Articles Art Links Biography Books Film Tubes/Focus Gallery Landscape1 Gallery Landscape2 Gallery Landscape3 Gallery of Past Gallery People Map Location Inuit Map of the Canadian Arcitc Map Key Estimated Map Scale: 250 miles per inch, 395 km per cm I live in the D area, the Caribou Inuit and near number 28 Kangiqliniqmiut. This map and information is used with permission from Rachel Qitsualik. Red Letters A through L represent the post-European classifications of Inuit Peoples, those that Inuit themselves recognize today. They are as much an indication of geographical area as they are of culture. The Peoples within such classifications frequently mingled and intermarried over millenia, coming to share common dialects, myths, and technologies. Such shared culture eventually came to distinguish each group (ie., classification) from the shared cultures of other groups. A = Mackenzie Delta Inuit B = Copper Inuit C = Netsilik D = Caribou Inuit E = Sallirmiut F = Iglulik G= Baffinland Inuit H= Inuit of Quebec I = Labrador Coast Inuit J =West Greenland Inuit K =East Greenland Inuit L = Polar Inuit White Numbers 1 to 65 correspond to distinct Inuit Peoples, generally as traditionally recognized by other Inuit groups. A name usually indicates something special about the People it is applied to, whether cultural or simply geographical. Kuungmiut, for example, denotes "River People" (being derivative of Kuuk, or "river"). The "miut" ending on most names denotes a people; so Netsilingmiut, for example, means "Seal People" (from natsiq, or "seal"). It should be noted that some of these names are no longer in use, some peoples having mixed with others or having been syncretized over time. Few Inuit Peoples have ever suffered from isolation, since the coasts in winter are joined together by thick sheets of ice, allowing the long treks by dogteam that Inuit traditionally made over the entire arctic. The following names may vary in their spelling depending upon the interpretation of a given translator. This is because all are attempts to reflect the sound of the language using Roman Orthography. To complicate matters even further, different dialects of Inuktitut may differ in the pronunciation of a word, forcing translators to take their best guess. In the past, several lexicons have been produced , but changing politics ever continues to alter what is considered "official" in the language, rendering past translations outdated or even obsolete. 1 Kikiktarugmiut 2 Kupugmiut 3 Kittegaryumiut 4 Nuvorugmiut 5 Avvagmiut 6 Akkuliakattangmiut 7 Noahognirmiut 8 Kogluktomiut 9 Asiagmiut 10 Pingangnaktomiut 11 Kanghiryuatjagmiut 12 Kanghirjuarmiut 13 Haneragmiut 14 Puivlirmiut 15 Nagyuktomiut 16 Nennitagmiut 17 Kilusiktomiut 18 Ekaluktomiut 19 Kiglinirmiut 20 Ahagmiut 21 Haningayormiut 22 Ilivilermiut 23 Ugyulingmiut 24 Qeqertarmiut 25 Utkuhikhalingmiut 26 Harvaqtormiut 27 Padlermiut 28Kangiqliniqmiut or Hauneqtormiut 29 Qaernermiut 30 Sallirmiut 31 Aivilingmiut 32 Kuungmiut 33 Netsilingmiut 34 Arvertormiut 35 Arviligjuarmiut 36 Amitormiut 37 Tununirusirmiut 38 Tununermiut 39 Aggomiut 40 Iglulik 41 Pilingmiut 42 Akudnirmiut 43 Padlimiut 44 Qinguamiut 45 Saumingmiut 46 Okomiut 47 Talirpingmiut 48 Sikosuilarmiut(now called Kingarmiut) 49 Akuliarmiut 50 Nugumiut 51 Qaumauangmiut 52 Nuvugmiut 53 Ungavamiut 54 Tahagmiut 55 Itivimiut 56 Koksoakmiut 57 Kidlinungmiut 58 Kongithlushuamiut 59 Kalatditmiut 60 Quavaitmiut 61 Akunermiut 62 Kangiamiut 63 Qeqertarsuarmiut 64 Avangnamiut 65 Qanaq Blue symbols indicate sites of old or ancient occupation by Inuit Peoples. There may also be many other sites not placed on the map, perhaps because they have only recently been discovered and dated. Also, there are probably many sites that have not yet been discovered. It should also be noted that the coasts have changed over the millenia, so that many ancient sites may be underwater. If anyone has further information to contribute regarding such sites, write in and the map will be updated. Occupied before 8000 BCE (Before Common Era) Occupied between 8000 and 1000 BCE Occupied between 1000 BCE and AD 1000 Occupied between AD 1000 and the time of European contact Occupied at different times over multiple periods Copyright 1997 Rachel Qitsualik.® All rights reserved. Jimmy Mac Donald, Photography Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, XOC OGO, Canada. http://jimmymacdonald.com 6 jim at jimmymacdonald dot com