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eskimo use tents of caribou skins or seal skins for summer.In cold times, houses were built of sod, driftwood, ofr sometimes stone, placed over the floors.Eskimo relied on sea mammals for food,illumination,cooking oil and weapons. In order to find those animals, it was necessary for the Eskimos to live a wandering life, following their migrations. Generally, they would have a summer home and a winter home. Tents made of skin (seal or caribou) provided shelter during the summer months. In winter, most of them built

sod houses. A dome-shaped snow house was built by some groups as temporary shelter when traveling or hunting. This would consist of blocks cut from the snow and built upward in a spiral shape. Outsiders would call this an "igloo," although to the Eskimo any place for living can be called by that name.

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