Inuvialuit

Also known as Inuvialuk people, Inuvialuk

The Inuvialuit (sing. Inuvialuk; ) 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. 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. The land was demarked in 1984 by the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Inuvialuit
Ethnic group.flag_caption: The flag of the Inuvialuit people, depicting a gyrfalcon.
Ethnic group.image: Eileen Jacobson - Inuvialuit Guide - Tuktoyaktuk - Northwest Territories - Canada.jpg
Ethnic group.image_caption: Eileen Jacobson, Inuvialuk guide
Ethnic group.population: 3,145 (as of 2021)
Ethnic group.popplace: CanadaNorthwest Territories
Ethnic group.rels: Inuit religion, Christianity
Ethnic group.langs: Inuvialuktun(Sallirmiutun, Uummarmiutun, Kangiryuarmiutun), English
Ethnic group.related: Other Inuit and Eskimo
Ethnonym.root: Inu- ᐃᓄ- / nuna ᓄᓇ"person" / "land"
Ethnonym.person: Inuvialuk
Ethnonym.people: Inuvialuit
Ethnonym.language: Inuvialuktun
Ethnonym.country: Inuvialuit Nunangit(part of Inuit Nunangat)

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History and migration
Language
Culture
Communities
Notes
References
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==History and migration== thumb|left|Traditional Inuvialuit whaling camp near [[Tuktoyaktuk]] thumb|left|Map of the Inuvialuit homeland

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