Taking a Look at the Inuits

In conclusion, the Cree and Inuit peoples appear to have many differences. But in actuality their way of life is very similar. They have both just adapted to their environment and learned how to best use what is available to them. They were both affected by the arrival of Europeans, in positive and negative ways, but they adapted. They both use their artwork to tell stories, and animals play a big part in their heritage and

The article “the inuit paradox” starts off with an Inupiat woman describing the most common foods that she consumed growing up in an Inuit community in which foraging is necessary for survival. She describes that the traditional Inuit diet focused primarily on meat that was foraged from the environment.

The Inuit, Haida, and Sioux were some of the very first people in Canada. These three groups were the same and different in many ways. Their way of life is very interesting in many ways. They are all alike in some ways, and the Inuit, Haida, and Sioux are very different.

There are many similarities and differences between Inuit, Eastern Woodlands Hunters, and Eastern Woodlands Farmers. They are different because they had different regions, environment, and history. They are have similarities like where in the world they lived and came from.

The Inuit people live at a unique location. They live in the far North and into Canada. “There is a Canadian village, named Grise Fjord, just 500 miles from the North Pole” (Sontella 7). The Inuit people

What are the differences the Inuit people did that the Inuit people didn’t do? One difference that the Inuit people did was the Inuit people believed that nonliving and living things have spirits. What I mean by that is, the Inuit people would carve a resemblance of an animal into wood, while the Innu people needed permission to hunt an animal. Another difference the Inuit people had was that the Russian would call the Inuit people “eskimos” and the Inuit people hated that name. If you’ve ever looked up the word “eskimo”, you would know that it means “raw meat eaters”. But, the Innu people was called, Montagnais which stood for “of the mountains”. Now that you’ve learned about the differences of the Innu and the Inuit people what about the

The Inuit and the Dene are comparable tribes, even though they don’t live together. First of all, the both of them live on the more northern side of Canada, towards the Arctic, or in the Arctic zones. The Inuit territory is the farthest part north of North America, while the Dene are their neighbors to the south. Finally, both the Inuit and the Dene hunt caribou for meat to keep their tribes alive. Caribou are regularly common in the northern region of North America, so the Dene, and the Inuit have alike clothing, made from the hides of the caribou. The Dene, and the Inuit do have strong

If you are wondering the difference and similarities of the Innu and the Inuit, then you have come to the right place. I have done research of the Innu and the Inuit and found they have some things in common and others not. I will be talking about those differences between the two tribes, and the similarities. Let's start with the similarities.

The Inuit developed a way of life well-suited to their Arctic environment, based on fishing; hunting seals, whales, and walruses in the ocean; and hunting caribou, polar bears, and other game on land. They lived in tents or travelled in skin-covered boats called kayaks and umiaks in summer, and stayed in

The Inuit are very spiritual people and they do not believe in a lot of the same things we do. They believe in something called Animism, all living and nonliving things have a spirit. When someone or something dies they believe that things spirit goes to the spiritual world. They only people powerful enough to talk or communicate with these spirits are religious leaders, Shamans or “Angakoks”. The way these religious leader speak with them is through dances or charms. They wear masks and clothes of an animal because they believe it helps them to communicate with them better. Not all spirits are good ones, when the weather was bad or there was an illness going around they believed it to be a displeased spirit, but the Inuit used guidelines to try to make the spirit happy. There was five rules that need to be followed in order to please the spirits, 1) women are not allowed to sew caribou skins on the inside of there igloo on sea ice in the winter. 2) Inuit can not eat sea mammal and land mammal at the same meal. 3) A knife used to kill whales had to wrapped in sealskin, not caribou skin. 4) After killing a seal melted snow had to dripped into its mouth to quench the spirit's thirst. 5) The Inuit saved the bladder of the hunted because they believed that’s where the spirit was found inside. One of the most important spirits was Sedna, The Goddess of the Sea. She provided them with food from the sea, which made the Inuit most happy.

The Inuit people are also known as Eskimos. They have lived in the Artic area; the Tundra, where the climate is cold and too severe for trees to grow, for over a thousand years. Over the thousands of years living in the Artic environment, the Inuit people have adapted culturally and biologically. Among the biological adaptations, their bodies altered permitting them to adapt to the environment in five ways. In addition to biological adaptations, the Inuit people also adapted culturally, changing how they dressed, the type of home they lived in, and the number of individuals in their groups.

Some Things that we do different then then how the Inuit people did is that, They traded items for items, or item for food/clothing. Today, we don’t give items for items we pay for items using money. This was stated on page 83 in the book. “We exchange items very differently than how the Indians did.” This affects the environment because back then they would make items out of wood and animal just to trade. For a Difference for religion is that the Inuit people had one big religion and that was Shaman. In this religion they believed that some people could talk to spirits. “The Inuit people have many religions like us.” Mr. G said one religion was shaman. This had sometimes a bad effect because they would kill creatures and plant life just for

The Inuits had many ceremonies relating to their religion and celebrating. Many of their traditions had music and dancing involved. The Inuits main instrument for music was drums. They made drums by caribou skin or walrus bladder stretched over a wooden hoop. Drum dances usually happened in very large igloos. The Inuits songs and dances were about spirits, told stories of a good hunt, or welcomed others. One special type of music the Inuits was called throat singing. Throat singing is when two ladies compete against each other. They make sounds with their throat and chest. There were also religious ceremonies called Kashims. Kashims were healing rituals. There were also special ceremonies such as the Bladder dance. This dance was for the belief

Inuit people are less likely to have post-secondary education credentials. The government’s attempt to close the funding gap between aboriginal and non-aboriginal students was unsuccessful and only enforced the ideology of Inuit peoples prejudice. There is ambition within the Inuit community to teach Inuit children with traditional knowledge and methods. There is fear within the community of past knowledge and traditions of being lost. Poverty restricts education, in 2011 more than 70% of natives off reserve graduated high school, compared to 45% on reserve. 59% of students didn’t finish high school. Within the community being a university graduate is considered bad as the Inuit’s believe they have lost the old ways and are pursing

The Inuits live in really harsh conditions in the Arctic. They have lived there for a really long time. They live in a place called Nunavut. They are brave to live there. They are not able to make wooden homes, because of their climate region, so they make snow houses called “Igloos”. In the summer, when the snow melts, they cannot make igloos. They live in tent like huts made of animal skins. Inuit communities are found in the: Northwest Territories, Labrador, and Quebec.