FDI - Inuit

Year	*History*
4000 B.P.	Pre-Dorset migration from Asia through Alaska into Canada
2800 B.P.	Dorset culture replaced Pre-Dorset
900	Whaling Thule culture settled (900 to 1300) from Alaska to Greenland displacing Dorset culture
1000	First encountered by Norse settlers in Greenland
1576	Discovered by Frobisher in search for northwest passage
17XX	Danes resettled Greenland; Russia and western Eskimo opened relations; Labrador Inuits missionized by Moravians
1750	Present Inuit and Eskimo cultures replaced Thule culture which was destroyed by "little ice age"
1795	Central Eskimos met by Hearne overland from the south
1871	US purchased Alaska, Hudson Bay Company began establishing posts
1914	Stafansson explorations
1922	Jenness explorations
1950	Big Diomedes Island (USSR) Eskimos removed to mainland by Soviet government
1975	James Bay Agreement for hydro-electric development
1982	Inuit Broadcasting Corporation created
1992	Canadian Territory of Nunavut conceived primarily for the Eskimauan peoples comprising much of the Northwest Territories.

Inuit Sites

Arctic Bay http://www.qikiqtani.nu.ca/english/communications-community-profiles-arctic-bay.html

Arviat Inuit Art http://www.arviathotel.com/arviat-inuit-art.htm

Broughton Island http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1112

Cambridge Bay Inuit Art http://www.cambridgebayhotel.com/cambridge-bay-inuit-art.htm

Canadian Inuit History http://www.civilization.ca/educat/oracle/modules/dmorrison/page01_e.html

Chesterfield Inlet http://www.kivalliq.org/eng/chester.html

Chesterfield Inlet Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/turquetil.html

Clyde River http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nwt/pro_nt10.php

Clyde River http://www.qikiqtani.nu.ca/english/communications-community-profiles-clyde-river.html

Clyde River, Nunavut http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/nunavut_communities/clyder.html

Coppermine River http://www.blackfeather.com/canoe/canoe_coppermine.htm

Coral Harbour Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/2coral.html

Coral Harbour Inuit Artists http://www.coralharbourhotel.com/coral-harbour-inuit-artists.htm

Coral Harbour, Nunavut http://www.kivalliq.org/eng/coral.html

Drum Dancing Story http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/inuitdrumdance.htm

Eastern Canadian Inuktitut http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ike

Eskimo-Aleut Language Family Tree http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91177

Eskimo Inuit Art http://www.freespiritgallery.ca/

Gjoa Haven Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/2gjoa.html

Gjoa Haven Inuit Art http://www.gjoahaven.com/gjoa-haven-inuit-art.htm

Grise Fiord http://www.qikiqtani.nu.ca/english/communications-community-profiles-grise-fiord.html

Grise Fiord Pictures http://www.arcticcircle.ca/Baffin/Grise/

Hall Beach Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/2hall.html

Hall Beach, Nunavut http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/canada/nunavut/hallbe.html

History of the Nunavut Inuit http://www.kstrom.net/isk/canada/images/can_arct.htm

Hopedale http://www.ourlabrador.ca/member.php?id=4

Hopedale http://www.wright-photo.com/hopedale1.htm

Hopedale http://home.thezone.net/~nanuk/webdoc3.htm

ICC Language Commission http://www.inuit.org/index.asp?lang=eng&num=207

Igloolik http://www.qikiqtani.nu.ca/english/communications-community-profiles-igloolik.html

Igloolik Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/2igloolik.html

Inuit http://www.athropolis.com/links/inuit.htm

Inuit ... http://www.houston-north-gallery.ns.ca/inuit_indians.htm

Inuit and Arctic Peoples http://www.kstrom.net/isk/canada/images/can_arct.htm

Inuit Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t167

Inuit Broadcasting Corporation http://inuit.iquebec.com/pages/3c.htm

Inuit History http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/arctic/history.htm

Inuit Nation http://www.canadopedia.com/first-nations/inuit/

Inuit Native Americans http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/stwork03/writing/Inuit.pdf

Inuit of Quebec http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/qc/aqc/art/inuits_e.html

Inuit Post-contact History http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/inuit_history.html

Inuit Regions http://www.itk.ca/5000-year-heritage/regions.php

Inuit Sculpture from Baker Lake http://www.houston-north-gallery.ns.ca/baker_lake_sculpture_a3828.htm

