This article is about the western Arctic Inuit. For the Hudson Bay Inuit sometimes called Sallirmiut, see Sadlermiut.
The Sallirmiut (formerly Siglit) are an Inuit group residing in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
The Sallirmiut are regarded as part of the Inuvialuit, or western Canadian Inuit. Inuvialuit is a modern political identity that brings together Sallirmiut with two other distinct Inuit groups, Ummarmiut and Kangiryurmiut. During the land claims process for the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, the Committee For Original People's Entitlement understood the importance of collective bargaining power and encouraged those from these three Inuit groups to recognize their similarities and fight for a land claim together.[1]
The Sallirmiut speak Siglitun or Sallirmiutun, a severely endangered dialect of Inuvialuktun. In this dialect, the name Sallirmiut means "the people located farthest along the coastline", referring to their historical occupation of regions around the Mackenzie Delta. The Sallirmiut are the original Inuit group who lived in this region prior to European contact.
When Europeans arrived, the Sallirmiut were likely living in five socioterritorial groups, each specialized in an area or resource:[2]
Qikitaryungmiut, living near and named for Qikiqtariak [Big Island] or Herschel Island
Kuukpangmiut, named for Kuukpak [Big River] or the Mackenzie River
Kitigaryumiut, named for the large settlement or Kitigaryuit, whose translation has been lost
Nuvugarmiut, name for Nuvurak, a village at Atkinson Point, on the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula
Avvarmiut, named for the village of Avak
Europeans called the Sallirmiut the Siglit or Tchiglit,[3] which was likely a misinterpretation of salliq, a term that means “Coastal People”.[4]
^IRC. "COPE". Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^Morrison, David. "The Inuvialuit (in detail)". Civilization. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^Petitot, Emile (1878). Monographie des Esquimaux Tchiglit du Mackenzie et de l'Anderson. Paris: Ernest Leroux. ISBN 9780259035787.
^Arnold, Charles (2016). "The Development of the Mackenzie Inuit Culture". In Mason, Owen (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Arctic Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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