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Excavating the remains of a driftwood and
sod house at Kuukpak, 1988. (PWNHC/C. Arnold)
Archaeology at Kuukpak
Kuukpakmiut suffered severely from foreign diseases that accompanied the arrival of Europeans in the late 1800s. Like many Inuvialuit villages, Kuukpak was largely abandoned and now exists only in memory and as an archaeological site.
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here to see a photograph of a hide scraper 
found by archaeologists at Kuukpak.
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Click here to see a 3D image of a hide scraper found by archaeologists at Kuukpak. (QTVR - 660Kb) |
In many areas, the banks of the Mackenzie River are washing away. The
remains of Kuukpak and other important Inuvialuit archaeological
sites are being lost
as this erosion progresses.
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