PPT-Arctic and Inuit Notes

The Inuit and the Arctic Notes T he Arctic The Arctic Region Tundra Very flat predominantly Mountains in far north Glaciers Severe climate COLD 10 months winter cool summer. By: Brandon, Kobe, Marco, Jacob, and Max. Location. Large area’s where the . I. nuit’s lived are:. . Northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Siberia.. Westerns . I. nuit tribe lived in Mackenzie, River Valley.. Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human . R. ights seeking relief for violations resulting from global warming caused by acts and omissions of the US. About the Inuit. I. ndigenous people in . By: . Fadi. . Salback. Climate and Terrain . Winter Terrain . Average winter temperatures 0 to -50 . very harsh and cold for most of the year . During winter ,the Arctic has 24 hours of darkness because during this time of year the Arctic is turned away from the sun. (high latitude). ARCTIC Attitudes of Nunavut Inuit toward Killer Whales ( Orcinus orca ) KRISTIN H. WESTDAL, 1 JEFF W. HIGDON 2 and STEVEN H. FERGUSON 3 ( Received 8 June 2012; accepted in revised form 9 January 201 The case of Inuit . Nunangat. Mark Vardy, PhD candidate. Department of Sociology. Queen’s University. Ontario, Canada . The 6. th. Open Assembly of . the Northern Research Forum . Hveragerdi. , Iceland. How well do you know your North Pole from the South Pole?. All you have to do is answer the following 5 questions with either;. North Pole. South Pole. Both. Teacher use p24 from Perishing Poles. Here goes. Learning Objective: To understand how the Inuit have adapted to the Arctic. Success Criteria: . I can identify and explain 1 climatic and 1 environmental adaptation the . I. nuit have made. Do Now: Look at the photo of this Inuit tool- what is it? How and why is it used by the Inuit?. Dallas, Gray , Devon , Sophia , and Eden. . Geography by : Gray . Location:. arctic region of what is now Alaska, Canada, and even parts of Greenland. Climate:. avalanches and heavy snow . Snowy and rainy with hail. Grade 11 Native Studies. Inuit culture and history in North America dates back over 8500 years.. Fact. The people of the Canadian Arctic are known as the Inuit. They used to be called Eskimos, which came from a Native American word for 'eater of raw meat'. Now the Arctic people are officially known as the Inuit, which means 'the people', or singularly, Inuk, which means 'the person'.. . Food and Agriculture. Inuit living in . Nunangat. harvested country food.. Seals were most common to hunt for their bones, oil and skin.. The . I. nuits. ate lots of meat due to lack of vegetation.. Standard. . S. tandard. They hunted seal, whale, caribou, and other animals. They made ice blocks to make a house called igloos. A fun fact is that there are few . large trees!. The Inuit settled near Alaska, Canada, and Green Lands.. 1 Background paper of the Steering Committee of the Circumpolar Inuit Health S trategy Inuit Circumpolar Council - Canada M ay 2012 2 Food Security across the Arctic Food security is a si tuation t The Inuit People:. Inuit, which simply means “The People” in their . own language. , refers to the . indigenous. people of the Arctic. . This . word has . replaced “Eskimo. ” in Canada and Greenland, where it is now considered . “Eskimo” as a derogatory term. Once known as “Eskimo,” however, today they prefer to be called Inuit. The term . "Eskimo" was . originally given by . neighboring Indians and means "eaters of raw flesh," but they .