Ekalluktogmiut

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]

References

  1. ↑ Iqaluktuurmiutat: Life at Iqaluktuuq
  2. ↑ Kitikmeot Regional Groups
  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.
  5. ↑ Stefansson, V.; Anderson, R.M. (1913). My life with the Eskimo. Macmillan. p. 281. OCLC 487176.


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