Elatu’s Funeral: A Glimpse of Inughuit-American Relations on Robert E. Peary’s 1898–1902 Expedition

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: LeMoine, Genevieve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Inughuit; Robert E. Peary; funeral; Matthew Henson; Fort Conger; Quttinirpaaq National Park; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; funérailles; parc national Quttinirpaaq; île d’Ellesmere; Henson; Peary; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67446

In January 1901, American explorer Robert E. Peary was an active participant in an Inughuit funeral following the death of a young woman at his base at Fort Conger, Ellesmere Island. Peary’s unpublished account of the funeral is the most detailed description of an Inughuit funeral before the introdu...