Invited response to K. Ryan's comments on Coltrain et al. (2004) and Coltrain (2009): is Native Point “Burial 21” Dorset in age; were historic-era burials European in origin and how important were caribou in Sadlermiut diets?

► Addresses recent reinterpretations of the biocultural affinity of four Native Point individuals. ► Argues one burial reclassified as Dorset Palaeoeskimo is most probably Sadlermiut Inuit. ► Demonstrates that three others found inside a Sadlermiut dwelling are likely not European. ► Questions whether some material sampled for isotopic analysis is in fact human.