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 (10[1])and goggles made of driftwood. An archipelago in this body of water (-5[1])made up most of the Land Claims Agreement (10[1])for the 1999 formation of a territory whose name means “our land.” (10[1])Drainage into (-5[1])a bay of this ocean defined (10[1])Rupert’s Land, whose sale prompted a Métis ("may-TEE") rebellion. (-5[1])Oral (-5[1])history from a gulf in this ocean aided in the discovery of two of John Franklin’s ships that attempted to navigate its Northwest Passage. (10[1])For 10 points, the (10[1])Inuit historically lived around what (-5[1])ocean north of Canada? ■END■ (10[7])

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