Tuesday, October 7, 2008












The Inuit Tribe live in the artic for many years. They mostly live in Alsaka.It is so cold over there and has alot of snow/ice.There is a average between 15-90 inches of snow a year.They have very long summers and very short winters.Their snow melts till abut spring, and winter storms force people to stay inside for a couple days.In the igloo people cut a hole on the floor and take their fishing rod and start fishing.
The Inuit lived in an igloo,but today they don't live in igloos.The igloo is made out of blocks of ice and and sometimes it is made out of snow. The Inuit made their igloos with knives,ivory,and bone.The Inuit is also known as the Eskimos.The Inuit did not always live in igloos they also used to live in sod houses made out of whale bones. the sod houses and the igloos were shaped the kind of the same. Igloos are also good for protection.
The Inuit live close to the Berign Strait.The Inuit tribed that lived close to the Strait were the Siberian Eskimos.They had a population of 25,ooo.In 1990 there was a total population of all the eskimos/inuit was 57,152.10,000 in Greenland,29,000 in Alaska, and 2,000 in siberia.
Since the Inuit lived in such cold climate they couldnt really farm at all.But for food they did kill animals. such as fish,land mammels, and sea mammels.They would use spears,knives,whale bones,and sometimes ivory.The animals they killed were salmon,polar bears,seals,and other fish.
In order for them to get the fish they will fish write in their own home.They would cut a whole in the ice floor,take their fishing rods,and see if they catch something.But most Inuit tribes rely on sea mammels.They would use the animals skin to help build their shelter and make oil.They eat the flesh hot,cold,or frozen.
They eat seals,whales,and walruses during most of the winter.They also use those mammels to feed their dogs.They use their dogs and weapons to help them hunt.The Inuit also eat foxes,artic birds/sea birds, and caribou.Most Inuit tribes follow a seasonal and fishing cycle.