Who are they?
How did they live?
What did they wear?
What and how did they Celebrate?
What about food?
100
These were the last known "native peoples" to arrive in the North American region.
Who are the Inuits?
100
These were used as summer houses. Built much like the teepees built by the plains people, these would be covered in caribou and seal skins, sewn together and sewn together with sinew, and boulders would be placed around the base in order to hold down the skins.
What are tents?
100
These were the most commonly used skins to make clothing. These animals were most common to the area they live in. One was worn because of its warmth and the other was used because it repels water.
What are Caribou and Seal Skins?
100
This was used to liven up the long depressing winters, express and carry out religious beliefs, and was also used as an interchange of produces and manufactures of different areas.
What is the Messenger Feast?
100
These two parts would be the last to be eaten of the kill.
What are the ribs and backbone?
200
This word means "the people".
What is Inuit?
200
These were placed on platforms, which the Inuit's used to sleep on at night, and sit on during the day.
What are Animal Skins?
200
These were worn to prevent snow blindness. They were made of tusk ivory or bone.
What are snow goggles?
200
Though the Inuit's did not traditionally have ceremonies or contracts, these were typically arranged by parents. With woman being able to do this as soon as they reached puberty, and men being able to as soon as they were able to hunt, and provide for the family.
What is Marriage?
200
Woman would shout this to let the entire village know it was time to eat. Though no one had to eat, everyone was invited and welcomed to the meal.
What is Ujuk?
300
This is the singular version of a word meaning "the person".
What is Inuk?
300
These homes were used in the winter months. The air inside was very warm. Holes were dug into the snow, and under the building as an entrance.
What is an Igloo?
300
Many Inuit woman would do this to the leather side of the furs to keep them soft when the hides started to harden.
What is chew?
300
This celebration known as "Nalukataq" was used to thank the gods for a successful hunt, ask for good fortune with the next years hunt, and calm the spirits of the dead whales.
What is the Whaling Festival?
300
This group of Inuits would enjoy the intestines, and any leftover liver once the others had their fill.
Who are the woman and children?
400
This word means "Eaters of Meat".
What is Eskimo?
400
These would be jealously guarded from theft because the drift wood to make them was so hard to come by. These were used to make the summer homes.
What are wooden poles?
400
This was the biggest difference in the men's and woman's winter outfit.
What is the hood?
400
This celebration was more important than any other holiday. It was celebrated as a community and has become a 5 day event. It involves Dog sled races, throat singing, story telling, drum dances, and lighting of the quilliq.
What is Return of the Sun?
400
This group of the populous would enjoy the liver, and drinking the blood of the catch. They would also take bits of fat, and brain, mixing them together and add this to the meat.
Who are the hunters?
500
These people were divided into eight main groups.
Who are the Canadian Inuits?
500
This is a candle used to light their homes, cooking, and drying out wet clothing.
What is a Qulliq?
500
Though most of the body was covered in two layers of clothing, an inside layer with the fur inward, and an outside layer with the fur outward, this part of the body typically had three layers on it.
What are the feet?
500
The Return of the Sun is ended with a performance by this circus.
What is Artcirq?
500
The word for this food means “mix them together”. Traditionally it was made for almost any celebration, as well as a special traveling food for the hunters to take with them. Made after the first catch of a polar bear or seal, it could be eaten as a snack, meal, dessert or used as a spread.
What is Akutaq?
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