The Adaptation of the Inuit (Eskimo) People: Cultural and Biological

The Inuits and the Ojibwa

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 Inuit people, with their diets mostly consisting of protein and fat, suffered little from major dietary health problems that we are so used to seeing today. This might come as a bit of a shock to most of us growing up constantly seeing the food pyramid and being taught that that the only way to stay healthy is to consume a balanced diet of grains, vegetables, meat, eggs and dairy.

The artwork is different and unique. They made artwork of arctic animals, people, spirits. Like, polar bears, the chief, and the gods they believe in. The housing is also different. They live in igloos, tents, and Inuvialuit houses. Igloos are made of ice. Tents are made of wood and animal hide. Also, Inuvialuit houses are made of wood, dirt, and hides. They also ate different foods. The Inuit ate Hooded Seal, Beluga Whale, Walrus, Narwhal, Caribou, Polar Bear, Musk Oxen, Arctic Fox, Arctic Hare, and the Arctic Bird. The Inuit are different.

Inuit religion has been around for as long as there have been Inuit. The Inuit religion is not the same as it was a thousand years ago. A thousand years ago the Inuit religion was basically referred to as animism. Animism is the belief that everything has a soul, including the animals (Watson, Bratton, no date). The Inuit religion of the past was centered on myths, rituals and beliefs. The Inuit religion of today has changed from worshiping and praying to several spiritual Gods to worshiping only God the Father in Heaven. The change in their beliefs started long before they ever laid eyes on the white man (R. Carleton, personal communication, 1-26-07). The Inuit Church service that this author feels that the Inuit have a real sense of

It is hard to imagine living in the frigid, inhospitable climate of Alaska, Northern Canada, and Greenland. Unforgiving winters, barren tundras, freezing temperatures, and days without sunlight were all challenges faced by the Eskimos (Inuit).

In Inuit housing have air tight crowded and are inadequately ventilated (e.g schools) with that air is passed from one person to another.

The Inuit’s served using weapons and their hands. They hunted these animals Caribou, whales, fish, oxen, seals and even walruses. The Inuit’s hunted with sharp sticks, spears and bow and arrow. The housing was made out of long grass and dirt. The houses were Igloos and an underground barrier. Now you know some facts about the Inuit Tribe.

So these tribes have a lot of things in common and things that are different. The Inuit,Haida,and Siox are more alike than you think. They all live in Canada together but in different territories and provinces. The inuit live in northern canada,Greenland,and Siberia.

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 Haida and Inuit tribes are very different when it comes to the challenges they face. The Inuit have to hunt whale in order to feed their villages/tribe. The Inuit also have to wear very warm clothing. The Haida did not have

The geography of the people affected the types of houses built due to the influence of the availability of the materials in the area, the environment that the people had to live in, and the climate in the region. For example, the Inuit people had to live in a harsh and cold environment. They had to build houses from stones and turf, sometimes blocks of ice, as those are the most favorable materials available to them in the treeless region they lived in. In addition, the Plains Indians made shelter out of buffalo skins and wooden poles, called tepees. The use of the particular material of buffalo skin was because the large amount of buffalo in the Great Plains, which with the construction of tepees provided excellent shelter that were warm in

As stated earlier the Inuit are a good example of adaptation because of one's environment. The weather in an area is can heavily shift how the people there live. Temperature and climate cause this to be necessary. This can be dangerous, though, if weather and temperature patterns are constantly shifting, like in Texas.

Each of these tribes has different resources to use. The Inuit have ice and snow for igloos, very little wood for huts,

To begin with, they faced a lot of challenges. They both need to hunt whale for their supplies. So it took days to hunt this animal for both groups, the Inuit had to make igloos for safety in case there’s a storm. They both faced challenges by traveling. The Inuit had to bring their houses with them when they traveled and the Haida have to travel in rivers with 60 foot canoes. Overall, they have a lot in common to live in different places.