Inuit Sculpture from Cape Dorset http://www.houston-north-gallery.ns.ca/inuit_sculpture_ju3083.htm

Inuktitut http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuktitut

Iqaluit Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/2iqaluit.html

Kugaardjuq School http://www.polarnet.ca/~pellybay/

Lake Harbour Inuit Musk Ox Carving http://www.pilarshephard.com/?page=collections&section=inuit&img_no=110

Makkovik Christmas http://www.hvgb.net/~sedna/christmasmakkovik.html

Nain http://home.thezone.net/~nanuk/webdoc5.htm

Nanisivik Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/2arcticbay.html

Oonark, Jessie, Artist http://www.uleth.ca/artgallery/TWAM/vr1/BioOonark.htm

Pangnirtung Inuit Sculpture http://www.houston-north-gallery.ns.ca/pangnirtung_sculpture.htm

Pelly Bay Catholic Church http://www.arcticomi.ca/2kugaaruk.html

Pelly Bay Inuit Sculpture http://www.houston-north-gallery.ns.ca/inuit_sculpture_a1449.htm

Pelly Bay, Nunavut http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/learningresources/facts/nunavut_communities/pelbay.html

Pond Inlet http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/canada/nunavut/pondin.html

Pond Inlet Catholic Church http://www.arcticomi.ca/2pondinlet.html

Pond Inlet Inuit Sculptures http://www.inuit-art.ca/

Prehistoric Inuit Cultures http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/pre.htm

Rankin Inlet http://www.kivalliq.org/eng/rankin.html

Rankin Inlet Catholic Church http://www.arcticomi.ca/2rankin.html

Repulse Bay http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/canada/nunavut/repuls.html

Repulse Bay http://www.kivalliq.org/eng/repulse.html

Repulse Bay Art http://www.repulsebayhotel.com/repulse-bay-inuit-artists.htm

Repulse Bay Catholic Church http://www.arcticomi.ca/2repulse.html

Resolute Bay http://www.earth.rochester.edu/pmag/arctic/arctic2000/Arctic2000-5.html

Resolute Bay Igloo http://www.alaskastock.com/resultsframe.asp?inline=true&image=406AB+AD0001+002&wwwflag=3&imagepos=5

Resolute Bay Inuit Art http://www.earth.rochester.edu/pmag/arctic/arctic2000/Arctic2000-5.html

Rigolet http://www.ourlabrador.ca/member.php?id=9

Rigolet http://project.smartlabrador.ca/home.php?page=68

Sanikiluaq http://www.mitiq.com/sanikiluaq-nunavut.htm

Sanikiluaq Inuit Carvings http://www.mitiq.com/sanikiluaq-inuit-artists.htm

Sanikiluaq Whale Carving http://www.houston-north-gallery.ns.ca/inuit_sculpture_a3615.htm

Spence Bay http://www.donmeredith.ca/Arctic/Arctic06.html

Spence Bay Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/2taloyoak.html

Taloyoak Inuit Art http://www.taloyoak.com/taloyoak-inuit-art.htm

Tuktoyaktuk Pictures http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-482072-action-pictures-tuktoyaktuk_vacations-i

Western Canadian Inuktitut http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ikt

Whale Baleen Basket http://www.simplybaskets.com/Baleen_Basket_Ivory_Whale_Tail.html

Whale Cove http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/canada/nunavut/whale.html

Whale Cove http://www.kivalliq.org/eng/whale.html

Whale Cove Catholic Mission http://www.arcticomi.ca/2whale.html

Wild Arctic Musk Ox Harvest ... http://www.hillsfoods.com/article1.html

*Ethnie:*	INUIT
*Languages (Speakers):*	Eastern Canadian Inuktitut (14,000), Western Canadian Inuktitut (4,000)
*Family:*	Eskimo
*Stock:*	Eskimo-Aleut
*Phylum:*	Eskimo-Aleut
*Macro-Culture:*	Alaska

Year	Population	NF	NT	PQ	Source
1700	37,000	3,000	24,000	10,000	NAHDB calculation
1700	37,000				Swanton
1800	37,000	3,000	24,000	10,000	NAHDB calculation
1900	36,000	3,000	23,000	10,000	NAHDB calculation
1922	35,000				Jeness estimate
1981					BIA
2000					NAHDB calculation