Transcript The Inuit - Nova Scotia Department of Education

The Inuit
Inuit Map
• This is the map of
where the Inuit were
located.
• The blue represents
the area where they
were located.
Culture
• The Inuit people were
hunters and
fishermen.
• They hunted whales,
walruses, seals, and
caribou.
• The Inuit also had
seaweed as part of
their diet.
Clothing
• The Inuit made
clothes from animal
skins.
• One of the items was
the parka.
• The hood of the
women’s parka was
made bigger so it
could protect the baby
when pressed against
the mothers back.
Footwear
• Their mukluks were
made from caribou or
seal skin.
• The designs on them
varied for men and
women.
Housing
• The Inuit lived in a
temporary shelter called
an igloo. It was made
from snow and ice and
the cracks were filled with
soft snow for insulation.
• When the temperatures
were below freezing they
lived in tents made of
animal skins and bones.
Travel Over land
• The Inuit used dog
sleds to travel over
the land.
• The sleds would be
made of animal skins,
bones, and some had
wood.
• The dogs would be
spread of in a fan
pattern and the breed
of dog is the Husky.
Travel over water
• The Inuit used a
single person boat
made from sealskin
called a gajait (kayak)
to hunt.
• They used larger
open ones to
transport people, and
dogs from place to
place.
Religious Practices
• The Inuit practiced a form
of shamanism. The Inuit
believed all things had a
form of spirit.
• An Inuit shaman of a
community was a healer
and psychotherapist.
• The shamans role was to
interpret and exhort the
unseen.
• Shamans were not
trained, but born with the
ability.
Historical background
• The Inuit are the descendants of the people
known to anthropologists as the Thule.
• The Inuit appeared from Alaska and moved east
along the artic, and by 1300 the Inuit had settled
west Greenland.
• Their population had been bombarded by
disease brought over by the Europeans, and the
last of them fell in a flu epidemic caught from a
passing whaler in 1902.
• This area has then been resettled by the Inuit.
Family life
• In the harsh climate of the Inuit it was necessary
for the whole family to work together.
• The home was the position for the women, her
jobs consisted of cooking, sewing, taking care of
the children, and story telling. The women was
also responsible for looking after the stone lamp
which was the only source of light and heat for
the long dark winter nights.
• It was the mans responsibility to provide food
and animal hides to make clothes from.
• The children were often carried on the mothers
back in her parka.
Language
• Some people believe that the Inuit language is
not one, but more than one language put
together. As a result of this some Inuit use
different words for one thing. An Inuit might know
their neighbors language, and the n maybe their
neighbors but some where along the line they
won’t be able to determine what some of the
Inuit are saying.
• The main Inuit language in Canada is Inukitut.
How they Adapted
• The Inuit adapted to the
cold climate by building
dome shaped igloos out
of snow for the winter,
and in the summer cone
shaped tents made from
caribou skin.
• They turned into
hunter/gatherers
depending on what type
of food was available in
the land.
Bibliography
• Wikipedia. Inuit, Sept 25 2006
http://en.wkipedia.org/wiki/Inuits
• Courtney and Stephanie. Inuit, Sept 30
2006
http://smcdsb.on.ca/ffx/first%20peoples/In
uit/Inuit.htm
• J Wayne. Inuit, Sept 30 2006
http://users.senet.com.au/%7edsmith/inuit.ht
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