 But the Nunatamiut, inland hunters of the Iñupiat region, were in high demand by the American whalers.Eventually, the Nunatamiut who settled in the Siglit area became known as the Uummarmiut ("people of the green trees") and intermarried with the local Inuvialuit.In 1938, several Nunamiut families returned to the Brooks Range, around Chandler Lake and the Killik River.