Ekalluktogmiut

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The Ekalluktogmiut (also spelt Iqaluktuurmiutat [1] and Ikaluktuurmiut [2] ) 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, [3] and Denmark Bay. [4] According to the Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Ekalluktogmiut winter hunt on Dease Strait. [5]

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References

  1. Iqaluktuurmiutat: Life at Iqaluktuuq Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Kitikmeot Regional Groups". Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  3. Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report. New York: The Trustees of the American Museum. p. 31. OCLC   13626409.
  4. MacDonald, Robert (1978). The uncharted nations: a reference history of the Canadian tribes (Digitized Sep 15, 2008 ed.). Calgary: Ballantrae Foundation. ISBN   9780919606029.
  5. Stefansson, V.; Anderson, R.M. (1913). My life with the Eskimo. Macmillan. p. 281. ISBN   9781548458317. OCLC   487176.