A Nineteenth-Century Mackenzie Inuit Site near Inuvik, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Arnold, Charles D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1986
• Subjects: Inuit archaeology; Mackenzie Delta; N.W.T; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie River; Inuvik; Arctic; inuit; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65090

A small collection of artifacts obtained from an aboriginal Mackenzie Inuit grave eroded by the Mackenzie River is described. The site appears to date to within the second half of the 19 century, following European contact but before acculturative processes and population decline, which brought abou...