The Inuit Tribe

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The Inuit Tribe
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Clothing

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

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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

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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

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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

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Children

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

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Inuit SingerSusan Aglukark

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

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Today

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

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Gray-KanaTiosh, Barbara. Inuit. ABDO
  Publishing Company, 2004. http//www.ih.k12.oh.u
  s/ps/Inuit/Maininuit.htmhttp//nativeamericans.m
  rdonn.org/arctic/inuit.html

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