Post on 01-Jan-2016
The Inuit 5000 BC to AD 2007
Canada, Alaska (USA), Greenland, and other Arctic lands
Arctic Climate (Polar and Tundra)
Inuit “the People”
An Inuit village in AD 1575
Qilakitsoq MummiesGreenlandIn 1972, hunters roaming near an abandoned Inuit settlement called Qilakitsoq chanced upon the graves of eight people. Six women and two children had been buried in the mid-15th century beneath an overhanging rock that sheltered the burial site from sunlight, rain, and snow. Slowly but steadily, dry winds and subzero temperatures freeze-dried their remains as well as their sealskin and fur clothing. Museum curators today sometimes use a similar process of freeze-drying to conserve unearthed bog bodies and organic artifacts.
Inuit Transportationof the Past
Umiak Kayak
Dogsled
Snowshoes
Inuit TransportationToday
Skis
Helicopters
Snowmobiles
Trucks and Plows
Inuit Homes Today
Food
Food
Religion
Animism
Shaman
Most Inuit have converted to Christianity today.
Going to school in Nunavut
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