Ahiagmiut

Ahiagmiut were a geographically defined Copper Inuit subgroup in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut. They were located near Ogden Bay,[1] on the Queen Maud Gulf, and inland towards Back River, then on towards the Akilinik River.[2]

According to Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Ahiagmiut abandoned their sleds in the summer and proceeded to the Back River with back packs and pack dogs.[3]

Their hunting area was south of another subgroup, the Ekalluktogmiut, on the mainland.[4]

References

  1. ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1914). The Stefánsson-Anderson Arctic Expedition of the American Museum: Preliminary Ethnological Report. New York: The Trustees of the American Museum. pp. pp. 28. OCLC 13626409. http://books.google.com/?id=-NhBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=%22Prince+Albert+Sound%22. 
  2. ^ Stefansson, V. (1914-12-30). "Prehistoric and Present Commerce among the Arctic Coast Eskimo". Geological Survey Museum Bulletin 6: 14. http://www.archive.org/stream/prehistoricprese00stefiala/prehistoricprese00stefiala_djvu.txt. 
  3. ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (2004). My Life with the Eskimo. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 285. ISBN 1-4179-2395-4. http://books.google.com/?id=AE_P_XngIi0C&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq=Ahiagmiut. 
  4. ^ "Stefansson-Anderson expedition 1908-1912". svs.is. http://www.svs.is/Vefsetur%20Vilhjalms%20Stefanssonar/ste/mai1911.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-30.