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2 The Inuit made most of there clothing from caribou skin or sealskin In the winter and colder weather they wore two suits consisting of mittens, trousers, boots and a hooded jacket In the summer and warmer weather they wore only one suit.

3 The Inuit had two related languages. They were Inuit-Inupiaq and Yupik The Inuit-Inupiaq was spoken mostly in northern Alaska, Greenland, and southward into the Hudson bay and Labrador coast The Yupik Language was spoken mostly in far eastern Siberia and some of the Alaskan coast.

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5 They had three different types of shelter. Igloo, Tents, and Sod houses. They lived in sod houses in the winter and built igloos as temporary shelter when traveling. They lived in skin tent in the summer. In the winter they traveled by sleds pulled by dogs. In the summer they traveled by Kayak and umiak and they also used them for long trips and to hunt large seal. The kayaks were made of seal skin or caribou and umiak were made from walrus and seal skins.

6 The Inuit people were nomadic Lived in the arctic region of Alaska and northern Canada. Inuit means “the people” Lived mostly near the sea.

7 The Inuit believed that all animals, things and forces of nature had spirits. The most important spirit was a goddess that governed the sea. The believed that if they didn’t follow the rules the spirits might punish them by causing sickness or other misfortunes.

8 Women took care of the children, cleaned sewed and cooked Men were hinters and fishermen and supported the family Some men had more then one wife They could adopt kids Many marriages were open and divorce and remarriage was common

9 Historians believe the Inuit are descendants of a nomadic tribe who emerged from western Alaska about 1000 CE Spread through the arctic

10 http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/30/inuit_sign_T4536.jpg http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/Misc/eskimo.jpg http://www.numismondo.com/pm/grl/GrlInuitEskimos.jpg World book 2004 edition http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/images/Canada/factfile/Inuit_wom en_1907.jpghttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/images/Canada/factfile/Inuit_wom en_1907.jpg http://www.greenlandholiday.com/Portals/0/Photos/Dog%20sled.jpg http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3348675.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k =2&d=5EA23F8481D3F16FCCCFF225E61CE477A55A1E4F32AD31 38http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3348675.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k =2&d=5EA23F8481D3F16FCCCFF225E61CE477A55A1E4F32AD31 38 http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38136000/gif/_38136596_ca nada_inuit2_300map.gifhttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38136000/gif/_38136596_ca nada_inuit2_300map.gif www.wikipedia.com


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