Inuvialuit

Inuvialuit

The Inuvialuit (in Inuvialuktun: the real people) are Inuit people who live in the western Canadian Arctic region. They are descendants of the Thule people, other descendants who inhabit Russia. Their homeland - the Inuvialuit Settlement Region - covers the Arctic Ocean coastline area from the Alaskan border east to Amundsen Gulf and includes the western Canadian Arctic Islands. The land, which largely belongs to the Canadian Northwest Territories, was demarked in 1984 by the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.

Communities


The area of the land is km2 to mi2|num=91000|abbr=no|spell=Commonwealth|precision=0|wiki=yes. Some of these communities are shared with the Gwich’in people.

History/Migration

Before the 20th century. the Inuvialuit Settlement Region was primarily inhabited by "Siglit" Inuit, but in the second half of the 19th century, their numbers were dramatically reduced by the introduction of new diseases. Nunatamiut, Alaskan Inuit, moved into traditionally Siglit areas in the 1910s and 20s, enticed in part by renewed demand for furs from the Hudson's Bay Company. The Nunatamiut who settled in the Siglit area became known as Uummarmiut. Originally, there 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 3,000.cite web |url=http://www.albertasource.ca/boreal/the_people/inuit.html |title=The People of the Boreal Forest |accessdate=2007-09-30 |publisher=albertasource.ca]

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.

Lifestyle

The Inuvialuit have traditionally hunted caribou from 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. [Citation| title =Gwich'in step up measures to protect Porcupine herd| url =http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2006/09/13/gwichin-caribou.html|accessdate = 2007-07-23] The proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline would pass through both Inuvialuit and Gwich'in territory.

References

External links

* [http://www.civilization.ca/media/docs/fsinuv02e.html History of the Inuvialuit]
* [http://www.idc.inuvialuit.com/ Inuvialuit Development Corporation]
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ee also

*Inuvialuktun language


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