Round 8: Tossup 7

Families relocated to this body of water’s Resolute Bay were dubbed “human flagpoles.” The eastward migration of the Thule (“TOO-lee”) people across this body of water left behind umiak frames and goggles made of driftwood. An archipelago in this body of water made up most of the Land Claims Agreement for the 1999 formation of a territory whose name means “our land.” Drainage into a bay of this ocean defined Rupert’s Land, whose sale prompted a Métis ("may-TEE") rebellion. (-5[1])Oral history from a gulf (-5[1])in this ocean aided in the discovery (10[1])of two of John Franklin’s ships that attempted to navigate its Northwest Passage. (10[2]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, the Inuit historically lived around what ocean north of Canada? ■END■ (10[3])

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