Okak

Okak is a National Historic Site of Canada in Okak, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Newfoundland and Labrador · Okak, Newfoundland and Labrador · location approximate

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Okak For 6,000 years, the islands and mainland of Okak Bay have been home to the Maritime Archaic Amerindians and to Arctic cultures, such as the Dorset, as well as in succession, later Amerindians and the Labrador Inuit. In 1776, the Moravians established the Okak mission near Inuit camps, laying the foundation for what would become the largest Inuit settlement on the coast. The Spanish Flu struck Okak after the arrival of SS Harmony in 1918, killing 208 of the 263 residents and forcing the abandonment of the village in 1919. To this day, the Inuit continue to hunt and fish in Okak Bay, which remains an important place of memory.

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Des peuples habitent les rives et les îles de la baie Okak depuis 6 000 ans, dont des Amérindiens de l’archaïque maritime, des Dorsétiens et d’autres peuples arctiques, des Amérindiens venus plus tard, puis les Inuits du Labrador. En 1776, des Moraves établissent la mission d’Okak près de camps inuits, jetant les bases de ce qui deviendra le plus grand village inuit de la côte. La grippe espagnole frappe Okak après l’arrivée du SS Harmony en 1918, tuant 208 des 263 habitants du village et menant à son abandon l’année suivante. À ce jour, les Inuits continuent de chasser et de pêcher dans la baie qui demeure un lieu de mémoire important.

Inuktitut

Ilingajunut 6,000 jârinik, taikkua Kikittait amma nunait Okkaup kangitlungani aniggagijausimavut taikkununga taijaujunut Maritime Archaic Amerindians amma taikkununga Ukiuttatop ilikkusinginnut, sollu taijaujunut Dorset, ammalugiallak Kângivallialimmat, siagugiangulimmat Amerindians-ngunigâttait ammd taikkua Labrador Inugijangit. Jâringani 1776, taikkua Moraviamiut timingutitsilautsimajut Okaup miusiuninganik Kanitangani Inuit aullâsimapvinginnik, sakKititsitlutik tungavinganik nuti anginippânguniatluni Inuit nunaginiattanganik satjugiami. Tainna Spanish Kanimmasialuk tikiniatluni Okkamut tikisimalauttumit SS Harmony jâringani 1918, tuKutautlutik 208-nanik 263-ngulauttunut nunaKajunut amma pigiallaviKalugatik KimaigiaKasimajuvinet nunanganik 1919-nami. Ulluminit, Inuit suli pinasuaKattavut amma iKalunniaKattavut Okkaup kangitlungani, suli ikKanattumagiutluni inigijautluni ikKaumagijaunginnatumik.

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