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Hamlet in Nunavut, Canada
Kinngait
Sikusiilaq
ᑭᙵᐃᑦ
Hamlet
Part of the village with characteristic Kinngait hill, May 1997
Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning "high mountain" or "where the hills are";[6][7] Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ), known as Cape Dorset until 27 February 2020,[8] is an Inuit hamlet located on Dorset Island[9] near Foxe Peninsula at the southern tip of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
^"Kinngait". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
Kinngait (Inuktitut meaning "high mountain" or "where the hills are"; Syllabics: ᑭᙵᐃᑦ), known as Cape Dorset until 27 February 2020, is an Inuit hamlet...
Cape Dorset Airport (IATA: YTE, ICAO: CYTE) is located at Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), Nunavut, Canada, and is operated by the Government of Nunavut...
Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, also known as the Kinngait Co-operative is an Inuit co-operative in Kinngait, Nunavut best known for its activities in buying...
carving, the community of Kinngait is commonly referred to as the "Inuit art capital". Thule site on Mallik Island (opposite Kinngait) Looking towards Dorset...
American Arctic. The culture and people are named after Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) in Nunavut, Canada, where the first evidence of its existence was found...
Pootoogook often portrayed the experiences of those in her community of Kinngait (then known in English as Cape Dorset), in northern Canada, and memories...
Iqaluit. The hamlets of Kinngait (population: 1,396) and Qikiqtarjuaq (population: 593) do not lie on Baffin Island proper. Kinngait is situated on Dorset...
small peninsula on Foxe Peninsula, approximately 88.5 km (55.0 mi) from Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset) on the southwest of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada...
life. Ashoona was born in 1961 in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories, now Kinngait, Nunavut, to a family of celebrated artists. Her father Kiugak Ashoona...
Mathew Joanasie, and Itee Pootoogook Pilaloosie—all participants in the Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset) Film Animation Workshop on Baffin Island." In November...
740.). The majority of the rest live in twelve hamlets—Arctic Bay (868), Kinngait (1,441), Clyde River (1,053), Grise Fiord (129), Sanirajak (848), Igloolik...
input and learn about local culture, including Rankin Inlet, Baker Lake, Kinngait, Iqaluit, and Pangnirtung. The group then put out a call for submissions...
names may become revived as a result, notable examples include Sanirajak, Kinngait, qathet, Haida Gwaii, and the Salish Sea. Angolanidade Cultural homogenization...
Inuit culture.[citation needed] The first generation of Inuit artists in Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset) in the 1940s and 1950s sold their carvings to the...
Island, Alaska, June 1914 Greenland, 1999 Chewing sealskin to soften it; Kinngait, Nunavut, July 1951 A scraper may also be used. Making waterproof summer...
custodian for the archives of works on paper by Inuit artists based in Kinngait. The museum organizes and hosts a number of travelling art exhibitions...
renamed Kimmirut on April 1, 1982. Cape Dorset was officially renamed Kinngait on February 28, 2020. Pelly Bay was officially renamed Kugaaruk on December...
Island Qikiqtaaluk, NU 593 Resolute Cornwallis Island Qikiqtaaluk, NU 183 Kinngait Dorset Island Qikiqtaaluk, NU 1,396 Grise Fiord Ellesmere Island Qikiqtaaluk...
the outpost in 1933. The following year, 52 Inuit were relocated from Kinngait (then called Cape Dorset) to Dundas Harbour but they returned to the mainland...
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