Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada

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The Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada consist of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit located in Canada's three territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.

## Inuit communities

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### Northwest Territories

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All Inuit communities in the Northwest Territories are part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

* Aklavik
* Inuvik
* Paulatuk
* Sachs Harbour
* Tuktoyaktuk
* Ulukhaktok

### Nunavut

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* Arctic Bay (Ikpiarjuk ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ)
* Arviat (ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ)
* Baker Lake (Qamanittuaq, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ)
* Bathurst Inlet (Kingoak)
* Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq)
* Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ)
* Clyde River (Kangiqtugaapik, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ)
* Coral Harbour (Salliit, ᓴᓪᓖᑦ)
* Gjoa Haven (Uqsuqtuuq, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ)
* Grise Fiord (Aujuittuq, ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
* Igloolik (Iglulik, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ)
* Iqaluit (territorial capital) (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ)
* Kimmirut (ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ)
* Kinngait (ᑭᙵᐃᑦ)
* Kugaaruk (Kuugaarjuk, ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ or Kuugaarruk, ᑰᒑᕐᕈᒃ )
* Kugluktuk (Qurluqtuq)
* Pangnirtung (Pangniqtuuq, ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ)
* Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ)
* Qikiqtarjuaq (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ)
* Rankin Inlet (Kangiqiniq, ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ)
* Naujaat (ᓇᐅᔮᑦ)
* Resolute (Qausuittuq, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ)
* Sanikiluaq, (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ)
* Sanirajak (ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ)
* Taloyoak (Talurjuaq, ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ)
* Umingmaktok (Umingmaktuuq)
* Whale Cove (Tikirarjuaq, ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ)

### First Nations

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## See also

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* Indigenous peoples in Yukon
* List of indigenous peoples

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Indigenous peoples in the Northwest Territories

Cultural areas: Arctic, Subarctic

Ethnolinguistic groups|

* Cree
* Woodland Cree
* Dene
* Deh Cho
* Dënesųłı̨ne
* Sahtú
* Tłįchǫ
* Gwichʼin
* Inuit
* Inuvialuit
* Métis

Treaties and land claims|

* Treaty 8 (1899)
* Treaty 11 (1921)
* Inuvialuit (1984)
* Gwich'in (1992)
* Sahtu (1993)
* Tłįchǫ (2003)

Regional councils and
community governments|

| Akaitcho Territory Government|

* Deninu Kųę́
* Łutsël K'é Dene
* Smith's Landing
* Yellowknives Dene Dettah, Ndilǫ

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Dehcho First Nations|

* Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę
* Fort Providence Métis Council
* Fort Simpson Métis
* Jean Marie River
* Ka'a'gee Tu
* Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́
* Nahɂą Dehé
* Pehdzeh Kı
* Sambaa K'e
* West Point

Gwich'in Tribal Council|

* Aklavik
* Gwichya Gwich'in
* Inuvik
* Tetlit Gwich'in

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation|

* Aklavik
* Inuvik
* Paulatuk
* Sachs Harbour
* Tuktoyaktuk
* Ulukhaktok

Northwest Territory Métis Nation|

* Fort Resolution
* Fort Smith
* Hay River

Sahtu Dene Council|

* Behdzi Ahda'
* Délı̨nę
* Fort Good Hope
* Tulita Dene

Tłįchǫ Government|

* Dechi Laot'i
* Dog Rib Rae
* Gameti
* Wha Ti

Unaffiliated|

* Acho Dene Koe
* Kátł'odeeche
* Salt River

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First Nations in the Yukon

Peoples|

* Gwich'in
* Hän
* Kaska Dena
* Northern Tutchone
* Southern Tutchone
* Tagish
* Tlingit
* Tanana Athabaskans

Governments|

* Carcross/Tagish
* Champagne and Aishihik
* Na-Cho Nyäk Dun
* Kluane
* Kwanlin Dün
* Liard River
* Little Salmon/Carmacks
* Ross River Dena
* Selkirk
* Ta'an Kwach'an
* Teslin Tlingit
* Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in
* Vuntut Gwitchin
* White River

Languages|

* Gwich’in
* Hän
* Kaska
* Tutchone
* Tagish
* Tlingit
* Upper Tanana

Other|

* Yukon First Nations Party
* Yukon Land Claims
* Kaska Nation

## Further reading

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* Crowe, Keith J (1991). A history of the original peoples of northern Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773508805.

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