The Inuits By Evan Elliot Location The Inuits
The Inuits By: Evan & Elliot
Location • • • The Inuits live in: Russia Canada Greenland Alaska, United States Aleutian Islands Siberia, Russia North America
Food • • • Inuit's and their food: Inuits are hunters Fish Sea mammals (seals, whale, walrus) Few land mammals (caribou, polar bear, birds, arctic hare) • Bannock (traditional bread)
Shelter • • • Inuit housing: Igloos (common winter houses) Skin Tents (common in summer) Stone Houses (common in Greenland) Driftwood and Earth houses (common in Siberia) Seal-Skin Tents
Movement • • Types of transportation: Sleds (frame, plank) Boats (Kayaks, Umiaks) Frame sleds used in Alaska and Siberia • Plank sleds used in Canada and Greenland • Kayaks used for hunting • Umiaks used for long trips
Outer Clothing • • • Outer Clothing Includes: Hooded Jacket Mittens Trousers Boots y l t s o m g was n i h t o l c r e t u o n i k s Inuit’s u o b i r a C f ade o
Inner Clothing • • Inner Clothing Includes: Hooded Jacket Trousers Socks Inuit’s inner c lothing of sea l skin. was m ade mostly
Region • • The regions of the Inuit: Arctic (harshest region in the world) Sub arctic (very cold, below freezing) Climate (long cold winters, short cool summers) • Average temperature = -20 degrees F, -30 degrees F • Snowfall (15 -90 inches a year)
Inuit Art • Inuits carved every day objects • Inuits made mostly animals in their art • Inuits designed some of their art with clothing
Sports/Recreation • • Sports the intuits' played are: Weightlifting & wrestling Football & ice hockey Entertainment (drumming, dancing, dice game, throat singing) The inuit’s also possessed their
Skills, Tools, and Products • • Skilled Carvers (Bow drills) Knives (bone, wood, ivory) Skilled Fishers (harpoons) Stone tied on a branch for hammer Making Jewelry (Inuit Bling) Painters Art
Social Customs • Inuit social customs: • Language (Inupik and Yupik) • Marriage (individual choice)
Place • • What the place is like: Cold Normally Snow covered (tundra) Near Water (i. e. Pacific Ocean) The Frozen Tundra Pacific Ocean
Human/Environment Interaction • The Inuit’s interacted with their environment by: • Igloos (homes made out of mounds of snow) • Clothing (made from animals in the region) • Hunting tools (made from common resources such as wood) • Food (came from animals and fish) • Transportation (dog sleds and kayaks)
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