Inuit+Tribe

Inuit Tribe - Jayden, Noah, Verdah ,Cailey, Hala [[image:mrneely/3432930376_ca092bcbb6_o.png width="225" height="140" align="right" caption="This is an Inuit flag"]]
= Introduction =

Hello everbody,on this wiki page you are going to learn about the life of an Inuit and how they traveled,made ctothing and many more things.
=CLOTHING=

The Inuit clothing are made of skin and fur.Thick coats of fur to help keep them warm.media type="youtube" key="7hmSofw5SKk" height="274" width="351" align="right" The inside of animals are water proof they help by not letting the water get inside.The caribou skin is good for coats .Caribou skin is a popular material.They wore the skin of the arctic animals parka. They didn't just use skin for clothing.The Inuits also used it for a game they love to play called blanket toss.The Inuits need snow goggles other wise you might go snow blind.

=Homes=

HO[[image:mrneely/igloovillage.jpg width="251" height="246" align="right" caption="These are igloos"]]MES This is picture of some igloos!
The Inuit people lived in the south and north parts of the Arctic Circle.Can you imagine living in a place that is -34 degrees all day long. About 15 to 19 inches of snow falls each year! For many months ,the rivers ,lakes, and seas freeze! I am going to tell you about their homes and how they built them.The Inuit`s had two homes one is for the long and cold winters and the other is one is for the summer.The Inuit`s that lived in the southern part of the Arctic Circle were lucky enough to find wood. After they built their homes, they covered the inside walls of their

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houses with seal or caribou skins,to keep the cold wind away. This house is called a "sod house". The sod house was built half way under ground,so they had a lot of ladders to get around the house! When they===== could not find wood they made their homes out earth,whalebones,and snow.In the long cold winters, they made their homes out of hard packed snow! First they had to find right kind of snow ,not too hard or too soft.When they find the perfect snow, they start cutting rectangle shaped pieces of snow.They used a knife made of bones,antlers,or walrus tusk! Inside the igloo an adult can stand up.They made tunnles that connected their house,to their neighbours houses, big enough so you can fit in it! Inside the house they had light to make heat,it was made of mealted animal fat, for example seals,walruses or whales! They slept, ate and gathered in igloo`s main rooms, to tell stories and play many different kinds of games! Most igloo`s had more than ten people live in it! The man did most of the building for their homes but the woman helped by gathering the materials they needed,to build their homes. An igloo can be 6 feet high,it takes 3 to 6 hours for two people to construct it! Both the sod house and the igloo are permanant because the sod house is built half under ground and the igloo is made on the ground.The Inuit woman were in charge of doing chores like cooking, skining animals,and sewing skins into their clothing.But the kids helped with the chores until they were old enuogh to do them alone.The Inuit man mostly hunted,fished,and made tools!

=Food= Can you imagine having to hunt in the frozen North when most of the ground is frozen? Brrr!

The Inuits had to hunt for their food. Some hunted on land and some on sea. The Inuits did not just kill animals for food they killed animals for food, tools, weapons, clothing, and shelters. The frozen ground was not to grow crops such as corn beans or wheat and many more. There was no stores for treats or goods therefore the Inuits had to travel by foot boat or sled to get there food.the Inuits eat primarily fish, sea mammals and a few land mammals.The Inuit people hunted seals druing winter through the frozen ocean ice seals are mammals and must breathseals scrach holes in the ice to make breathing holes seals come back to their breathing holes for air.the hunters would stand above the holes with wepons to kill the seals to eat they sometimes had to stand there for hours mabey days in the biter cold. sometimes they would use harpoons. harpoons are still used trough rifles are also used in the spring and summer when the ice is mealted they seals are hunted by boats callled kayaks. kayaks only holed one person it is covered with seal skin or cairabou skin the hunter wears water proof clothing made from seal or walris intestine the kayak moves smothly through the water the hunter can get very closse to the seal with out being heard. carabu are also huntedfor food as well as thire skinfor clothes and antlers for tools.



Inuit Tools, Weapons and Hunting

Inuit made all their tools from the bones of animals such as whales, walrus tusks and also seals. To hunt and kill an animal was very harsh due to the very cold climate in the arctic so when they did catch an animal every tiny bit of it was used. The tools that were made out of bone were arrow heads, knives, darts, and bowls harpoon heads also fishing utensils. The tools that were used for hunting were bows and arrows, spears, harpoons, and also darts tipped with poison. Today Inuit hunters use rifles but like traditional hunting they still hunt at seal breathing holes. The Inuit tribe almost depended entirely on animals for food and tools so they needed effective hunting tools. Inuit hunted on land and also did a lot of their hunting at water. Inuit people put a lot of faith in the hunters for food tools, weapons and clothing without hunting tools the Inuit’s would have no food no clothing.

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=Environment= The Inuit`s and some times called Eskimos lived in a place that is always cold.The ground is flat and frozen.For many months the ground is covered with layers of snow. They lived so far in the north that during the winter,the sun does not come out! It will remain dark for the whole day.But in the summer,the sun will be out for 24 hours each day!That `s why it is called the Arctic and sometimes " Land of the Midnight Sun''.In the Arctic low growing mosses,shrubs,and tiny flowering plants can all be found. Also many animals in and out of the water such as salomon, lake trout,whales,seals,walruses,polar bears,wolves,foxes, and caribous can all be found in the cold waters of the Arctic and on land to.Did you know that in the summer time ducks and geese, migrate to the Arctic to raise their young!

= Transportation = The Inuits had different methods of travel depending on the season. In the winter they traveled across the frozen arctic either by foot or dog sleds. During the summer they took advantege of the open water and traveled by boat. When the first Inuit arrived in North America they brought dogs with them. The dogs helped with hunting they were able to scare off bears and other threatening animals, and could also help locate seals breathing holes. Dogs were also used as pack animals, like the plains people used horses, and to pull sleds called Unieks. The Inuit people also attached spikes called crampons to the bottom of their boots to get more grip when traveling on the ice. The Inuit people made two types of boat ,the kayak and the Umiak. Kayaks were one person wood frame boats covered with sealskin they were built to be lightweight, and easy to paddle and manoeuvre in the water. sealskin skirts were wrapped around the occupants waist to prevent water from entering the boat. Umiaks were large, open boats mainly used for travel. Umaiks were open, wooden, skin-covered boats. They were longer than kayaks, 7-10m long and 2.5 m wide ,and could carry between 109 and 15 people. they were generally used to move from camp to camp and to hunt larger sea animals like whales. Usually the women did the rowing while the men steered the boat. The Inuit lived a nomadic lifestyle, so they did not stay in one place for an extended period of time. since hunting and fishing was their main source of food, they were forced to move around following the seasonal migration patterns of area animals. Caribou, muskoxen and seals all gathered in large groups for their seasonal migrations, and the Inuit fallowed them closely. During the winter the Inuit mostly lived in coastal areas where they could hunt seals.



= Table of contents =

Enviorment: Hala
= Traportation: Noah = Books: The Inuit:Northern Living Written By David Meissner The Inuit Thought of it Written By David Maconald Building an igloo Written Ulli Steltzer Bibliography []