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region, were in high demand by the American whalers.

Eventually, the Nunatamiut who settled in the Siglit area became known as the Uummarmiut (people of the green trees) and intermarried with the local Inuvialuit.

The Long Walk

In 1938, several Nunamiut families returned to the Brooks Range, around Chandler Lake and the Killik River. Following a deadly influenza outbreak, in the summer of 1949 a group of families

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