The Inuit Tribe

Clothing

• • Women made clothing out of polar bear, fox and wolf fur Made goggles out of whale bones

Family • • • Family was very important to the Inuit Survived living in harsh climate Men always built sleds

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Food

Had a ceremony before hunting Always shared meat Harpooned seals for meat

War

• • • Would sing songs for war Two men would face off War almost never happened near the Inuit tribe

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Homeland

Lots of berries and small shrubs Some days were very cold and dark Lived in Greenland and coast of Alaska

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Society

Each group had a leader Each group had a whale crew Had settlements from 40 to 100 people

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Crafts

Carved with knifes Carved on soap stone Decorated clothes and weapons

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Homes

Lived in a snow house Lived in sod homes Lived in a hide tents

Legends

• • • The woman from below the ocean Her father mistreated her She was a human being

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Europeans

Explorers traded furs Traded weapons Made animals endangered

Children

• • • Played cats cradle Were told stories Cared for by everyone in tribe

Inuit Singer Susan Aglukark

• • • Was a Song writer Chants with sounds Her music blends with pop music

Today

• • Nunavut is a territory run by the Inuit It is important to the Inuit culture

BIBLIOGRAPHY

~Gray-KanaTiosh, Barbara. Inuit. ABDO Publishing Company, 2004. ~ ~ http://www.ih.k12.oh.us/ps/Inuit /Maininuit.htm

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