Caribou, river and ocean: Harvaqtuurmiut landscape organization and orientation

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Keith, Darren
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2004
• Subjects: Yathkyed Lake; Baker Lake; Études/Inuit/Studies; inuit; inuktitut; Kazan River
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/013195ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/013195ar

The Harvaqtuurmiut were an Inuit society whose territory was Harvaqtuuq—the lower Kazan River—between the outlet of Hikuligjuaq (Yathkyed Lake) and the river’s mouth at Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake). The Harvaqtuurmiut lived a completely inland existence and their subsistence revolved largely around the...