Inuit And Haida Similarities

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Inuit and Haida

There are many different tribes in the world. Two specific tribes are the Inuit and Haida. Do you realize how similar the Inuit and Haida are, but at the same time how different they are? They’re similar and different in every category, but I really want to focus on clothing and food. Then, I want to recap some more universals.

To begin, the Inuit and Haida have many things in common and unalike in the category clothing. One similar thing is that no women in either tribe wear head dresses. The Inuit’s environment keeps them from wearing skirts, dresses, and short sleeves. Instead, to stay warm, they must wear parkas, snow pants, gloves, boots, and snowshoes. But, the Haida wear loin clothes, long cloaks, skirts,

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