DCHP-3

Caribou Eskimo

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

one of a group of Eskimos living inland in the District of Keewatin, west of Hudson Bay.

See: Caribou Eater(def. 2),Deer Men,Caribou(def. 2b)

Quotations

1929
"Caribou Eskimo" is the name which the Fifth Thule Expedition has attached to a group of Eskimo tribes in the southern part of the extensive Barren Grounds west of Hudson Bay.
1958
In its search over mountains, bush and tundra, the R.C.A.F. so far this year has responded to about 1,200 alerts . . . including a mercy mission to fly starving Caribou Eskimos to welfare centers.