 This area was the ancestral home of several Copper Inuit bands, including the Kogluktualugmiut (also known as Utkusiksaligmiut), who lived along its shores; the Pingangnaktogmiut, who lived west of the river; and the Nagyuktogmiut (also known as Killinermiut), who lived east of Tree River.Zoltan Lunka

Zoltan Lunka (born 22 May 1970 in Miercurea Nirajului, Romania) was a professional boxer, who won a Flyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany.A year earlier, at the 1995 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin, he captured the world title.