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  2. Kugluktuk - Wikipedia

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    Kugluktuk (Qurluqtuq, lit. ' the place of moving water '; [7] Inuktitut syllabics: ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ; Inuktitut pronunciation:), known as Coppermine until 1 January 1996, is a hamlet at the mouth of the Coppermine River in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, on Coronation Gulf, southwest of Victoria Island.

  3. Bloody Falls - Wikipedia

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    Bloody Falls (or Bloody Fall, or Kugluk, meaning "waterfall" in Inuinnaqtun [1]) is a waterfall on the Coppermine River, in the Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park of Nunavut, Canada. It was the site of the Bloody Falls Massacre in 1771 and the murder of two priests by Uloqsaq and Sinnisiak, two Copper Inuit men in 1913. [2]

  4. Bloody Falls massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Bloody Falls massacre was an incident that took place during Hudson's Bay Company employee Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River for copper deposits near modern-day Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada on 17 July 1771.

  5. Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park - Wikipedia

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    Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park [1] [2] (Inuinnaqtun: kugluk; English: waterfall [3]) is located about 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada. The 10 ha (25 acres) park is situated around the Bloody Falls on the Coppermine River and was listed as a national historic site in 1978.

  6. Copper Inuit - Wikipedia

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    In the years to follow, some families moved to Holman permanently, while others lived there seasonally. Some Copper Inuit moved to the communities of Coppermine (Kugluktuk) or Cambridge Bay. Still others gravitated to outposts along Bathurst Inlet, Contwoyto Lake, Coronation Gulf, and on Victoria Island. [19]

  7. Coppermine - Wikipedia

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    Coppermine may refer, apart from the primary meaning of copper extraction, to: Coppermine Bay, Greenland; Coppermine Herald, one of the heralds at the Canadian Heraldic Authority; Coppermine Peninsula, Antarctica; Coppermine River, in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories; Kugluktuk, Nunavut, formerly known as Coppermine

  8. Michael O'Brien (Canadian author) - Wikipedia

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    O'Brien was born in Ottawa and lived in Kugluktuk (then known as Coppermine) from ages 12 to 16. He attended a residential school in Inuvik, where he says he was abused by a dormitory supervisor. He graduated from grade 12 at St Patrick's College High School only with difficulty. [8]

  9. List of Indian massacres in North America - Wikipedia

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    The Bloody Falls massacre was an incident believed to have taken place during Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River for copper deposits. According to Hearne Chipewyan and "Copper Indian" Dene men led by Hearne's guide and companion Matonabbee attacked a group of Copper Inuit , killing over 20 men, women and children.