Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition
Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the explorers for various goods and interacted with the material that they left behind....
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/67783 2023-05-15T14:19:24+02:00 Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition Thacher, Dana 2018-12-19 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67783 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67783/51679 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67783 Copyright (c) 2018 ARCTIC ARCTIC; Vol. 71 No. 4 (2018): December: 365–482; 431-443 1923-1245 0004-0843 Franklin expedition archaeology Netsilik Inuit King William Island salvage Erebus Bay boat places expéditions Franklin archéologie Inuit Netsilik île King William récupérer baie Erebus lieux d’embarcations info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2018 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:24:22Z Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the explorers for various goods and interacted with the material that they left behind. This study examines the remains of two ship’s boats from three sites on King William Island (NgLj-2, NgLj-3, and NgLj-8) that were abandoned by members of the Franklin expedition and subsequently found and altered by an Inuit sub-group called the Netsilik to reveal the motivational factors behind their actions. It demonstrates that Inuit used these boats in a manner that reflects (1) their environment, (2) what the material afforded, (3) their past experiences with Europeans and European material, and (4) their intended uses of the material. These alterations ascribed new meaning to the material and redefine the remains of the boats in Erebus Bay as simultaneously Netsilik and European material. Au cours du XIXe siècle, de nombreux explorateurs européens ont mis le cap sur l’Arctique canadien à la recherche du passage du Nord-Ouest. Ces expéditions les ont emmenés vers des territoires occupés par les Inuits. Ceux-ci ont troqué diverses marchandises avec les explorateurs et utilisé le matériel que ces derniers ont laissé sur leur passage. Cette étude examine les restes des embarcations de deux navires en provenance de trois sites de l’île King William (NgLj-2, NgLj-3 et NgLj-8) abandonnées par des membres de l’expédition Franklin. Ces embarcations avaient été trouvées et modifiées par un sous-groupe inuit du nom de Netsilik. L’examen des restes vise à révéler les facteurs les ayant motivés à agir ainsi. Elle démontre que les Inuits se sont servi de ces embarcations de manières qui tiennent compte 1) de leur environnement; 2) de ce que le matériel leur permettait de faire; 3) de leurs expériences antérieures avec les Européens et le matériel européen; et4) de leurs usages prévus du matériel. Ces modifications ont conféré un nouveau sens au matériel et permettent de redéfinir les restes des embarcations de la baie Erebus comme étant à la fois du matériel netsilik et européen. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic inuit inuits King William Island Netsilik Northwest passage Passage du Nord-Ouest University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Erebus Bay ENVELOPE(-98.918,-98.918,69.301,69.301) King William Island ENVELOPE(-97.418,-97.418,69.168,69.168) Northwest Passage William Island ENVELOPE(-130.703,-130.703,54.035,54.035) ARCTIC 71 4 431 443 |
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Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the explorers for various goods and interacted with the material that they left behind. This study examines the remains of two ship’s boats from three sites on King William Island (NgLj-2, NgLj-3, and NgLj-8) that were abandoned by members of the Franklin expedition and subsequently found and altered by an Inuit sub-group called the Netsilik to reveal the motivational factors behind their actions. It demonstrates that Inuit used these boats in a manner that reflects (1) their environment, (2) what the material afforded, (3) their past experiences with Europeans and European material, and (4) their intended uses of the material. These alterations ascribed new meaning to the material and redefine the remains of the boats in Erebus Bay as simultaneously Netsilik and European material. Au cours du XIXe siècle, de nombreux explorateurs européens ont mis le cap sur l’Arctique canadien à la recherche du passage du Nord-Ouest. Ces expéditions les ont emmenés vers des territoires occupés par les Inuits. Ceux-ci ont troqué diverses marchandises avec les explorateurs et utilisé le matériel que ces derniers ont laissé sur leur passage. Cette étude examine les restes des embarcations de deux navires en provenance de trois sites de l’île King William (NgLj-2, NgLj-3 et NgLj-8) abandonnées par des membres de l’expédition Franklin. Ces embarcations avaient été trouvées et modifiées par un sous-groupe inuit du nom de Netsilik. L’examen des restes vise à révéler les facteurs les ayant motivés à agir ainsi. Elle démontre que les Inuits se sont servi de ces embarcations de manières qui tiennent compte 1) de leur environnement; 2) de ce que le matériel leur permettait de faire; 3) de leurs expériences antérieures avec les Européens et le matériel européen; et4) de leurs usages prévus du matériel. Ces modifications ont conféré un nouveau sens au matériel et permettent de redéfinir les restes des embarcations de la baie Erebus comme étant à la fois du matériel netsilik et européen. |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay, King William Island: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition |
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salvaging on the coast of erebus bay, king william island: an analysis of inuit interaction with material from the franklin expedition |
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