The document summarizes key aspects of life for the Inuit and Aleut tribes of the Arctic region. It describes their primary foods of whales, seals, and fish, as well as their clothing like pullover shirts, parkas, and skins. It also discusses their dwellings such as igloos and sod houses. The tribes' religions involved animal spirits and shamans. Arts included carving bone and ivory and embroidery. A famous Inuit artist was Kenojuak who shared traditional art with the world.

1. The Arctic Native Americans
Arctic
Samantha Lai and Noni Vaidyanuvatti
Period 2

2. Tribes of the Arctic
• Inuit/Eskimo — Most Influential
• Aleut
Inuit Tribe Aleut Tribe

3. Foods in the Arctic
• Whales, Seals, Caribou, Walruses, Sea Lions, Narwhals,
Eels, Crabs, Shellfish, Sea Urchins, Eggs, Snowy Owls, Fish
• There weren’t many plants to eat in the Arctic region, so
they ate what was available to them. Fat/blubber from
some of these animals could help keep them warm

4. Clothing of the Arctic
• People wore long pullover shirts with high collars and then a
kamleika over it. A kamleika is a hooded, waterproof
windbreaker. The tribes made it waterproof by adding
animal skins to it.
What What women
men and children
wore wore

5. Homes of the Arctic
• Igloos were made out of snow and were common in the Arctic.
• Sod-houses were made of sod and harder to make. So, sod-houses
were used to house many families.
• Quarmangs were made of just animal skins. They were used only in
the summer when the ice had thawed.
Igloo

6. Native American Religions
 Worshiped animal spirits
 “Shaman” had special connections to the spirits
 Non-living things had souls
Shaman
used rattles
to summon
up the
spirits.

7. Tradition or Ceremony of the Arctic
 Inuit Wolf Dance
 To honor the spirit of the wolf

8. Arts/Crafts of the Arctic
• Carved bone, antler, or ivory into small objects
• Made embroidery
• Made hunting pouches out of animal skins
Ivory Inuit
Hunting Pouch
Carving Embroidery

9. A Famous Inuit
 Kenojuak was an artist who made traditional Inuit art to
share to the world

10. Interesting Facts from the Arctic
• The Aleut would trade with Pacific Northwest Coast
• The Aleut were more concerned with rank and wealth than the
Inuit
• Woman carried babies on their backs
• Inuits think the word “eskimo” is an insult
• Wearing animal skins made them feel like there’s animal
“spirits” in them
Woman
People
carrying
wearing
a baby
animal
on her
skins
back

11. Works Cited
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Books, 2002. Print.
Cordobra, Yasmine . Native American Homes:Igloos. Vero
Beach, Florida: The Rourke Book Company, 2001.Print
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Mason Crest Publishers, 2003. Print.
Mohel, A. Early Americans. St. Louis: Miliken, 2003. Print.
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2000. Print.