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  2. William James Sidis - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. American child prodigy (1898–1944) William James Sidis Sidis at his Harvard graduation (1914) Born (1898-04-01) April 1, 1898 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died July 17, 1944 (1944-07-17) (aged 46) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Other names John W. Shattuck Frank Folupa Parker Greene Jacob ...

  3. Ahiarmiut - Wikipedia

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    The Ahiarmiut ᐃᓴᓪᒥᐅᑦ or Ihalmiut ("People from Beyond") or ("the Out-of-the-Way Dwellers") [1] [2] [3] are a group of inland Inuit who lived along the banks of the Kazan River, Ennadai Lake, [4] and Little Dubawnt Lake (renamed Kamilikuak), as well as north of Thlewiaza River ("Big River"), [5] in northern Canada's Keewatin Region of the Northwest Territories, now the Kivalliq ...

  4. High Arctic relocation - Wikipedia

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    Relocation from Inukjuak to Resolute (left arrow) and Grise Fiord (right arrow). The High Arctic relocation [a] took place during the Cold War in the 1950s, when 92 Inuit were moved by the Government of Canada under Liberal Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent to the High Arctic.

  5. History of Nunavut - Wikipedia

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    The history of Nunavut covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Eskimo thousands of years ago to present day. Prior to the colonization of the continent by Europeans, the lands encompassing present-day Nunavut were inhabited by several historical cultural groups, including the Pre-Dorset , the Dorsets , the Thule and their descendants ...

  6. When the skies went dark: Historians pinpoint the very 'worst ...

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    But then the skies went dark. And they stayed dark -- day after day, month after month -- from early 536 to 537. Across much of eastern Europe and throughout Asia, spring turned into summer and ...

  7. Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site ...

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    In 1999, Canada created the new territory of Nunavut as part of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Part of that agreement gave Inuit the ownership of archaeological sites and artifacts within Nunavut's boundaries. [7] Inuit guardians from Gjoa Haven on MS Ocean Endeavour as part of the trial visitor experience, 2019

  8. Terror Bay - Wikipedia

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    The bay was one of a series of landmarks along the waters explored by John Franklin during his lost expedition between 1845 and 1848. [3] The bay has the same name as HMS Terror, one of the two ships of the expedition. [4]

  9. Boothia Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Boothia Peninsula and Melville Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada. Boothia Peninsula (/ ˈ b uː θ i ə /; formerly Boothia Felix, Inuktitut Kingngailap Nunanga) is a large peninsula in Nunavut's northern Canadian Arctic, south of Somerset Island. The northern part, Murchison Promontory, is the northernmost point of mainland Canada.