Transcript Location of Inuit

Inuit
By Carter and Dana
Location of Inuit
(arctic)
Description of arctic
Topography: artic has lakes
rivers oceans, tundra and
large forests
Vegetation: 1700 different
kinds of plants start to grow
in June in the tundra of
artic
Climate: the winters are
very cold and long, the
summers are very short
All about food
What kind of food did Inuit's eat
 They ate animal and fish(none of the
animal went to waste)
 They also ate Cariboo, seals, and whale
How did they get their food supply
 Used umiaks for hunting and sleds pulled
by huskies for hunting as well
Clothing
What type of clothes did
they wear?
What materials did they
use?
 Ingenious clothing
 Caribou hair is hollow
 Layered winter pants and parkas
 They would use caribou fur, seal skin,
hides.
 Single layer summer suit (they would take
a layer off their winter suit)
 Seal skin was good for the summer
months as it was almost water proof
 Hoods were lined with fur
 Mittens from caribou fur
Shelter
What type of shelter did they live in?
 They lived in igloos in winter time with
snow keeping the cold out (it took them
an hour to make a igloo)
 In summer they would live in tents
What materials did they use?
 They used snow to make igloos
 In summer for their tents they use drift
wood or whale rib bones to keep the tent
standing and they would use caribou or
seal skin to cover it.
Transportation
What transportation did they use
 They used sleds and had huskies drag
them in the winter
 Kayaks(one person boat) and umiaks,
used for hunting and transporting groups
of people
Materials used
 They used Driftwood, whalebones,
stretched skins, and whale fat
Social organization and government
How the groups were divided
 The groups were divided into groups
based on language and where abouts
they lived
Who were the leaders and how were
the choosen?
 Usually the older man were chosen to be
leader because they were believed to be
wiser
 An famous inuit leader is Terry Audla
Who had power?
Who had authority?
 inuits believed the religious leaders called
the shamans had most power and was
able to communicate to the spirit world
What ceremonies were preformed?
Bladder dance
The bladder dance is a ceremony they
believe the spirit of the animal is found in
their bladder it was usually held after a large
hunt
Sun ceremony
 This ceremony happened once a year
when the sun disappears and the stars
shine mid day
Religion
Spiritual beliefs
 They usually believed in animalism, which
is all objects are living things and have
spirits
Who were their religious leaders
 Shaman was their religious spiritual
leaders which were the only ones who
could connect to spirits
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