The Inuit Tribe
Clothing• Women made clothing out of
polar bear, fox and wolf fur• Made goggles out of whale
bones
• Family was very important to the Inuit
• Survived living in harsh climate• Men always built sleds
Family
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
Homeland• Lots of berries
and small shrubs• Some days were
very cold and dark
• Lived in Greenland and coast of Alaska
Society• Each group had
a leader• Each group had
a whale crew• Had settlements
from 40 to 100 people
Crafts• Carved with
knifes• Carved on soap
stone• Decorated
clothes and weapons
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
Europeans• Explorers
traded furs• Traded
weapons• Made animals
endangered
Children• Played cats
cradle• Were told stories• Cared for by
everyone in tribe
Inuit SingerSusan 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
~http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/arctic/inuit.html