Harvaqtuurmiut

Inuit inukshuk on the lower Kazan River used during the caribou hunt.

"You must know that human beings differ. The Harvaqtormiut know many things we do not know, and we know many things they do not. Therefore you must not compare the Harvaqtormiut with us, for their knowledge is not our knowledge, as our knowledge is not theirs." (Knud Rasmussen, 1930)

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Harvaqtuurmiut (alternate: Harvaqtormiut,[2] or Ha'vaqtuurmiut; translation: "whirlpools aplenty people") were a Caribou Inuit society in Nunavut, Canada. Predominantly, their inland existence was along the lower Kazan River section, by Thirty Mile Lake, that they called Harvaqtuuq.[3] In 1995, the lower Kazan River area, an important crossing area for the Kaminuriak caribou herd as well as the traditional territory and ancestral home of Harvaqtuurmiut, was designated the Fall Caribou Crossing National Historic Site.[4]

  1. ^ Laugrand, F. (2002-05-01). "Write to Speak". encyclopedia.com. Anthropology and Company. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  2. ^ Clark, Patricia Roberts (2009). Tribal names of the Americas: spelling variants and alternative forms, cross-referenced. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3833-4.
  3. ^ Keith, pp. 2, 6
  4. ^ "Kazan Heritage River: Ten-Year Review" (PDF). nunavutparks.com. Department of Sustainable Development, Parks and Tourism Division. November 2000. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2010.