MHM The Dorcet Culture in Manitoba - Churchill MB
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This Manitoba Historical Marker is in front of the Eskimo Museum at 242 La Verendrye Avenue in Churchill, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMKQYH
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 05/19/2014
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Eskimo Museum 242 Laverendrye Ave, Churchill, MB, Canada museumsmanitoba.com (204) 675-2030
Marker Name: The Dorcet Culture in Manitoba
Agency: Manitoba Heritage Council
Languages: English, Cree & French
Location: 243 La Verendrye Avenue
Churchill
Marker Text: The Dorcet Culture in Manitoba
People of the Dorset Culture occupied vast stretches of Canada's Far North from about 1000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. Their settlements extended as far south as the shores of Hudson Bay near Churchill, and to the south coast of Newfoundland — the most southerly extension of any known Native arctic culture. In the winter they hunted seals, walrus, and possibly beluga whales. They spent the summers on the coast or inland hunting caribou and catching char and salmon.
Depending upon the season, the Dorset people lived in igloos, tents, or rectangular houses partially built in the ground. They created many ingenious devices to adapt to their harsh environment including harpoons, ice crampons, ivory sled runners, delicate fish spears, lances tipped with ground slate and chipped stone points, and snow knives. Their wood, bone and ivory carvings, like modern Inuit art, represent sacred or mythological beings, spirit and monsters, as well as animals that were important to their economy.
Manitoba Heritage Council 1990
Website: [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca or mhs.mb.ca: Not listed
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