Copper Inuit

Copper Inuit (or Kitlinermiut) are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line, in what is now Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region and the Northwest Territories's Inuvik Region.

Most historically live in the area around Coronation Gulf, on Victoria Island, and southern Banks Island.

Their western boundary is Wise Point, near Dolphin and Union Strait.

Their northwest territory is the southeast coast of Banks Island.

Their southern boundary is the eastern shore of Great Bear Lake, Contwoyto Lake and Lake Beechey on the Back River.

To the east, the Copper Inuit and the Netsilingmiut are separated by Perry River in Queen Maud Gulf.

While Copper Inuit travel throughout Victoria Island, to the west, they concentrate south of Walker Bay, while to the east, they are concentrated south of Denmark Bay.

As the people have no collective name for themselves, they have adopted the English term, "Copper Inuit".

It represents those westernmost Central Inuit who use and rely on native copper gathered along the lower Coppermine River and the Coronation Gulf.

According to Rasmussen (1932), other Inuit refer to Copper Inuit as Kitlinermiut, as Kitlineq is an Inuit language name for Victoria Island.

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