Haningayogmiut
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Haningayogmiut were a Copper Inuit
subgroup located on the Back River
(Haningayok). According to Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson
, the Haningayogmiut were a small tribe. The Kaernermiut
were also located on the Back River and may have been the same subgroup.
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,...
subgroup located on the Back River
Back River
The Back River , is a river in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada...
(Haningayok). 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...
, the Haningayogmiut were a small tribe. The Kaernermiut
Kaernermiut
Kaernermiut were a Copper Inuit subgroup. They were located on the Back River, and, they frequented the Thelon River. The Kaernermiut remainded inland through all the seasons, coming to the sea only as single families visiting other tribes. For this reason, they did not kill seals, living instead...
were also located on the Back River and may have been the same subgroup.