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The '''Inuvialuit''' ([[Inuit language]]: real human beings) are [[Inuit]] [[people]] who live in the [[West|western]] [[Canadian Arctic]] region. They are descendants of the [[Thule]], of which other descendants inhabit [[Russia]] and parts of [[Scandinavia]]. Their homeland - the [[Inuvialuit Settlement Regon]] - covers the [[Arctic Ocean]] coastline area from the [[Alaska]]n border east to [[Amundsen Gulf]] and includes the western [[Canadian Arctic islands|Canadian Arctic Islands]]. The land was demarked in [[1984 in Canada|1984]] by the [[Inuvialuit Final Agreement]].
 
The [[area]] of the land is 91,000 [[square kilometre]]s and includes the towns and hamlets of [[Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories|Tuktoyaktuk]] (population approx. 800), [[Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories|Sachs Harbour]] (population approx. 200), [[Paulatuk, Northwest Territories|Paulatuk]] (population approx. 200), and [[Holman, Northwest Territories|Holman]] (population approx. 150). The towns of [[Inuvik, Northwest Territories|Inuvik]] (population approx. 3000) and [[Aklavik, Northwest Territories|Aklavik]] (population approx. 1000) are shared with the [[Gwitchin]] people.