1. Inuit of the Arctic

2. What do you know about the Inuit? Let’s do a pair/share brainstorm:

3. The Inuit of the Arctic • Territory: • Northern Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) • Alaska, Greenland • *Traditionally near or around the coast

4. The Climate of the Arctic • The land of “ice and snow” and tundra (no vegetation) • Little or no trees • Little rain or precipitation (some parts considered desert) • Temperature is cool, cold, and freezing cold!

5. Clothing – Keeping warm in the Arctic Caribou skin Seal skin

6. Food – Subsistence in the Arctic • Inuit that lived inland ate: • Caribou • Musk-ox • Bear • Fish • Inuit that lived on the coast ate: • Seal • Birds • Walrus • Bear • Whales • Fish

7. Transportation - Land • Winter – dog sled • Summer – walking

8. Transportation - Water * Umiak (many people) • * Kayak (one person)

9. Skin Tents Housing Igloo

10. Inuit Society • Based on hunting groups and trading partnerships. • Patrilineal organization (family traced through the father). • Elders directed behaviour and formed the governing council. • Belief that people should behave properly in order to exist with nature. • Illness or misfortune was a sign from nature that people were not acting properly. (Taboo)

11. Masks

12. Inukshuk • The inukshuk is used as: • a navigational aid • a marker for hunting grounds • a hidden supply of food or supplies • in hunting to attract geese and caribou • and as a way to mark sacred (holy – spiritually important) ground.