Inuit

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Inuit

• Shane W.

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Food

• They eat sea animals like whales, walruses,
  seals, and salmon.
• They also eat land animals like caribou, birds,
  and polar bears.
• They also gather berries.

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Shelter

• The Inuit lived in iglus (igloos) and sod houses
  (qarmaqs).
• Igloos are made with snow blocks.
• Inuits also lived in tents made of sealskin.

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Physical Features

• The Inuit live in the northern part of North
  America.
• Most of the year the area is covered in ice and
  snow.
• Grass and bushes grow for just a few weeks.
• In summer the flowers bloom.

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Climate

• There are only two seasons in this climate.
• Winter is eight to nine months long.
• It is 60 degrees and it is dark all of the time.
• There is ice and snow and tundra.
• During the summer it is light all of the time and
  the temperature can get up to 50 degrees F.

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Animals

• The animals in this area are the tall, big horned
  caribou, the big ferocious polar bear, and
  powerfully strong sled dogs.
• There are mean grizzly bears, black bears,
  reindeer, moose, mountain sheep, and mountain
  goats.

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Birds

• There are many kinds of birds.
• There are willow grouse which are also called
  the ptarmigan.
• Other birds are owls, golden and bald eagles,
  hawks, and falcons.

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Clothing

• They wear fur jackets and sun goggles made of
  bone or wood.
• They also wear two layers of clothing.
• The bottom layer is fur that is next to the skin,
  and the top layer is fur on the outside.

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More Clothing

• They wear long pants that are made with seal or
  polar bear skins.
• They also wear waterproof boots that are made
  with polar bear hides.
• Their snowshoes are made with sealskin.
• Their rain coats are made from walrus intestines.

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Family Life

• If a man gets married they lived near his
  relatives.
• They lived in small groups.

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European Influence

• Did you know that the Inuit traded furs and skins
  for guns, knives and other things?

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Inuits Today

• They have good jobs, health care, and they also
  live in towns in wooden houses.
• They make carvings to sell.

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Other

• During the Ice Age, this area had somewhere
  around 100,000 people called Eskimos.
• The Inuits had dancing ceremonies to free the
  spirits of the animals that they killed.