The South Baffin census of 1913-1914 by Archibald Lang Fleming
The South Baffin census of 1913-1914 by Archibald Lang Fleming
In January 1913, during his second stay at Kimmirut, the missionary Archibald Lang Fleming, whom the Inuit called Ilataaqauq ("having many new relatives") and who was to become the first Anglican bishop of the Arctic, travels by dogteam along the south coast of Baffin Island between Kimmirut (Lake Harbour) and Kinngait (Cape Dorset), with two Inuit: his guide and assistant Pallu and a young boy he calls Yarley. Stopping at each camp on his way, he enumerates the people who live there, identifying the households to which they belong. Fleming also notes down the name and gender of each individual, as well as the approximate age of younger people. In early 1914, he completes his census by adding the camps that lie in a northeastern direction, between Kimmirut and the Blacklead Island (Uummannarjuaq) whaling station. In this document, after a short introductory text on the history and format of the census we present it in extenso, transcribed in standard orthography to the extent that we were able to decipher Fleming's spelling. The document ends with a section expounding the more general context of Fleming’s sojourn in Kimmirut at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as the missionary’s attitude toward the Inuit and their culture.
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- Louis-Jacques Dorais, Frédéric Laugrand,
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- 04 February 2026
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Contents
Introduction / ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐅᑏᑦ / Nalunaijautiit / Introduction 7
Introduction 9
ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐅᑏᑦ 9
Nalunaijautiit 11
Introduction 11
I. The 1913-1914 Census / Le recensement de 1913-1914 13
The 1913-1914 Census 13
1. History 13
2. The Format of the Census 18
Le recensement de 1913-1914 22
1. Histoire 22
2. Le format du recensement 24
II Name and population of all Inuit camps on the south shore of Baffin Island 27
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓞᑕᒫᖏᑦᑕ ᐊᑎᖏᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓐᓂᖏᓪᓗ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᓯᕿᓂᖓᑕ ᓯᓈᓂ
Inuit nunalitamaangitta atingillu inugianningillu Qikiqtaaluup Siqiningata sinaani
Nom et population de tous les camps inuit sur la rive sud de la terre de Baffin
III The nominal census 35
ᓈᓴᐃᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᓯᕿᓂᖓᑕ ᓯᓈᓂ
Naasainiq inuit atinginnik qikiqtaaluup siqiningata sinaani
Le recensement nominatif
IV Archibald Lang Fleming and the South Baffin Inuit / Archibald Lang Fleming et les Inuit du Sud-Baffin 61
1. Introduction 62
2. Christianizing the South Baffin region 63
3. Fleming's biased representations of shamanism 69
4. Conclusion 72
1. Introduction 74
2. La christianisation des régions du Sud-Baffin 75
3. Les représentations biaisées du chamanisme par Fleming 80
4. Conclusion 83
List of References / ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᑦᓴᖅ / Titiraqsimajunik tukisigiarvitsaq / Travaux cités 85