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    Inuktituk is the language of the Inuit, that the majority speech in Canada as well as other places such as Quebec and the areas around the Arctic Ocean (Inuit Cultural 15). There are currently different dialects of Inuktituk; Inuvialuktun, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktituk itself, and Nunatsiavumiuttut (Freeman). Inuktituk is also actually seen as an official language in parts of the world (Inuit Cultural 15). The language itself looks nothing like any words in the English language. For example, the word for soap is uasaut and ma tu is the Inuktituk word for door (Inuit Cultural 15). The whole language seems to be very complex with many rules and symbols that go along with it. The English language might differ in the look and construction of various…

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    Inuit Tribes

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    Canada. The Inuit, Haida, and the Sioux are all First Nations people. All three of these tribes have things in common, how the Inuit are different, how the Haida are different, and how the Sioux are different. The Inuit, the Haida, and the Sioux are all located in Canada, make different kinds of artwork, have similar tools for hunting and fishing, and they all make their clothing out of animal skins and furs. Topic 1, the Inuit lives in Labrador, Newfoundland, Ungava Bay, Hudson bay, Nunavut,…

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    Inuit and Haida Essay The harsh and drastic environment did not stop the Inuit and the Haida from doing their everyday life tasks; to add on to, hunting animals in the ocean. Also, trying to catch enough food to feed the many hungry families back at their village. Challenges The Inuit and the Haida faced plenty of challenges that put their lives at risk everyday. Furthermore, they took a canoe in the middle of the ocean to catch whales. They also…

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    Inuit Tribe Essay

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    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).…

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    Inuit People

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    The Inuit People of Newfoundland and Labrador Introduction Once known as the Eskimos, the Inuit (The people) are a group of indigenous people originating in Asia. The Inuit have a worldwide population of approximately 155,000 (2). Of this 155,000 approximately 59,000 live within Canada, with the rest of the population living in Alaska, Greenland, and Russia (2). In Canada the Inuit live in four regions, one of these being Nunatsiavut; a recent self-governed region approved in 2005 under the…

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    Inuit Environment

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    The Inuit are part of a wide group modernly called Eskimos. Scattered throughout the Arctic region, they occupy parts Canada, Greenland, and the Alaskan coast. They originated in in Western Alaska starting around 1000 A.D., and slowly expanded outwards. The Inuit have been around for a large span of time, and still exist today. With regards to the characteristics their society, the capacity for the presence of peace and violence is evaluated through ethnographic, archaeological, and…

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    The Inuit people were quite technologically advanced relative to their location and time period. Inuit technology included bone, horn, antler, ivory, stone, animal skins, and baleen for basketry. Inuit inventions were considered “technological masterpieces” given their available materials. Some of these inventions included Igloos, toggling harpoon heads, kayaks, sleds, skin covered boots that were used universally, and the early domestication of dogs for hunting and packing. Most tools that the…

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    The Inuit and the Dene people are very different people. But they have some similarities. I’m going to tell you about the Inuit and Dene peoples. I am going to tell you about the similarities and differences between the Dene and the Inuit. I’m going to tell you about the inuit. The inuit live in the arctic and they use to speak Athabaskan & Algonquin. Some of the words that are similar to us are Moccasins, Inuit, Lacrosse kayaks. The art that the inuit like to do are carving designs in wood…

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    “Get Down” one of the Inuit say. “We don’t want to scare it off”. The Inuit, Haida, and Iroquois have many things in common and many things that they do differently. In this essay i'm going to talk about how all three tribes are alike, how the Inuit are different, how the Haida are different and how the Iroquois are different. The Inuit, Haida and Iroquois have a lot of things in common. I'm going to talk about some of them. The First thing i'm going to talk about is is, all three tribes live…

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    Three Inuit Tribes

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    they are happy.” (~Inuit Saying) These tribes are the same and different in many ways. These tribes are very fascinating with all the information they have for you to learn. You will learn about how these three tribes are alike, what the first tribe, the Inuit, the second tribe, the Sioux and the third tribe, the Iroquois are about. Without further ado, are the many similarities of the three tribes. All three tribes live in Canada. The Inuit live in Northern Canada, the Sioux live in Alberta,…

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