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Map of the Arctic region showing the distribution of Arctic peoples and their culture areas, outlined by a red line. The map labels groups such as the Inuit, Chukchi, Sami, Yakut, and others across North America, Greenland, northern Europe, and northern Asia, distinguishing between the American Arctic culture area and the Eurasian Arctic and subarctic culture area.
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Labrador Inuit

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Map of the Arctic region showing the distribution of Arctic peoples and their culture areas, outlined by a red line. The map labels groups such as the Inuit, Chukchi, Sami, Yakut, and others across North America, Greenland, northern Europe, and northern Asia, distinguishing between the American Arctic culture area and the Eurasian Arctic and subarctic culture area.
Distribution of Arctic peoples

The Labrador Inuit, also known as the Labradormiut, are an Indigenous people inhabiting the Labrador region of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Their traditional territory encompasses the northeastern part of the Canadian mainland, bordered by the Hudson Strait, Labrador Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Quebec.123

Historically, the Labrador Inuit, like other Inuit groups, organized themselves based on place of residence rather than clans or tribes. Their subsistence was traditionally derived from hunting, trapping, and fishing, adapted to the Arctic environment's seasonality and resource availability. Traditional foods included caribou, seals, fish, and whales.14

Contact with Europeans dates back to around 1000 CE with Norse voyagers, followed by European fishermen and whalers in the 16th century. The Labrador Inuit have experienced significant cultural and traditional changes due to increased contact with outside societies, including the adoption of snowmobiles and rifles, and a shift from nomadic lifestyles to settlements. In 2005, the territory of Nunatsiavut was created in northern Labrador, representing a formal recognition of Inuit land claims.24

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  2. Arctic - Ethnic groups
  3. Inuit: Top Questions
  4. Newfoundland and Labrador - Toward confederation
  5. Newfoundland and Labrador - Labrador

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