Asiagmiut

Asiagmiut (also Aziagmut)[1] were an Arctic coast Copper Inuit[2] group in Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. They were located near Ogden Bay[3] east of the Coppermine River,[4] between the Coppermine River and Tree rivers,[5] west of Kent Peninsula,[4] east of Kent Peninsula,[6] and opposite Melbourne Island.[7] Hudson (1989) mentions the Asiagmiut, a Caribou Inuit group of the Kazan River area, who were subsistence hunters.[8]

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  4. ^ a b Sturtevant, William C. (1984). Handbook of North American Indians: Arctic. Government Printing Office. pp. 401–. ISBN 978-0-16-004580-6.
  5. ^ "Focus: Copper Eskimo of the Arctic Mainland (#2,3,and 4 as defined below), between 17 --108 W and 66 40'N--69 20'N, about 1915". University of California, Irvine. Archived from the original on March 31, 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  6. ^ Armstrong, Samuel Chapman (1920). The Southern Workman. Hampton Institute Press. pp. 20–21.
  7. ^ Swanton, John R. (1901). "Bulletin of the Tribes of North America". BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. p. 558. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  8. ^ Hudson, Robert J.; Drew, K. R.; Baskin, L. M. (1989). Wildlife Production Systems: Economic Utilisation of Wild Ungulates. CUP Archive. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-521-34099-1.