctic ground squirrel , Arctic hare , caribou ( barren ground and Peary's herds), grizzly bear , mink , moose , muskox , muskrat , polar bear , wolf , and wolverine . They fished in

392-582: The Coronation Gulf area to co-exist with the Copper Inuit. The first Holman -area (Ulukhaktok) trading post was established in 1923 at Alaervik, on the north shore of Prince Albert Sound , but it closed five years later. The post relocated to Fort Collinson on Walker Bay, north of Minto Inlet . Two other stores opened in Walker Bay but closed by 1939, in the years of the Great Depression . In 1960,

420-616: The Inuit and the Dene , as well as others which may have involved Europeans. This conflict seems to have been instigated by both the Dene and the Inuit and possibly was caused by trade disputes but sometimes due to raids for women. One of the better known of these battles was recorded by European explorer, Samuel Hearne . In 1771, Samuel Hearne was the first European to explore the Coppermine River region. It

448-609: The abandonment of the project in 2017. The traditional language is known as Inuvialuktun and it is made up of three or four dialects. Uummarmiutun , spoken by the Uummarmiut of Aklavik and Inuvik , is an Inupiatun dialect but is usually associated with Inuvialuktun. Siglitun is spoken by the Siglit of Sachs Harbour , Paulatuk , Tuktoyaktuk and Inuvik. Kangiryuarmiutun is used by the Kangiryuarmiut of Ulukhaktok. Kangiryuarmiutun

476-643: The copper products, Copper Inuit soapstone products were highly regarded in the Bering Strait trade network. Other trade partners included Inuvialuit from the Avvaq Peninsula and Caribou Inuit to the south. Many Copper Inuit gathered in the Cambridge Bay area in the summertime because of plentiful game. According to Robin McGrath , there are Inuit stories that show there was a history of conflict between

504-402: The dance clothing of the Copper Inuit has been extensively studied and preserved in museums worldwide. The design of these garments was inextricably linked with the religious practices of the Copper Inuit, containing what anthropologist Bernadette Driscoll-Engelstad describes as "design references alluding to the integration of the human and animal realm, the natural and the supernatural." By

532-481: The extensive network of ponds, lakes, and rivers, including the Coppermine, Rae, and Richardson Rivers , which sustained large populations of freshwater Arctic char (also found in the ocean), grayling , lake trout , and whitefish . The marine waters supported codfish , bearded seal , and ringed seal . Ducks, geese, guillemots, gulls, hawks, longspurs, loons, plovers, ptarmigans, and snow buntings were also part of

560-648: The federal government shipped three housing units to Holman, and another four in 1961. In the years to follow, some families moved to Holman permanently, while others lived there seasonally. Some Copper Inuit moved to the communities of Coppermine (Kugluktuk) or Cambridge Bay. Still others gravitated to outposts along Bathurst Inlet , Contwoyto Lake , Coronation Gulf , and on Victoria Island. The Copper Inuit have gradually adopted snowmobiles , satellite dish television service, and Christian churches. Many young people now speak English rather than Inuinnaqtun . Together, these introductions have created social change among

588-492: The leg to button at the waistline. They made the soles from feathers or bird skins. Copper Inuit used different napkins for different meals: ptarmigan skins when eating caribou, and gull skins when eating seal. Contemporary clothing and boots may be made of a variety of skins, including: In addition to their everyday clothing, historically, many Inuit had a set of ceremonial clothing made of short-haired summer skins, worn for dancing or other ceremonial occasions. In particular,

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616-544: The lives of Copper Inuit. He sent thousands of artifacts of their material culture to the Geological Survey of Canada . Along with trade, European contact brought influenza and typhoid . These newly introduced infectious diseases likely weakened resistance of the natives. Between 1929 and 1931, one in five Copper Inuit died from a tuberculosis epidemic. Around the same time, the whaling industry deteriorated. Alaskan Iñupiat and Mackenzie Delta Inuvialuit came into

644-479: The lower Coppermine River and the Coronation Gulf. According to Knud Rasmussen (1932), other Inuit referred to Copper Inuit as Kitlinermiut , as Kitlineq was an Inuit language name for Victoria Island. Copper Inuit, like all Inuit, are descendants of the Thule people . Changes in the environment may have resulted in the transition from prehistoric Thule culture to Copper Inuit culture . For about 3,000 years

672-471: The new Mackenzie Delta community of Reindeer Station . Indigenous Sámi people were imported from Norway to teach Inuvialuit men how to care for their own individual herds. However, the program was relatively unsuccessful, as it required a lonely lifestyle and was less lucrative than traditional hunting and trapping . The Inuvialuit Settlement Region Traditional Knowledge Report of 2006 identified additional naming characteristics. Those Inuvialuit who live in

700-493: The west are called Ualinirmiut ( Ualiniq ) by the people of the east. The Inuvialuit who occupy the east are known as Kivaninmiut ( Kivaliniq ) by the people of the west. The Inuit of Ulukhaktok are neither Siglit nor Uummarmiut but are Copper Inuit and refer to themselves as Ulukhaktokmuit after Ulukhaktok , the native name for what used to be called Holman. The proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline would have passed through both Inuvialuit and Gwich'in territory before

728-558: Was an intense dislike between the Siglit and the Uummarmiut, but these differences faded over the years, and the two aboriginal peoples intermarried. With improved healthcare and Nunatamiut intermarriage, the Inuvialuit now number approximately 3,100. In the 1930s, the Inuvialuit were involved in a Canadian government scheme to introduce reindeer herding as the primary economic driver of the Western Arctic. At tremendous expense, thousands of domesticated animals were herded from Alaska to

756-462: Was here that Matonabbee , leader of Hearne's Chipewyan Dene guides, and his companions massacred a Copper Inuit group at Bloody Falls . Further exploration did not take place until the period of 1820–1853, which included the Sir John Franklin expeditions of 1821 and 1825. John Rae encountered Copper Inuit at Rae River in 1847, and at Cape Flinders and Stromness Bay in 1851. During

784-480: Was primarily inhabited by Siglit Inuit until their numbers were decimated by the introduction of new diseases in the second half of the 19th century. Nunatamiut , Alaskan Inuit, moved into traditional Siglit areas in the 1910s and 20s, enticed in part by renewed demand for furs from the Hudson's Bay Company and European markets. The Nunatamiut who settled in the Siglit area became known as Uummarmiut . Originally, there

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