![Accueil Logo Diagonale Groenland](images/logopetit.gif)
|
The walkers of the North
|
Pour
être tenu au courant de l'actualité, abonnez
vous à la newsletter ! |
Crossing the Barren Grounds across the taïga and the tundra |
|
Taïga and Tundra |
PDF version |
|
|
|
![](images/pi%E9tons-inuktitut.gif)
|
| | | ![](images/taiga.jpg) | From the taïga to the tundra
Two
First Nations share the vast territory of the Barren Lands. In the
south, the Chipewyans and Dogribs live
in the sub-arctic taiga. In the days of
Samuel Hearne, they were named Yellow-Knives
or Dogribs. At present, they name themselves Dene: “the
People”.
In
the North, one has to travel along a territory where trees are
replaced by marshes and short grass. Those who were named “Copper
Eskimos” live there, on the shore
of the Arctic Ocean. Today, the
Inuinnait are a sedentary people and
live in Kugluktuk -- “ where there are rapids” -- on
the mouth of the Coppermine River.
Encounters
between the Dene and the
Inuinnait weren't
always as friendly...
| ![](images/toundra-pulka.jpg) | | | |
|
|