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]

References

  1. Clark, Patricia Roberts (16 July 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-0-7864-5169-2.
  2. Hoebel, Edward Adamson (1954). The Law of Primitive Man: A Study in Comparative Legal Dynamics. Harvard University Press. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-0-674-02362-8.
  3. Stafansson, V. (30 December 1914). Prehistoric and present commerce among the Arctic coast Eskimo. Museum Bulletin Number 6 (Public domain ed.). Canada Department of Mines. p. 6. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. 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 defind below), between 17 --108 W and 66 40'N--69 20'N, about 1915". University of California Irvine. 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. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-0-521-34099-1.
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