Northern+Tribes

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From Asia three main waves of people crossed a land bridge over what is now the Bearing Sea. The three waves were the Pre-Dorset, the Dorset, and the Thule. The Inuit people came in the last wave to cross the land bridge the Thule. Inuit people after arriving spread across what is now Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. Eventually the climate began to cool and the “Little Ice Age” forced the inuit people to withdraw from their homes and stop waling, hunting for whales, which led to their diet becoming worse and worse. The Inuit people also became very technologically advanced with forms of protection and transportation. The Inuits were the people who made the first dog sleds, a very common form of transportation. They made their dog sleds out of easily available materials at the time, wood, bones, whale's mouth, and even frozen fish. They used husky dogs for the sleds, breeding dogs and wolves. They also made boats out of seal skin which they called qajaqs, we now call them kayaks. They made shelters such as snow shelters called igloos to protect them from the harsh weather. Inuits also made several weapons out of anything that they could. They made harpoons for whaling, bows and clubs for protection or warfare. Inuit people didn't like to waste anything from what they killed. On most animals they use the hide, meat, bone, oil, and they use margarine in whales. For the inuit whales were very efficient for them to hunt but after the whaling continued throughout history the whale population dwindled, and now there is a whaling ban. Countries like Norway, Iceland, and Japan would like to have this ban lifted. In Alaska, Canada, and Iceland some people still follow several of the Inuit traditions. Some of their advancements are still used today such as dog sleds and kayaks.
 * Inuit History**
 * Inuit Technology**

Singing, dancing, storytelling, myths, legends, and historical accounts have been a part of Inuit culture for a very long time. Sometimes stories are told with songs to bring out the meaning or lesson of the story. Family was a large part of the Inuit culture. For the Inuit were a very sociable people. Knowledge of thier surroundings, plants, and animals was passed down through the generations. The Inuit language //Iuktitut// is still spoken by the Inuit people today. The Inuit diet mainly consisted of meat, due to lack of agricultural conditions of their climate. As metioned above the Inuit used every part of the animals they killed, and held a great respect for the land and its animals. None the less Inuit culture has hardly faded from history and is still continued by the Inuit people.
 * Inuit cultur****e**