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