Walkers of the North


	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...