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Inuit of the Arctic

Inuit of the Arctic. Made by Dakota Wettlaufer, Chris White and Sandra Pereira. Inuit Inukshuk. Inuit man testing the ice thickness. Habitat. The Inuit of the Arctic people live in the northern part of Newfoundland and occupy a big part of the Arctic region.

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Inuit of the Arctic

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  1. Inuit of the Arctic Made by Dakota Wettlaufer, Chris White and Sandra Pereira Inuit Inukshuk Inuit man testing the ice thickness

  2. Habitat • The Inuit of the Arctic people live in the northern part of Newfoundland and occupy a big part of the Arctic region. • Temperature stays below the freezing point for 10 months a year. • It is constantly dark and cold during the winter and the sun is shining throughout the entire day during the summer.

  3. Homes • No wood is ever available to the Inuit of the Arctic because no trees grow in the Tundra. • Instead, they can use snow because it is a very good construction material. • In winter, they make blocks out of snow to build Igloos. • During summer when some snow has melted, they live in tent-like huts made out of animal skin stretched over a frame.

  4. Homes Continued... Inuit tent covered in caribou skins Igloo in the making

  5. Subsistence The rarely found Arctic Fox Couple of musk oxen Typical diet consisted of any- thing hunted, fished or gathered locally. 75% of daily energy intake is from fat. Lots of protein and fat. Hunted animals like seal, walrus, musk oxen, and many more.

  6. Clothing Because of the low temperatures in the Arctic, only fur clothing can keep the Inuit warm enough. A complete set of clothes included boots, stocking, long coats and pants. The typical hooded coat was made from caribou/seal skin and also had a feathered inside.

  7. Clothing Continued... Inuit children wearing the typical Inuit outfit Inuit styled coat

  8. Tools and Weapons The Inuit had many tools and weapons for survival which were also used for transportation. Their version of a hammer included a stone tied to a branch. They use a knife with a triangular-shaped stone blade with a wooden handle mainly for cleaning skins. They also used a weapon called Bolas, its purpose being to capture an animal by entangling their legs.

  9. Tools and Weapons Continued... Ulu, the Inuit knife Hunter using the Inuit weapon, Bolas. Inuit crossbow

  10. Social Organization and Kinship There is no official organization in family; everyone is equal. There were usually groups of 60-300 people in an area (the Inuit thought of themselves as small groups of people) Usually in these groups, there was at least one shaman (people who had access to the world of spirits)

  11. Leadership and Government No official government. No king or leader. Closest thing to having a leader would be having a shaman who would sometimes have power. Elders sometimes have a leadership role.

  12. Religious and Spiritual Customs The ritual for a newborn is that they have to be born in a separate hut away from the rest of the family. Unwanted babies or babies without a name can be killed within eight days after birth and it would not be considered as murder.

  13. Cultural Artifacts Clothing made of fur. Inuit drums. Snow goggles. Weapons. The Inukshuk, which is a stone figure that traditionally means “someone was here” or “you are on the right path”.

  14. Cultural Artifacts Continued… Inuit drum Inuit Inukshuk

  15. Resources Used http://static.rnw.nl/migratie/www.radionetherlands.nl/thestatewerein/050926sf-redirected http://serc.carleton.edu/eslabs/cryosphere/1b.html http://www.rvtravel.com/blog/canada/2007_06_01_archive.html http://www.fossweb.com/resources/pictures/10742894281.html http://www.ashleymeredith.org/Flat_Stanley_Project/Flat_Stanley_Project.html http://www.radford.edu/~csutphin/EDET%20640/inuit.htm http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/polar/inuit_culture.html http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Inuit.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit#Diet http://thirdhourcanadaproject.pbworks.com/w/page/22200788/Northwest-Territory http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/work+%26+daily+life/industrial+heritage/art54789 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolas http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/alaska/eskimo.html http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit5.html http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/images/firstnations/teachers_guide/inuit/drum_inuit.jpg http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Inukshuk-Inuit-Stone-Landmark-Churchill-Hudson-Bay-Manitoba-Canada-Posters_i2667715_.htm

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