Aboriginal peoples in Northern Canada

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

See also: Aboriginal peoples in Canada

Contents

1 Inuit communities
2 Further reading

Inuit communities[edit]

Northwest Territories[edit]

Nunavut[edit]

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)
Repulse Bay (Naujaat ᓇᐅᔮᑦ)
Resolute (Qausuittuq ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
Sanikiluaq, (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ)
Taloyoak (Talurjuaq, formerly Spence Bay)
Umingmaktok (Umingmaktuuq ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑑᖅ, formerly Bay Chimo)
Whale Cove (Tikirarjuaq ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ)

First Nations[edit]

v t e Aboriginal peoples in the Northwest Territories

Cultural areas: Arctic Subarctic

Ethnolinguistic groups	Gwichʼin Dene Chipewyan Sahtu Slavey Tli Cho Métis Inuvialuit Woodland Cree

Band governments	Acho Dene Koe Aklavik Behdzi Ahda Dechi Laot'i Deline Deninu K'ue Dog Rib Rae Fort Good Hope Gameti Gwichya Gwich'in Jean Marie River K'atlodeeche Ka'a'gee Tu Liidlii Kue Lutsel K'e Dene Pehdzeh Ki Salt River Sambaa K'e Dene Tetlit Gwich'in Tulita Dene West Point Wha Ti Yellowknives Dene

Regional / tribal councils	Akaitcho Territory Government Dehcho First Nations Gwich'in Tribal Council Kaska Nation Sahtu Secretariat Tłįchǫ Government

Treaties and Land Claims Agreements	Treaty 8 (South of Great Slave Lake, 1899) Treaty 11 (rest of the territory except the Arctic islands, 1921) Inuvialuit Final Agreement (1984) Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (1992) Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (1993) Tlicho Agreement (2003)

See also: Inuvialuit Regional Corporation *Northwest Territory Métis Nation

v t e First Nations in the Yukon

Peoples	Gwich'in Hän Kaska Dena Northern Tutchone Southern Tutchone Tagish Tlingit Tanana Athabaskans

Governments	Aishihik Carcross/Tagish Champagne and Aishihik Nacho Nyak Dun Kluane\| Kwanlin Dün Liard River Little Salmon/Carmacks Ross River Dena Selkirk Ta'an Kwach'an Teslin Tlingit Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Vuntut Gwitchin White River

Languages	Gwich’in Hän Kaska Tutchone Tagish Tlingit Upper Tanana

Other	Yukon First Nations Party Yukon Land Claims Kaska Nation

Further reading[edit]

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

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