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1916

In Search of Murderers

As well as transporting and otherwise assisting the RNWMP officers who were seeking to arrest those responsible for the murder of the two priests, members of the CAE were also able to purchase, from the local Inuit, some of the priests' belongings, including robes and crucifixes.

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CMC CD95-949-017

Ihumatak, a young Copper Inuk girl wearing long black robe, which may have belonged to one of the two Oblate priests murdered on the Coppermine River in 1913; at the mouth of the Coppermine River, Nunavut. June 1, 1916. JRC 39728. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization


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Kaiariok and his daughter Ihumatoq, Bernard Harbour, Nunavut. April 16, 1916. RMA 38979. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization


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