Peary and the Inughuit at Cape Sheridan: A Preliminary Study

皮里和谢里登角的因纽特人：初步研究

• 批准号: 1134811
• 负责人: Genevieve LeMoine
• 金额: $ 7.64万
• 依托单位: Bowdoin College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-15 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1134811&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Peary; Inughuit; Cape; Sheridan; Preliminary

Drs. Susan Kaplan and Genevieve LeMoine, along with a student and a local guide, will map and photo-document two historic Inughuit (Inuit from Northwest Greenland) winter campsites at Floeberg Beach, Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. They will also survey the surrounding area on foot to identify prehistoric sites in the area and relocate known historic sites. Inughuit families brought from Greenland by Robert E. Peary in 1905-06 and 1908-09 to assist him in his efforts to reach the North Pole created the campsites at Floeberg Beach. While Peary and his American and Canadian men lived aboard his ship, the SS Roosevelt, which was frozen into the ice just offshore, the Inughuit built homes on shore using shipping crates and snow. During each expedition, approximately 50 Inughuit men, women and children lived in this temporary village at Floeberg Beach for about ten months, after which they returned to their homes in Greenland. Written descriptions and photographs of these settlements are sketchy at best and we know little of the living conditions of these displaced families (many of which were headed by women while their husbands spent months on the trail with Peary). Previous archaeological work by Parks Canada archaeologists in the 1970s and early 1980s has confirmed that the sites exist, but no more ? their visits were limited to brief superficial surveys. The primary goal of this project is to document the sites in detail, through mapping and photography and possibly limited test excavation. We will collect information that will shed light on the nature of the lives of the Inughuit families who lived there, and evaluate the condition of the sites to determine whether more extensive research is warranted. This project offers a unique opportunity to examine an intensive contact situation unaffected by earlier or later occupations. Although a preliminary investigation, it has significant potential to raise awareness of, and interest in, Inughuit roles in the work of Peary and other explorers, as well as the impact of intense contact and displacement on indigenous peoples.

博士。苏珊·卡普兰 (Susan Kaplan) 和吉纳维芙·勒莫因 (Genevieve LeMoine) 将与一名学生和一名当地导游一起，绘制地图并拍摄两个历史悠久的因纽特人（来自格陵兰西北部的因纽特人）冬季露营地的地图和照片，这些露营地位于努勒维特埃尔斯米尔岛埃尔斯米尔岛的弗罗伯格海滩 (Floeberg Beach)。他们还将步行勘察周边地区，以确定该地区的史前遗址并重新安置已知的历史遗址。 1905-06 年和 1908-09 年，罗伯特·皮尔里 (Robert E. Peary) 从格陵兰岛带来了一些因纽特人家庭，帮助他到达北极，并在弗洛伯格海滩 (Floeberg Beach) 建立了露营地。当皮尔里和他的美国和加拿大人住在他的船“罗斯福”号上时，该船在近海被冻结成冰，而因纽特人则用运输板条箱和雪在岸上建造房屋。每次探险期间，大约有 50 名因纽特人男人、女人和儿童在弗洛伯格海滩的这个临时村庄里生活了大约十个月，之后他们返回格陵兰岛的家园。关于这些定居点的书面描述和照片充其量只是粗略的，我们对这些流离失所家庭的生活条件知之甚少（其中许多家庭由妇女领导，而她们的丈夫则与皮里一起在路上度过了数月）。加拿大公园管理局考古学家在 20 世纪 70 年代和 80 年代初进行的考古工作已经证实这些遗址确实存在，但现在就不再存在了？他们的访问仅限于简短、肤浅的调查。该项目的主要目标是通过测绘和摄影以及可能有限的测试挖掘来详细记录这些遗址。我们将收集有助于了解居住在那里的因纽特人家庭生活本质的信息，并评估遗址的状况，以确定是否有必要进行更广泛的研究。该项目提供了一个独特的机会来检查不受早期或晚期职业影响的密集接触情况。虽然是初步调查，但它具有巨大的潜力，可以提高人们对因纽特人在皮里和其他探险家的工作中所扮演的角色以及强烈接触和流离失所对土著人民的影响的认识和兴趣。