Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada

The Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada consist of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit located in Canada's three territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.

Inuit communities

Northwest Territories

  • Inuvik, Northwest Territories
  • Paulatuk, Northwest Territories
  • Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories
  • Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
  • Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories

Nunavut

  • Arctic Bay (Ikpiarjuk ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ)
  • Arviat (ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, formerly Eskimo Point)
  • Baker Lake (Qamanittuaq ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ)
  • Bathurst Inlet (Kingoak)
  • Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ)
  • Cape Dorset (Kinngait ᑭᙵᐃᑦ)d
  • Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ)
  • Clyde River (Kangiqtugaapik ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ)
  • Coral Harbour (Salliit ᓴᓪᓖᑦ)
  • Gjoa Haven (Uqsuqtuuq ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ)
  • Grise Fiord (Aujuittuq ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
  • Hall Beach (Sanirajak ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ)
  • Igloolik (Iglulik ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ)
  • Iqaluit (territorial capital) (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, formerly Frobisher Bay)
  • Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour)
  • Kugaaruk (formerly Pelly Bay)
  • Kugluktuk (Qurluqtuq ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, formerly Coppermine)
  • Pangnirtung (Pangniqtuuq ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ)
  • Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ)
  • Qikiqtarjuaq (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ, formerly Broughton Island)
  • Rankin Inlet (Kangiqiniq ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ)
  • Naujaat (ᓇᐅᔮᑦ, formerly Repulse Bay)
  • Resolute (Qausuittuq ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
  • Sanikiluaq, (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ)
  • Taloyoak (Talurjuaq, formerly Spence Bay)
  • Umingmaktok (Umingmaktuuq ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ, formerly Bay Chimo)
  • Whale Cove (Tikirarjuaq ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ)

First Nations

See also

Further reading

  • Crowe, Keith J (1991). A history of the original peoples of northern Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773508805.
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