Inuvialuit

Inuvialuit
The flag of the Inuvialuit people, depicting a gyrfalcon.
Eileen Jacobson, Inuvialuit guide
Regions with significant populations
Canada
Northwest Territories
Languages
Inuvialuktun, English
Religion
Inuit religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Other Inuit and Eskimo
Inu- ᐃᓄ- / nuna ᓄᓇ
"person" / "land"
PersonInuvialuk
PeopleInuvialuit
LanguageInuvialuktun;
Ujjiqsuuraq
CountryInuvialuit Nunangit,
     Inuit Nunangat ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ

The Inuvialuit (sing. Inuvialuk; the real people[1]) or Western Canadian Inuit are Inuit who live in the western Canadian Arctic region. They, like all other Inuit, are descendants of the Thule who migrated eastward from Alaska.[2] Their homeland – the Inuvialuit Settlement Region – covers the Arctic Ocean coastline area from the Alaskan border, east through the Beaufort Sea and beyond the Amundsen Gulf which includes some of the western Canadian Arctic Islands, as well as the inland community of Aklavik and part of Yukon.[3][4] The land was demarked in 1984 by the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.

  1. ^ "Modern Inuvialuit Culture". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  2. ^ "The Thule". Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  3. ^ Map of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
  4. ^ Map of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region including communities