Video Summary: The Inuits

The Inuit were an Aboriginal society who lived in the northern Arctic. Their name, Inuit, means “people” in their language. Thought to originate from Asia, they settled into parts of Canada, Greenland and Alaska approximately 8 000 to 10 000 years ago.1 In today's society, the term Inuit is mainly used to describe the people who lived within Canada and Greenland whilst Eskimo is to describe those from Alaska. The cold climate the Inuit lived through helped shape their society into a very unique culture. The Inuit society, with its beautiful traditions and its fascinating culture, was one of the most advanced and sophisticated in the ancient world.

In the film “Eskimo Fight for Life” the Inuit winter camp has a defined social structure. From generation to generation the roles of men and women remain the same. The most important role for men is to hunt to feed the camp. They hunt seal which is a symbol within the camp because it conveys the meaning of survival. The women are responsible for supplying the camp with the necessary clothing such as fur coats and boots. The women also teach their daughters these skills so that they can make their own clothes and boots. The Inuit camp also has their own language which enables them to communicate with one another. With the use of language, the elders, especially the grandmothers, can tell the children stories. These stories are one way they pass

The inuit have to understand the natural patterns of Arctic wildlife because of global warming. Global warming is causing problems because the number

"Polar Bears, Ringed Seals, and the Complex Consequences of Climate Change" is an article written by Mary Bates who earned her PhD studying Bat echolocation. She works for an American Association for the Advancement of Science. In this article Mary talks about how Climate change is impacting different species at different rates. Here, she focuses on sea-ice dependent animals such as Polar Bears and Ringed Seals at Arctic. She explains on how these animals are dependent upon the sea-ice for living. The Arctic is warming at a rate three times greater than the global average, and that the sea ice coverage is declining rapidly. She also talks about Hamilton's study on sea-ice dependent animals. Before the melting of sea ice the Polar bears used

Global warming disrupting the natural Arctic wildfire patterns. The ice is melting fister because of global warming.7:28 minutes in the video it said “When it start to get warmer the ice melts quickly… I was afraid the ice will crack and i will fall in the water.” This proves that global warming is bad because of where they live the ice can just crack and they will fall in the water.  This proves that global warming is bad because of where they live the ice can just crack and they will fall in the

Human development and hardiness is put onto display when thinking about Eskimo, or Inuit lifestyle. Not only do they show abundant advancement in human development and thinking but also they do so while dealing with the harshest of climates. It is through their culture, technology, strategies and overall lifestyles that we can truly appreciate the immense adaptation and growth that comes of people of these groups. This is especially true for the Eskimos of the Hudson Bay Region.

At the present rate of global warming most of the frozen portions of the Arctic may disappear by the end of this century.

Soapstone is a soft material that is easy to be carved. However the stone breaks very easily due to this soft nature, This week we are learning how to carve soapstone pendants and jewelry, and we have already discovered several problems in the carving process. Thus it is so fascinating to see what the Inuit culture has done with this type of stone.

The inuit, haida and iroquois are all hunters. They hunt their food down. Their main food is bison or buffalo, they follow the bisons and when the bison stop to graze the indians sneak up and kill their meal. All of the tribes live in canada. They migrated from pangea, the giant continent that was all 7 continents combined into one big continent. They all started in Africa and they started migrating to where their food was going. Their food was leading them to canada. They followed animals like mammoths spreading all over the world and they started making tribes and finding different ways of life.

In this paper, I aim to summarize and critique the ethnographic work produced by Jean L. Briggs that studies the behaviour and emotive concepts of the Utkuhikhaligmiut Inuit people (hereafter referred to as the Utku people, as done by Briggs) (1970, 4). Briggs spent seventeen months living with the Utku people in the various seasonal settlements they occupy as she attempted to understand and explain their lifeways.

The Inuits have a strong bond because, a Lot of them grew up together and they share the same culture It said that in the video.A lot of the Inuits have known each other for a long time and they share the same culture so they have a strong bond.The Inuits have a strong bond because they grew up together and they share the same culture. The Inuits would need to understand the natural patterns So they could survive in the arctic, It said that in the video They need to survive so they need to understand the natural patterns of the arctic wildlife.The Inuits need to understand the natural patterns of the arctic wildlife to survive.Global warming is disrupting the natural arctic wildlife by Its making the ice melt so it's harder to get around and

Inuits have a strong bond Because the tribes are the same culture and the tribe lived with each other for their whole entire life. According to the video, the video talks about how the tribes have a really strong bond. This states that how all tribes have a really strong bond at the tribe.This is the whole reason why Inuits have a strong bond.

On the 42 minute the video says, “A limited number of species is present.” This shows that there is no food for the Inuits to hunt and therefore they can’t eat. This also proves that there is still a few species in the Arctic to keep them living for a little while longer. On the 42 minute the video states, “If temperatures rise even a little, plants flower earlier in the year.” This proves that the longer the global warming is, the more the environment changes. When winter ends, the less time the Inuits will have to hunt. This also means that the ice can melt sooner and become thinner which complicates the techniques of the Inuits. They may need to change their hunting techniques to survive their new climate and environment. On the 37 minute the video says, “Not even any bearded seals.” “The weather must not be too good.” and on the 38 minute the text states, “Great spot. Surely there are caribou around here. There’s food for them over there.” This shows that the climate has to be right to look for certain animals. The seals and caribou could be migrating. The warmer weather may have some impact on the animals and the Inuit’s way of hunting them. In conclusion, why global warming is significant to the Inuit is because there is no food for the Inuits to survive, it changed

Through the study of cultures, humans are able to gain insight into the diversity of Earth, and observe and compare a studied society to their own. A cross-culture study was performed in order to compare the concepts of identity and gender between the cultures of the Inuits and Australians and discover any significant differences between the two. The Inuits, better known by the term ‘Eskimos’, are a group of peoples who share aspects of culture and inhabit the Northern Arctic areas of Alaska, Greenland and Canada. Due to their separation from the Western World, there have been minimal advancements in technology. However, these advancements have been welcomed within their communities as aids to their difficult ways of life (a result of the harsh

The melting ice caps are having a dramatic affect on the polar regions of the earth. For example, the average temperature in the Arctic is rising twice as fast than the rest of the world (nrdc.org). The once prominent ice is now melting at a dramatic speed, which is affecting native people, wildlife, and plants. When the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf splintered, the freshwater lake that it surrounded drained into the ocean, along with the ecosystem that inhabited it. Polar bears, whales, walrus and seals are changing their feeding and migration patterns, making it harder for native people to hunt them (nrdc.org). Because of the flooding, entire villages will be uprooted order to avoid being swamped. Also, the Arctic coastlines are beginning to move as well. The melting ice caps are threatening the native peoples’ cultural identity and their very survival. Ice-dependant animals, such as walruses and ring seals will be greatly affected by the melting ice caps (treehugger.com). They have fewer places to rest on, as well as fewer places to hunt. If the ice caps keep melting, their lives will become in great danger. The melting ice caps are not only affecting the Polar Regions, but they are also affecting the rest of the world as well in the form of rising ocean levels.