Coordinates: 70°43′59″N, 117°45′0″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...

Looking at Ulukhaktok from the bluffs that give the community its name.

Ulukhaktok (known until 1 April, 2006 as Holman) is a small hamlet on the west coast of Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. The 2001 census indicated a population of 398, of which 375 are Inuvialuit or Inuit. Like other small traditional communities in the territories, hunting, trapping, and fishing are major sources of income, but printmaking has taken over as the primary source of income in recent years. A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... Victoria Island, NWT and Nunavut. ... Motto: None Official languages Dene Suline, Cree, Dogrib, English, French, Gwichin, Inuktitut, Slavey Capital Yellowknife Largest city Yellowknife Commissioner Tony Whitford Premier Joe Handley (Consensus government - no party affiliations) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 1 1 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 3rd 1,346,106 km... The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ... The Inuvialuit (Inuit language: real human beings) are Inuit people who live in the western Canadian Arctic region. ... Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk or Inuq / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Siberia, Alaska, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Labrador and Greenland. ... A hunter on horseback shoots at deer or elk with a bow. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ... Printmaking is a process for producing editions (mutliple copies) of artwork; painting, on the other hand, is a process for producing a single original piece of artwork. ...

The two principal languages in Ulukhaktok are the Kangiryuarmiutun dialect of Inuinnaqtun and English. In 1923, the first Hudson Bay Company post was opened, and finally settled where the town of Ulukhaktok is located today, on inlets of the Amundsen Gulf. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ... Inuinnaqtun is an indigenous language of Canada. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Hudsons Bay Company building in Montreal The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ... Amundsen Gulf Amundsen Gulf is a gulf located in the Canadian Northwest Territories at 70° North and 120° West. ...

The traditional name, Ulukhaktok, means "the place where ulu parts are found", or "a large bluff where we used to collect raw material to make ulus". The large bluff that overlooks Ulukhaktok was provided the slate and copper that was used to make ulus and give the community its name. Thus the people who live there are called Ulukhaktokmiut ("people of"). Ulukhaktokmiut is a recent word as no people actually lived in this area until the opening of the Hudson Bay Company store, although people did vist the area to obtain the ulu materials. An ulu in the western Arctic style An ulu (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐅᓗ) is an Inuit womans all-purpose knife. ... Cliffs on the banks of the River Severn, near Bristol, England In geography, a cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. ... Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic brown Atomic mass 63. ...

The community was sometimes known as Holman Island. This, however, is the name of the small island to the south.

See also

• Helen Kalvak
• Holman Airport

Helen Kalvak (1901 - 1984) (C.M., R.C.A.) was an Inuit artist from Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. ... Holman Airport, NWT was fully opened in December 1978 with the start of the Community Aerodrome Radio Station (CARS). ...

External links

• 2001 Community Census
• Government of the Northwest Territories

References

• Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
• Richard G. Condon, Julia Ogina and the Holman Elders, The Northern Copper Inuit (ISBN 0-8020-0849-6)