Adding to this, the Inuit communities in Nunavut KNEW where both the wrecks of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were literally the entire time but Europeans/white people didnât even bother consulting them about either ship until likeâŠlast year.Â
âInuit traditional knowledge was critical to the discovery of both ships, she pointed out, offering the Canadian government a powerful demonstration of what can be achieved when Inuit voices are included in the process.
In contrast, the tragic fate of the 129 men on the Franklin expedition hints at the high cost of marginalising those who best know the area and its history.
âIf Inuit had been consulted 200 years ago and asked for their traditional knowledge â this is our backyard â those two wrecks would have been found, lives would have been saved. Iâm confident of that,â she said. âBut they believed their civilization was superior and that was their undoing.â
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/inuit-canada-britain-shipwreck-hms-terror-nunavut
âOh yeah, I heard a lot of stories about Terror, the ships, but I guess Parks Canada donât listen to people,â Kogvik said. âThey just ignore Inuit stories about the Terror ship.â
Schimnowski said the crew had also heard stories about people on the land seeing the silhouette of a masted ship at sunset.
âThe community knew about this for many, many years. Itâs hard for people to stop and actually listen ⊠especially people from the South.â
 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/sammy-kogvik-hms-terror-franklin-1.3763653