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Inuit Northern Native Tribes

The Inuit are the indigenous people native to the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland. Known for their ingenuity and crafts, the Inuit have occupied the Arctic for over 5,000 years.

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What was Inuit's government like?

Inuit society is organized not under government structures, but in kinship groups. (Groups of related families, that live as nomads.) Each group operates according to consensus; personal leadership not evident.

What were the roles of Inuit Women and Children?

Some of them would fish or hunt, if necessary. Usually they gathered roots, seaweed and grass to suplement their diet with vitamin C. They also were very apt at making clothes, prepared for the winter and took care of children.

The Inuit of the Arctic regions have many names for snow and seal Why do you think this is so?

Their livelihood once depended on the snow and the seals, so they developed a precise vocabulary to deal with it. Knowing the difference between, say, wet snow and snow floating on water could mean life or death.

What types of food do the Seneca tribe eat?

The Cayuga tribe were farmers. Cayuga women planted crops of corn, beans, and squash and harvested wild berries and herbs. Cayuga men hunted deer and elk and fished in the rivers and on the shores of Lake Ontario. Cayuga Indian recipes included cornbread, soups, and stews, which they cooked on stone hearths.

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What are facts about the Inuit native tribe?

One interesting fact about the Subarctic Indians is that they were nomadic. This means they moved around and did not always stay in one place. Other facts include that they obtained their food by hunting and fishing, and that they lived in teepees, lean-tos, and pit houses.

How did Native Americans get to America?

There is a difference of opinion concerning how people first came to North and South America.

Most scientists think the first people walked across a land bridge that went from Siberia to Alaska. That land is now underwater. The people walked north of the Brooks Range in Alaska and East of the Canadian Rockies. While Alaska south of the Brooks Range was covered with glaciers and Canada west of the Rockies was also covered with glaciers, that area was grassland and had no glaciers. The people came south into the United States, fanned out and some went to South America.

Some think that Asian fishermen simply kept going father and farther out to sea and set up bases on the West Coast of America. Those bases became colonies.

Some think that European fishermen may have set up bases in America. (Similarities exist between the Basque language and some American Indian Languages. However, both may have originated from a nearby place in Asia.)

The last people to come were the Eskimos. They originated in Siberia and settled the Arctic ocean region of Asia and North America traveling in their boats and dog sleds. (Since they were the last non-western people to come to America, scientists tend to assume that earlier people used a similar pattern as did the eskimos. Such may not be correct.

Where do the Inuit people live?

Eskimos live in Alaska. Eskimos are the native people whose ancestors have lived in Alaska long before Alaska was a State. Many people think Eskimos still live in igloos, but they live in houses much like any other people.

What weapons did the subarctic indians use to hunt?

Previous to contact with Europeans they had a stone age technology, meaning not significant use of metal. They did have some copper acquired via trading with tribes farther south and from tribes around Lake Superior. While these were sometimes used in weapons most copper was used to show off.

Which mean weapons were traditional weapons similar to your stone age peoples weapons. Bow and Arrows, axes, clubs, spears and throwing spears called atlati which used a short stick to throw the spear for more range and power, .

With the arrival of Europeans metal was adopted into the construction of traditional weapons and eventually they adopted the traditional weapons of the Europeans which included firearms.

Where did the Inuit fish?

they got it from wells and systems from the ground like the aztecs but instead of drinking right away they tested to make sure it wasnt poison

What were mens roles in the 60s?

The 1960's were probably just like the 1960's maybe just a little different. Yes, the woman were poor but their husband's were usually rich so what was the difference. Check the roles of woman in the 1950's because the 1950's and the 1960's are very much alike.

How did Native Americans survive?

The Native Americans hunted for wild creatures such as buffalo,deer,horses,rabbits and wild pig's Used some of the skins from the animals as clothes.

Native Americans used wooden clubs, Bow & Arrow,

Harpoons, Whips and even their bare hands as weapons.

In the Spring the Native Americans fished and Grew crops

to have lots of food during the harsh Winter.

In the Summer they played games and made clothing the Fall the Natives

Harvested their crops and collected firewood and collected as much food and

wood as possible. In the Winter time the Natives stayed in their shelters.

Hunters of the Tribes went out to hunt.

The Hunters Always have a 40% chance to get food.

What were there natural resources of the Inuit tribe?

They were not a tribe. Inuit is a race of people.

Some natural resources were fish, berries, and animal wildlife.

What did the Inuit Indians eat?

Patience and skill. An understanding of nature's cycles was needed to be able to get enough food to survive all year in the north. The Inuit relied on fish, marine mammals and Arctic wildlife such as Caribou,bear, seal and walrus. Berries were gathered in the fall. Eggs in the spring.

What types of Inuit arts and crafts?

Inuit men and hunters use animal bones for weapons. They used rock sometimes to shape it into the perfect shape for the tool. They use whale, seal, fish and caribou bones for weapons and tools. They also used the ulu for skinning animals, the unaak which is an ice fishing harpoon, and a large bone needle-shaped knife called an umiuk for cleaning skins

Why would the inuit eat raw meat?

Because finding fuel to cook it would be difficult - there's a scarcity of trees in their regions.

What languages were spoken by Inuit Indians?

The Inuit are not Indians and the Inuit have many different languages. It's like asking someone what did Europeans speak?

What is the Inuit word for grandmother?

Inuit word for grandmother is called (Aanak). My father's mother is my Aanak.

Inuit word for grandma is called (Anaatsiaq). My mother's mother is my Anaanatsiaq.

Each different group of Inuit have their own language. There is no universal Inuit language.

What did the Inuit do for entertainment?

The Inuit tell stories of spirits and mythical creatures, having a rich oral tradition. They also sing, dance, and carve things out of bone or stone. Additionally, they engage in many modern forms of entertainment, such as watching television.

What is the difference between the Inuit and the Sioux?

The Inuit is a tribe found in the Artic regions of North America. They are found in Greenland, Canada and the U.S.

and some Inuit never made it to America from Asian Russia.

(All American Indians whether from Chile or Greenland have originally came from Asian Russia between ~50,000 - 2,000 years ago)

the Sioux are an Indian tribe found in North Central U.S. and some in Southern Canada. With a different language, culture, and practice different relgions.

The majority of both tribes are Christians but the majority of the Inuit are Russian Orthodox and Lutheran Christians. The Sioux are predominantly Anglican and Catholic.