Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada
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The Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada consist of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit located in Canada's three territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.
Inuit communities
editNorthwest Territories
editAll Inuit communities in the Northwest Territories are part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
Nunavut
edit- Arctic Bay (Ikpiarjuk ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ)
- Arviat (ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ)
- Baker Lake (Qamanittuaq, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ)
- Bathurst Inlet (Kingoak)
- Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq)
- Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ)
- Clyde River (Kangiqtugaapik, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ)
- Coral Harbour (Salliit, ᓴᓪᓖᑦ)
- Gjoa Haven (Uqsuqtuuq, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ)
- Grise Fiord (Aujuittuq, ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
- Igloolik (Iglulik, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ)
- Iqaluit (territorial capital) (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ)
- Kimmirut (ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ)
- Kinngait (ᑭᙵᐃᑦ)
- Kugaaruk (Kuugaarjuk, ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ or Kuugaarruk, ᑰᒑᕐᕈᒃ )
- Kugluktuk (Qurluqtuq)
- Pangnirtung (Pangniqtuuq, ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ)
- Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ)
- Qikiqtarjuaq (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ)
- Rankin Inlet (Kangiqiniq, ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ)
- Naujaat (ᓇᐅᔮᑦ)
- Resolute (Qausuittuq, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
- Sanikiluaq, (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ)
- Sanirajak (ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ)
- Taloyoak (Talurjuaq, ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ)
- Umingmaktok (Umingmaktuuq)
- Whale Cove (Tikirarjuaq, ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ)
First Nations
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- Crowe, Keith J (1991). A history of the original peoples of northern Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773508805.