THE INUIT “The People” Danika: Hello! Welcome to the arctic! Erin: Today we will be telling you a little about the Inuit

Food and Agriculture Inuit living in Nunangat harvested country food. Seals were most common to hunt for their bones, oil and skin. The Inuits ate lots of meat due to lack of vegetation. Hunters followed the caribou migration. Hunting was most important way of finding food. Kaitlyn: The Inuit ate a lot of raw meats as cooking was very hard and vegetation was scarce Alice: Hunting and fishing was very important to them Kaitlyn: Seals were very important as they helped provide bones, oil, skin and food Alice: The oceans and rivers were frozen for 9 months of the year Kaitlyn: So the Inuit had to go ice fishing in order to get food. The Inuit also followed the caribou migration so they could hunt the caribou

Kaitlyn: This is a picture of the Inuit people fishing Alice: Without fishing the life of the Inuits would be much harder Kaitlyn: Caribou is another very important animal, they use every part of the animal for lots of different purposes Alice: This is a picture of the Inuit hunting seal

Clothing Clothing made out of animal skin and fur. Caribou skin was most common because of its good insulation. Wore many layers during winter. Snow goggles made from caribou antlers to protect from snow blindness. Women wore large hooded parkas to carry their children. Decorated clothes with quills, feathers and dyes. Hana: Because of the harsh winters the Inuit had to wear many layers Lauren: They’re clothing was generally made of seal and caribou skin Hana: They also had other winter wear. Lauren: Like snow googles Hana: Snow goggles are used to protect the Inuit's eyes Lauren: The sun reflects off of the snow causing snow blindness but snow goggles prevent that Hana: The women wore big parkas to protect infants from the snow

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Shelter During warmer weather they lived in tents made from animal hide. In the winter they made dome-like houses from ice and snow called igloos. Inuit in richer locations had access to trees and other recourses to make temporary houses called wigwams. They used seal oil to light lamps inside their houses. Coastal inuit made large houses that were partly in the ground. Erin: Although its usually cold in the warmer weather the Inuit live in Tipis Danika: But during the winter they made igloos Erin: The southern regions of the arctic they had access to trees and other Woodley resources Danika: Which made it easier to build shelters such as wigwams and tipis Erin: In the colder months igloos weren't enough to warm there bodies Danika: So they used oil from the seals as fuel for there soap stone lambs

Geography Inhabited most of northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland. surrounded bye 3 oceans; Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic. Summer only lasts a few moths each year. Inuit had to adapt to freezing cold temperatures throughout many years Many mountain ranges, tundras Permafrost stayed frozen all year. Alice: The Inuit lived in Northern Canada Kaitlyn: This area of Canada is surrounded by oceans which made it easier for the Inuit to hunt Alice: The summer lasted about 3 to 4 months Kaitlyn: And during most of the winter it was dark throughout the day

Social Organization Eight main Inuit groups (ie: Labrador, Ungava, Baffin island, Iquilik, Caribou, Netsilik, Copper& Western, Inuktitut 5 inuit dialects 5-6 in a family. 6-10 families lived together in a group. Men hunted, fished and built houses. Women cooked, made clothes and watched children. No leader or chief. Hana: Although the Inuit didn’t communicate with other Canadian Aboriginals they did commune with other Inuit tribes Lauren: There were many tribes that made up the Inuit civilization Hana: A few being Baffin Island, Labrador and Iquilik Lauren: The Inuit had 5 different dialects Hana: The Inuit had families of about 6 Lauren: But had groups of about 6 to 10 families Hana: The men were the hunters, they also fished and built houses and igloos for they’re families Lauren: While the women stayed home. The women had the responsibilities of cooking, making clothes and looking after the children Hana: The Inuit had no leader, they voted until for a mutual consensus on the topic

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Other Information Inuit means “The People” They used to be called “Eskimos” which meant “eater of raw meat.” Popular Game called head pull Inutuks were used to scare caribou towards the hunters. Helping your fellow man was a very important rule Practiced a religion called animism The shallow is a one sided drum and was a popular instrument for ceremonies Danika: A popular game for the winter games was called head pull Erin: Some the clothing the Inuit had was made out of the intestines of marine animals Danika: The Inuksuk was made by the Inuit to lure animals into a trap of hunters

Works Cited "EcoKids Home." EcoKids Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2014. <http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm>. "The Arctic People - Groups in this Region." The Arctic People - Groups in this Region. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Oct. 2014. <http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit1.html>.   MLA formatting by BibMe.org.

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