1. The Inuit of Labrador
Inuit — Inuktitut for “the people” — are an Aboriginal people, the majority of whom inhabit the northern regions of Canada.
Traditionally, the Inuit were hunters and gatherers who moved seasonally from one camp to another. Large regional groupings were loosely separated into
smaller seasonal groups, winter camps of around 100 people and summer hunting groups of fewer than a dozen. Each band was roughly identified with a
locale and named accordingly — the Arvirtuurmiut of Boothia Peninsula were called "baleen whale-eating people."
The environment in which the Inuit lived inspired a mythology filled with adventure tales of whale and walrus hunts. Long winter months of waiting for cari-
bou herds or sitting near breathing holes hunting seals gave birth to stories of mysterious and sudden appearance of ghosts and fantastic creatures. Some
Inuit looked into the aurora borealis, or northern lights, to find images of their family and friends dancing in the next life.
Labrador
Sea
North Atlantic Sea
Legend
Base Camp
Eleveation Point
Lighthouse
Fishing Ground
Source: Geogratis: Places, Water Features, Wooded Area, Lighthouse, Runway, Elevation Points, Buildings, Hill Shade, DEM/2015, ESRI:Admin Boundaries/2015, /images.robertharding.com/preview/RM/RH/HORIZONTAL/832-178933.jpg: Fishing Boat Image, http://arctickingdom.com/wp-content/gallery/torngat-mountains-wildlife/10-local-people.jpg: Local People Image, http://www.planetwhale.com/img/1002wwwabreach1441877871.jpg: Whale Image, https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/spirits-who-have-rounded-bend-iivaqsaat: Poem Excerpt
For-The-Spirits-Who-Have-Rounded-The-Bend
Seldom have I thought of rapid growth in years,
you both with heads of hair like whalebone strings,
white, and tenacious.
I seldom listen to only one voice or,
to only those standing in a row in the night.
They stand up as rays of sunstrokes
just when the night turns to a gleam
ripple on the glass water.
Then as the ligature of Inuit light flux and flows
like herds of walrus,
passing along the coast,
Yes then, but maybe this is a seal hook of bear claws
clipping me to the northern tilt, pinning me to the cycle of
night when the day slows, the wind shifts to cloud,
and the moon shadow grows to sun loops.
It is then I answer the coal seal eyes with throat song,
standing on one strong foot in dance with white gloves.
- dg nanouk okpik
Cabot Island
Killiniq Island
Parmenter Island
Amity Island
Home Island
Lambert Island
North Aulatsivik
Island
Amiktok Island
Big White Bear Skin Island
Kangalasiorvik Island
Jens Haven
Big Island
Blue Bell Island
Maidmonts Island
Nulliak Island
Kingmirtok Island
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