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INUINNAIT HISTORY IN BATHURST INLET
INUINNAIT HISTORY IN BATHURST INLET
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Qingauq (Bathurst Inlet) is a particularly important place for the history of many Cambridge Bay families, but much of its traditional knowledge has not been recorded.
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Led by the Kapolaks who live in Qingauq today, and Elders Lena Kamaoyok, Mary Kaniak, and Jessie Naikak, PI/KHS teams recorded oral histories, and also some very special heritage sites like a seal blubber cache on top of a tall boulder.
Mary Kaniak discusses a cliff-side meat cache.
The tall boulder in the centre of the photo was used to store seal blubber.
The archaeology crew examines a 500-year-old Inuit house foundation.
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