The document summarizes aspects of traditional Inuit life, including that they lived in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and northern Quebec; made parkas and pants from caribou hides for protection from ice, snow, and wind; used tools like harpoons and goggles for hunting seals and whales; hunted caribou and fish as well as gathering nuts and berries since vegetables did not grow in the Arctic; built igloos in winter by stacking ice blocks and tents in summer made of poles and skins; and prepared foods like bannock, dried meat and berries.

1. By Laurel B.

2. The People
• The Inuit lived in Nunavut, the Northwest
Territories, and northern Quebec.

3. Clothing
• Parkas were made from caribou hides.
Women's parkas had a special pouch for
their babies.
• Inuit pants were made from caribou hides.
Caribou hides protect Inuit from: ice and
snow, freezing wind.
• Inuit mittens are made of sealskin, the
sealskin protected the Inuit from water
getting in.

4. Inuit Tools
• The unaq, a type of harpoon that was
used to hunt seals, and whales. The Inuit
used the harpoon to pull animals in to the
shore.
• A nitsiq is used to pull animals out of the
water.
• To protect Inuit's eyes from the sunlight,
they used wooden goggles, they could
see through the slits.

5. Hunting and Gathering
• Caribou was their main food. they get the proper
nutrients they ate all parts of the animal even the fat,
bones, and blood.
• Arctic char was a fish that they ate cooked, dried, frozen,
or raw.
• They ate nuts and berries, because vegetables did not
grow in the arctic.
• Bannock was a type of bread, they wrapped dough
around a stick, and cooked it.
• Pemmican is made from animal fat, meat, and berries.
the Inuit mixed tem all together and than they would dry
or store them.

6. Homes
• Most of the Inuit lived in igloos in the
winter. The Inuit carved large blocks of ice
and stacked them in a circle. They had
formed it in a dome.
• The Inuit built tents in the summer. The
tents were made from wooden poles, or
from whale bones. One end was fastened
to the ground. And was formed in a cone,
and covered with animal skins.