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Bloody Falls massacre: Chipewyan chief Matonabbee, traveling as the guide to Samuel Hearne on his Arctic overland journey, massacres a group of unsuspecting Inuit.
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Bloody Falls massacre
Alleged 1771 incident in Canada
The Bloody Falls massacre was an incident that took place during Hudson's Bay Company employee Samuel Hearne's exploration of the Coppermine River for copper deposits near modern-day Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada on 17 July 1771. Hearne's original travelogue is now lost, and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chipewyan
Indigenous people of northwestern Canada
The Chipewyan are a Dene group of Indigenous Canadian people belonging to the Athabaskan language family, whose ancestors are identified with the Taltheilei Shale archaeological tradition. They are part of the Northern Athabascan group of peoples, and hail from what is now…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Matonabbee
Chipewyan hunter and leader
Matonabbee was a Chipewyan hunter and leader. He was also a trader and a Chipewyan representative at the Prince of Wales Fort. He travelled with Chief Akaitcho's older brother, Keskarrah. After his father died, Matonabbee spent some time living at Prince of Wales Fort where he…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Samuel Hearne
18th-century English explorer, fur-trader, and naturalist
Samuel Hearne was an English explorer, fur-trader, author and naturalist.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Inuit
Indigenous peoples of northern North America
Inuit are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)