The Kangiryuarmiut (or Kanhiryuarmiut ; or Kanhiryiirmiut ) are an Inuvialuit group, culturally and historically related to the Copper Inuit . They were historically located on Victoria Island in the areas of Prince Albert Sound , Cape Baring , and central Victoria island. They often travelled seasonally around their traditional territory including to Banks Island , both south to Nelson Head and as far north as Mercy Bay to collect raw materials from the wreck of HMS Investigator . Archaeologists have also found many sites left by Kangiryuarmiut and their ancestors in what is now Aulavik National Park . Today, many Kangiryurmiut still live on Victoria Island, in the hamlet of Uluhaktok , now within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region .
5-456: The Kangiryuarmiut speak the Kangiryuarmiutun , often considered a subdialect of Inuvialuktun , although it is more closely related to Inuinnaqtun . Inuvialuktun names for groups often refer to geographic features within a group's traditional territory. Kangiryuarmiut translates to "the people of the large bay", referring to Prince Albert Sound. Kangiryuarmiut subsisted on bear . They were
10-656: 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 . Kangiryuarmiut dialect Kangiryuarmiutun (sometimes Kangirjuarmiut(un) ) is a dialect of Inuit language spoken in Ulukhaktok , Northwest Territories , Canada by the Kangiryuarmiut , a Copper Inuit group. The dialect is part of the Inuvialuktun language. The people of Ulukhaktok prefer to think of it as Inuinnaqtun and it
15-668: Is essentially the same. It is derived from Kangiryuak (meaning "the big bay"), and named for the people that lived there, the Kangiryuarmiut, which is known by its English name Prince Albert Sound , Victoria Island . Victoria Island is the ancestral home of the Copper Inuit. The comparison of some animal names in the Siglitun and Kangiryuarmiutun subdialects of the Inuinnaqtun dialect of Inuvialuktun: This article related to
20-537: The only Copper Inuit who built iglooit on land. The Kangiryuarmiut and the Kangiryuatjagmiut of Minto Inlet were the northernmost Copper Inuit. They migrated seasonally in western Victoria Island, Banks Island, and the mainland around Kugluktuk, Nunavut . Prior to white contact, and prior to the introduction of schooners , they migrated usually by foot, developing what Nuttall referred to as an "embodied memoryscape", meaning that people knew place names along
25-647: The route, the accompanying stories, and the collective significance with relational understanding of locations. According to Helen Balanoff from the NWT Literacy Council and Cynthia Chambers from the University of Lethbridge, this knowledge is integral to social identity and Inuinnaqtun literacy. This article relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Northwest Territories -related article
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