Pingangnaktogmiut
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The Pingangnaktok are a geographically defined Copper Inuit
band in the northern Canadian
territory of Nunavut
, on the mainland, in Kitikmeot Region
. According to Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson
's 1908-1912 ethnographic journals, they numbered about 30 at the time. In the summer, they hunted to the west of Tree River
, which flows into the Coronation Gulf
, where they hunted during the winter, the same as other Copper Inuit of that region.
Copper Inuit
Copper Inuit are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line, in Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region and the Northwest Territories's Inuvik Region. Most historically lived in the area around Coronation Gulf, on Victoria Island, and southern Banks Island.Their western boundary was Wise Point,...
band in the northern Canadian
Northern Canada
Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics. Politically, the term refers to the three territories of Canada: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut...
territory of Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
, on the mainland, in Kitikmeot Region
Kitikmeot Region
Kitikmeot Region can refer to:* Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, a region of Nunavut.* Kitikmeot Region, Northwest Territories, a region of the Northwest Territories until 1999, with similar but non-coterminal boundaries to the above....
. According to Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson was a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist.-Early life:Stefansson, born William Stephenson, was born at Gimli, Manitoba, Canada, in 1879. His parents had emigrated from Iceland to Manitoba two years earlier...
's 1908-1912 ethnographic journals, they numbered about 30 at the time. In the summer, they hunted to the west of Tree River
Tree River
The Tree River is a river in Nunavut, Canada. It flows into Coronation Gulf, an arm of the Arctic Ocean. It has an ice contact delta...
, which flows into the Coronation Gulf
Coronation Gulf
Coronation Gulf lies between Victoria Island and mainland Nunavut in Canada. To the northwest it connects with Dolphin and Union Strait and thence the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean; to the northeast it connects with Dease Strait and thence Queen Maud Gulf. To the southeast lies Bathurst...
, where they hunted during the winter, the same as other Copper Inuit of that region.