Inuvialuit
Eileen Jacobson, Inuvialuk guide | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,145 (as of 2021) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Canada Northwest Territories | |
| Languages | |
| Inuvialuktun (Sallirmiutun, Uummarmiutun, Kangiryuarmiutun), English | |
| Religion | |
| Inuit religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Inuit and Eskimo |
The Inuvialuit (sing. Inuvialuk; the real people) or Western Canadian Inuit are Inuit who live in the western Canadian Arctic region. They, like all other Inuit, are descendants of the Thule who migrated eastward from Alaska. Their homeland – the Inuvialuit Settlement Region – covers the Arctic Ocean coastline area from the Alaskan border, east through the Beaufort Sea and beyond the Amundsen Gulf which includes some of the western Canadian Arctic Islands, as well as the inland community of Aklavik and part of Yukon. The land was demarked in 1984 by the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.