Inuit Tribe Essay

Intro How much do you know about Canada’s history? Well did you know that they have lived in this very large state for quite a while? The first tribe is called the Inuit tribe, this tribe is known to live in very cold places. The other tribe is called the Haida, and they live in places with wood and trees. Would you like to know more? Feel free to READ ON.

Challenges Because these two tribes live in different places, then they each had many different challenges they had to face. A common, yet hard thing that the Inuit had to face was the cold climate (or weather). That’s why this tribe has a lot of warm clothing to stay away from freezing to death. Even the children's coats were sewed to protect their hands from getting frostbite. Hunting was also very hard because trying to find food in the cold weather was not easy. …show more content…
A big part of this was food. But, especially for
The Inuit food was very important. In the ice cold tundra getting food wasn’t like a walk in the park. It took a few hunters days to track down a whale to bring back to their village. This tribe may have had fish and bird eggs for food, But they did not have berries or veggies to eat. However, the Haida had a much different variety of food. They had nuts, berries, fish, land-meat and eggs. Unlike the Inuit the Haida lived in forests near lakes and rivers where they had a wide choice of food to eat. But wait, how do they get all that meat and fish? These tribes had a lot of tools to use. The Inuit used harpoons (a hook that is attached to a long rope) to hunt fish like whales. They used jewelry to trade for metals and used bone-hooks and knives for hunting. Yet, the Haida used bows, arrows, shares and harpoons to hunt, and net, hooks and harpoons for fishing. These two tribes also used knives to carve things like wood, stone (this is what the Haida does) and hides (this is what the Inuit do) to make